Patrick and Brittany Mahomes are a picture-perfect NFL couple – or at least, they look that way. According to their many fans and admirers, these are some of the more questionable aspects of their very public marriage.
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00:00Patrick and Brittany Mahomes are a picture-perfect NFL couple. Or at least,
00:05they look that way. According to their many fans and admirers,
00:09these are some of the more questionable aspects of their very public marriage.
00:13Whether she's throwing tweet tantrums about the refs during games or telling fans to shut up,
00:19Brittany just can't seem to stop causing controversy. Sometimes the backlash to
00:23her behavior gets so loud that her husband will step in to defend her.
00:27This seems excessive compared to most other NFL players,
00:31who seem to feel little pressure to make public remarks about their wives or girlfriends.
00:35For one example, there was the time former New England Patriots offensive lineman
00:40Rich Ornberger tweeted a rumor that Patrick had banned Brittany and his brother Jackson Mahomes
00:46from attending games because their behavior was too distracting. Seemingly in response
00:51to this claim, Patrick tweeted,
00:53Y'all just be making stuff up these days."
00:55He also used X to react to the fuss over a video of Brittany rolling her eyes and
00:59fluttering her eyelashes during a Texas Tech game. She had just spoken to Patrick
01:04and appeared to be annoyed. In a tweet addressed to Brittany, he tried to stamp out speculation,
01:09writing,
01:10Man, people are weird. Love you, babe."
01:13Patrick has also praised Brittany for how she handles criticism on social media,
01:17while her sometimes combative attitude can rub people the wrong way. He told E! News,
01:22She has her head on her shoulders the right way. She's my rock."
01:26Patrick also ran interference with regards to his wife's light forays into politics.
01:31And speaking of that…
01:33During the 2024 presidential campaign, Brittany Mahomes became one of Donald Trump's favorite
01:39people when she expressed her support for him with a few likes on social media.
01:44Brittany's friend Taylor Swift gave Kamala Harris a far more forceful endorsement on Instagram,
01:49but Trump was happy to have Brittany on his side. The president told Fox News at the time,
01:54She's a big MAGA fan. That's the one I like. Much better than Taylor Swift."
01:59Brittany's decision to reveal her political allegiance put Patrick in an awkward position.
02:04Asked about his own political views, he ultimately chose not to share them at all.
02:09I think I've always said, I don't want my place and my platform
02:14to be used to endorse a candidate or do whatever, either way."
02:19Patrick has spoken about his love for various foods on several occasions,
02:23but it seems that information has yet to get to his wife. She showed this during a 2023
02:28GQ couples quiz when she was asked what her husband's favorite cheat day meal is.
02:34Fried chicken. Chicken fried steak. And mashed potatoes.
02:38Mexican food. Especially the Tex-Mex."
02:42Fans were so surprised that Brittany didn't know this favorite food fact that they were
02:47still talking about her response a year later. As one aggressive hater tweeted,
02:51I do hope Patrick Mahomes leaves that woman. Ain't no f----- way you say confidently and
02:57incorrectly my favorite pre-game meal is fried chicken with that much enthusiasm in an interview."
03:03Whether Brittany knew or not, she should be relieved Patrick's getting some vegetables
03:08with the occasional fajita. In her Whoop interview, Brittany said she used to hide
03:13veggies in her husband's food as if he were a picky toddler.
03:17I would give him mashed cauliflower and I would tell him it was potatoes.
03:20Or I would make spaghetti and it would be vegetable noodles."
03:24When Brittany appeared on the Shootin' It with Soph podcast in 2018,
03:28she admitted that she sometimes felt like she was her husband's manager.
03:32She revealed that Patrick's agent contacted her when decisions about his career needed to be made,
03:37and Patrick also relied on her to make sure he made it to work every day with what he needed.
03:42If he was missing equipment when he showed up to practice, it was up to Brittany to get it to him.
03:47In 2024, Patrick was caught on camera telling a teammate that he hadn't brought his
03:51pad pants with him that day. The Chief shared a video of his confession on Instagram,
03:56which Brittany soon reposted on her Instagram story. Presumably in reference to their
04:00arrangement from a few years prior, she wrote beside the footage,
04:04Sorry, I'm not there to dress you.
04:06In other instances, the quarterback might be better off without his wife's wardrobe assistance.
04:12Some of Brittany and Patrick's looks leave something to be desired,
04:15such as the designer duds that they got all decked out in for a 2024 NBA Finals game.
04:21The couple's supposed sartorial sins include embracing logomania and sporting outdated trends.
04:28What's more, Brittany admitted she's to blame for at least some of her husband's outfits in 2023,
04:34when she wrote on her Instagram story,
04:36If you're wondering, yes, I dress him every game day.
04:40You'd think a three-time Super Bowl champ would be more obsessed with winning than his wife.
04:45But if you ask Brittany, that's not quite the dynamic in her marriage.
04:49You know, I may be a little bit more competitive than him
04:52at times, and I think I kind of keep that fire in him going.
04:55Speaking with GQ, Brittany recalled an example of her competitive nature being unleashed when
05:01she described a fruitless effort to defeat Patrick at ping pong, despite his mastery of the game.
05:07I literally spent an hour in the basement trying to beat him one night,
05:11and I didn't win a single game.
05:13She doesn't have to feel bad because, like, everybody does that.
05:16In a 2021 Men's Health interview, Patrick admitted that his wife is
05:20even more motivated than him when it comes to exercising. He explained,
05:24It makes me feel like a lazy bum whenever I'm not working out and she's working out.
05:29Brittany is a certified personal trainer, and Patrick put his fitness routine in her
05:33hands during the quarantine. According to Brittany, he did exactly as she told him.
05:38It's definitely unusual for an NFL wag to be responsible for
05:41the best quarterback in the league's training, but you can't argue with the results.