Patrick Mahomes has revealed he sat and watched football in hospital while wife Brittany was giving birth to daughter Golden Raye.
The couple – who already have a daughter, three-year-old Sterling, and a son, two-year-old Bronze – had announced last July that they were expecting another child together.
And six months on Brittany confirmed on Monday that she brought a second girl, Golden Raye Mahomes, into the world on Sunday, January 12.
Fortunately for Mahomes, the quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, the team had secured a bye in the first round of the playoffs and he could be there to welcome the family’s latest addition.
But the football obsessed Mahomes ensured he still got his NFL fix by watching the playoffs in the hospital.
He said on Tuesday ahead of their divisional round showdown with the Houston Texans: ‘It’s been cool. I mean I’m just supporting. Brittany crushed it.
‘It’s been cool to welcome another baby girl into our family and see how our other kids react to her and having baby sissy and stuff like that.
‘It’s been a lot of fun and it was cool that football was on TV when I was in the hospital so I got to watch a little bit. Brittany was kind enough to let us watch football while she was getting ready to give birth to our second daughter.’
When asked if managing parenthood and playing in the NFL has become easier the third time, Mahomes added: ‘I don’t want to say anything because Brittany is doing everything and I’m just trying to be supportive.
‘It was cool that we got the bye because you can just really focus in on being at the hospital and being in the moment. It’s a special moment that a lot of dads and moms have experienced and you don’t forget about that stuff.
‘I’m glad I was able to be there and support in the way I can. I’m good with three for right now. We’ll see down the line maybe. My goal was always three. We’ve had three and will stick there for a while and see if we need to come back and get another one later on.’
In an Instagram post on Monday, the Chiefs WAG shared a photo of her and Patrick’s hands resting above Golden Raye’s feet, which are placed just in front of a sign with her name on it.
Patrick and Brittany are high school sweethearts. They started dating in March 2012 and even attended their prom together a year later.
They got engaged in September 2020, months after Patrick had won his first Super Bowl with the Chiefs.
‘You don’t think it’s going to be nerve-wracking, especially when you’ve been with someone for so long, but before you get on that knee, your heart’s racing, I promise you that,’ he said.
Later that month, they announced they were expecting their first child. The pair eventually got married in March 2022 in Hawaii, after the birth of first daughter Sterling.
Over the past 18 months Brittany has struck up a high-profile friendship with Taylor Swift after the pop megastar began dating Mahomes’ teammate Travis Kelce.
Back in October, Mahomes posed for a picture with fellow WAG Lyndsey Bell and Swift, who posed with her hand over her baby bump.
The trio were repeating a picture they had staged earlier in 2024 when Bell was pregnant – and it inevitably sparked speculation among the Swifties that Travis and Taylor will be the next to be expecting a baby.
For now though, Chiefs Kingdom – as well as Mahomes himself – will no doubt be relieved that his third child has arrived during his time off.
The Chiefs are set to begin their push for an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl on Saturday.
