Patrick Mahomes Reacts to Viral Photo of His ‘Dad Bod’ in Locker Room.Photo:Netflix
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Even NFL superstarPatrick Mahomesfalls victim to an unflattering camera angle.
The 28-year-old quarterback reacted to a still from The CW’sInside the NFLfootage from the Kansas City Chiefs' locker room celebrations after their AFC Championship win that has since gone viral.
The image shows a shirtless Mahomes giving his Chiefs teammates a pep talk in the locker room after they secured their spot in the upcoming Super Bowl.
“Yoooo why they have to do me like that!?!?!?,” Mahomes wrote in a post onX(formerly known as Twitter) on Wednesday morning, adding three laughing emojis and the hashtag, #DadBodSzn.
Quoting his own post on the app, Mahomes added, “Like I got kids!!!” and tagged the official accounts for the Chiefs, the NFL, andInside the NFL.
TheInside the NFL’s X accountrepliedto Mahomes, “Elite in our book,” while ESPN draft analyst Matt Miller joked, “You andJason Kelcedoing more for dad bods than anyone in history,” referencing the Philadelphia Eagles star’sshirtless anticsat the Chiefs-Bills game.
Miller added that Kelce, 36, and Mahomes were “Doing the lord’s work.”
Mahomes and the Chiefs will look to defend their reign as the NFL champions when Super Bowl LVIII kicks off on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
The 2024 Super Bowl will be Mahomes' fourth appearance in the big game for Kansas City, and he’s seemingly looking forward to visiting Las Vegas.
After the Chiefs defeated the Baltimore Ravens 17-10 at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday, Mahomes logged onto X to celebrate the win with a GIF of Zach Galifianakis’s character from the movieThe Hangover.
In the 2009 film, Galifianakis teams up with Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms for a wild and raunchy trip to the strip while celebrating a bachelor party. Chaos ensues, and the group is forced on a wild goose chase while searching for their lost friend.
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“Big Red, T Swift, & the boys just tore your parlay up again,” Tranquill, 28, wrote on X after the win, referring to tight endTravis Kelce’s girlfriendTaylor Swiftand head coachAndy Reidas “Big Red” in the post.
The Chiefs will now go to the Super Bowl for the second year in a row, after winning the Vince Lombardi Trophy last year.
source: people.com
