Brittany Mahomes may have made headlines
for partying with Taylor Swift — but she'll always be a small-town girl
at heart. Here's how she went from a Texas soccer field to becoming one
of the NFL's most famous WAGs. Brittany Mahomes hails from Tyler, Texas.
She started playing soccer at age 4, and her parents soon found themselves attending
an array of different athletic events. "I was that kid that played every sport. I
played softball, basketball; I did track." While attending Whitehouse High School,
Brittany also joined the cheerleading squad. She decided to quit her junior year —
which is when she developed romantic feelings for a certain member of the football team.
Patrick Mahomes was a sophomore at the time, and he and Brittany had been
close friends for a year. "But I never liked him." However, Brittany started to
view him in a different light when he got her a Valentine's Day gift as a joke. "I thought it was the cutest thing in the world. Everyone in the cafeteria started
chanting, 'Kiss her! Kiss her!'" While taking the GQ Sports Couples Quiz in July
2023, Brittany and Patrick revealed that their first date took place at Olive Garden. Around the
same time she started dating Patrick, Brittany got serious about soccer. She was an All-East
Texas forward as a senior in 2013, finishing the year with 22 goals and five assists.
Brittany decided to attend college at The University of Texas at Tyler. She
told the Tyler Morning Telegraph: "I didn't even see myself playing college
soccer when I graduated high school. However, I ended up coming to UT Tyler to
play soccer because it was close to home and I knew a few girls
that played here that loved it." Her university choice also allowed
her to remain close to Patrick Mahomes while he finished his final year of high school. After Patrick graduated, he put a great deal
of distance between himself and Brittany by enrolling at Texas Tech University.
The school is located in Lubbock, which is more than a six-hour drive
from Tyler. While speaking about their long-distance relationship on "Shootin'
It with Soph" in 2018, Brittany confessed, "We've had bumps in the road through college." It was difficult for her to cheer for Patrick
in person because soccer season and football season took place at the same time. However, she
was able to drive and fly to a few of his games. During her senior year, Brittany set multiple
single-season soccer records at UT Tyler, including scoring 18 goals and 40 points.
She also scored four hat tricks.
Brittany graduated from UT Tyler with a degree
in kinesiology. In a 2016 interview for the UT Tyler Athletics website, she said that
she hoped to get a job as a physical therapy assistant. But in 2017, she got
a huge opportunity to extend her soccer career when a professional Icelandic
soccer team offered her a contract. Patrick Mahomes got drafted by the
Kansas City Chiefs that same year, so it made sense for Brittany to hang
up her cleats after just one season abroad. She also said in a promotional
interview with athleisure brand Vitality that she realized her true calling
was helping other people get fit. "I found that my passion was
in fitness and helping others." During her "Shootin' It with Soph"
interview, Brittany said that she didn't add a weight-lifting regimen to her fitness
routine until she was in college. But by 2018, she knew her way around a gym. She had become
a certified personal trainer and was ready to share her expertise with others, so she launched
her Brittany Lynne Fitness website. Initially, it had two at-home workouts on
it. Brittany said on the podcast, "One is a [High Intensity Interval Training]
workout and one is a booty workout. [...] I had a lot of people message me for
workout guides and stuff, so now I just kind of wanted to give them something
that they can go to when they ask for that." Brittany didn't start living large as soon as
she achieved official NFL WAG status in 2017. According to GQ, she and Patrick Mahomes spent
their first off-season living with Brittany's father at his house. Those early years were also
rough because Brittany had to adjust to becoming a favorite target of the haters and trolls who
come out in full force on game day. In 2018, some of them figured out her phone
number, forcing Brittany to change it. That November, Brittany suffered
a tragic loss ahead of a Kansas City Chiefs game. Her stepfather was
waiting to enter Arrowhead Stadium when he collapsed. In a since-deleted
Instagram post, Brittany wrote, "Today is a day I will never forget!
Directly after this picture I sprinted to the front entrance to see my step dad
passed out! He did not come back from this and he was called to heaven today!"
Brittany Mahomes faced some of her haters in person during a December 2019 matchup between
the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots. It was an away game, and being stuck
in enemy territory was an unpleasant experience for Brittany and her brother-in-law,
Jackson Mahomes. Brittany tweeted, "As soon as we sit down, drunk dude
[says], 'Hey everyone this is Patrick Mahomes' girl and brother, let's
give them s---.' This shall be fun." In a later update, she revealed that
the harassment got so bad that she and Jackson had to be moved
by Gillette Stadium security. Brittany's online haters were still out in full
force, as well. On "Shootin' It with Soph," she said that calling her "ugly" was one of
their favorite insults. But in July 2019, she let her trolls know that she wasn't going
to let them shame her over her appearance. While posting a pair of bikini pics on
Instagram, Brittany wrote in the caption, "Me, when you get told all the time
your boyfriend could do so much better." "Ever since my platform has grown, you know, the hate and rude people have
continued to grow as well." Brittany's haters were likely seething with
jealousy when she and Patrick purchased a $1.8 million home that February. In a Bleacher
Report video, Patrick said that he gave Brittany and an interior designer complete control
over their new space's decor, except for a picture of a tattooed baby that he insisted
on hanging over their living room mantel. Brittany Mahomes celebrated her husband's
2020 Super Bowl win by taking to the field and rewarding him with plenty of PDA.
In one game day Instagram snapshot, she's shown straddling Patrick Mahomes as
he holds her up. In another, Brittany's preparing for a celebratory smooch.
She wrote in the caption of the pic, "We fought for our right to PAAAARTYYYY." While victory tasted sweet for the couple, Brittany just couldn't win with her Instagram
followers. One response to her post read, "YOU didn't do anything and YOU don't
deserve anything, the MEN on the team do." Another person predicted that Patrick would never
propose to Brittany. However, just months later, her haters got another reason to pout when she
got some bling to rival Patrick's Super Bowl ring. Patrick popped the question after the Chiefs'
Super Bowl ring ceremony at Arrowhead Stadium. While showing off Brittany's engagement ring in
an Instagram Story, Patrick wrote in the caption, "Ring SZN." One expert told Page Six that the ring could
have cost Patrick as much as $800,000. That said, Patrick had the money to spend, seeing as he
signed a record-breaking contract extension worth over $500 million that July. Patrick
also told a Kansas City sports radio show that he was more nervous about proposing than
he was about playing in the Super Bowl, saying, "You don't think it's going to be
nerve-racking, especially when you've been with someone for so long, but before you
get on that knee, man, your heart's racing." "It's amazing."
Before their daughter was born, Patrick Mahomes and Brittany Mahomes
already had two fur babies to keep them busy, a pit bull named Steel and a cane corso named
Silver. During an April 2023 Instagram Q&A, Brittany revealed that they almost gave their
daughter's name to Silver. Brittany wrote, "Then I said no, I want that
to be my daughter's name, so then we came up with Silver to go with Steel." In February 2021, Sterling Skye added a little
more shine to the metallic Mahomes fam. Brittany and Patrick didn't just have baby names
on the brain in 2021. That same year, Brittany helped choose the new name of the
National Women's Soccer League that she co-owned: the Kansas City Current. Patrick had
suggested calling the team the Fountains as a nod to the nickname of the city that he
now calls home. He told the Kansas City Star, "I gave my input and it was shot down. They
came up with a better name than I thought." Brittany had joined the team's ownership
group the prior year and was busy making sure that it would flourish. Construction was
soon underway on the Current's new stadium, the first venue of its kind built
solely for a women's pro team. Brittany made yet another big business move
in 2021 by partnering with Balance Athletica, making it possible for her to get paid for wearing
the brand's apparel in her workout videos.
Two weeks after Brittany Mahomes gave birth
to her first child, she got a big compliment from her brother-in-law. Jackson Mahomes
wrote in a post on his Instagram Story, "Hey @brittanylynne did you even have a baby?" A few months later, Brittany gave a
bikini pic a humorous caption about one of the perks of being a new mother, writing, "Haters will say they are fake, but
breastfeeding moms will understand." Most likely, she was responding
to trolls who believed that she'd gotten breast implants. When football
season rolled around, Brittany's haters had to watch her hubby continue to kill it
on the field while she rocked her best red outfits. Her critics were always primed
to pounce if she made one wrong move, and in January 2022, they tried to rain on
her parade after she made it rain champagne. While celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs' AFC
Divisional Round victory over the Buffalo Bills, Brittany filmed herself spraying
champagne on the Chiefs' fans who were seated below her suite. In an
apparent response to those who had complained about her behavior being
rude and disrespectful, she tweeted, "I just wish I could do what I want
without getting attacked every week." When she later discussed her divisive
celebration during a July 2023 appearance on "CBS Mornings," she was regretful, but not
for spraying the champagne. Brittany said, "I ultimately learned that you don't have to
share everything that you do in your life." The year 2022 was a big one for Brittany
Mahomes. She got to show off some of her best festival wear at Coachella, share the happy
news that she was pregnant with baby No. 2, and announce the launch of her own line of
athletic wear. She also got to walk down the aisle with her high school sweetheart.
Becoming a bride was on Brittany's mind when she and Patrick rang in their first New
Year as parents. She wrote on Instagram, "2022, the year I get to marry you." "He is my best friend in the whole world." For their wedding venue, Brittany
and Patrick decided to get married in Maui. Brittany later explained the
choice on her Instagram Story, writing, "We took our first vacation there
together and we have just loved it ever since. The weather and
views are just perfection there! I wanted somewhere where people
couldn't just pull up to lol." For their March 2022 nuptials, Brittany wore a
custom Versace gown with crystal-trimmed geometric cutouts on the bodice. The back featured a long
train and a bustle that resembled a huge bow. The Mahomes' wedding party included Kansas City
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who was one of Patrick's groomsmen. Brittany listed some of her
favorite wedding moments on Instagram, including, "Sterling rolling down the [a]isle in
a Bentley while eating her crackers." While partying with their loved ones in June
2022, Brittany and Patrick found out that they were having a baby boy. Brittany posted
an Instagram video of the couple shooting water guns loaded with blue liquid. Patrick
celebrated the reveal by jumping in a pool. That November, Brittany attended a Chiefs game to
cheer her husband on just one day prior to giving birth to their son, Patrick "Bronze" Lavon Mahomes
III. Patrick later told reporters that Jackson Mahomes came up with the idea of adding the
"Bronze" to his nephew's name. His inspiration was his niece Sterling's metallic name. When asked why
he liked his brother's suggestion, Patrick said, "We wanted, obviously, them to have that connection and them
to be brother and sister forever." Patrick was impressed with how
efficiently his wife handled giving birth for the second time. He recalled
in the 2023 Netflix docuseries "Quarterback," "She was like, 'All right, [it's] time
to go have the baby now,' and she went out there and then the baby was here, and
then she's back moving again the next day." A month after Bronze's birth, Brittany praised Sterling for being an awesome older
sister. Brittany wrote on Instagram, "So many people were trying to put this
negative idea of how much she was gonna hate not being the only child into my head
& it was kind of starting to upset me."
Brittany Mahomes kicked off 2023 by
preparing to attend her third Super Bowl as a WAG. This time around, she had two
young kids in tow. Brittany told USA Today: "This is an amazing accomplishment for Patrick,
and we knew we wanted both kids there to witness it and support their Dad! Overwhelming, maybe,
but that's pretty normal for our life in general!" She also revealed that she brought some help with
her, and having someone to keep an eye on the kids likely came in handy when she and Patrick
Mahomes scored an invite to the 2023 Met Gala. After Brittany helped Patrick
celebrate his second Super Bowl win, she basically won the title of the NFL
WAGs' fashion MVP. Brittany walked the red carpet in a white off-the-shoulder
gown that featured a wrap skirt with a high slit. The top of the bodice was trimmed
with silver sequined fabric, which complemented her earrings and platform heels. She and
Patrick both wore designs by Hugo Boss. The glamorous couple fit right in
with the glitterati — they even had a mansion to go home to that rivaled those
of their fellow attendees. That same year, they finished building their dream house, which
included a par-3 golf course and a half-sized football field. Further proving that the
Mahomes are a family of sports fanatics, Patrick joined his wife as one of the co-owners
of the Kansas City Current in January 2023. Brittany got a penalty flag for a fashion
fail at the ESPY Awards in July 2023. She was there to watch Patrick accept his awards
for best NFL player and best male athlete, but she risked overshadowing him with
her daring look. Her black Versace gown featured large cutouts on the stomach and in
the center of the bust. The top resembled two large pockets with strategically placed
buttons. One critic wrote on Instagram, "Out of all the dresses available in the
ENTIRE WORLD [...] that's the one [you chose]." Some of Brittany's followers also weren't fans of her lined lips and curly updo.
One person commented on Instagram, "You look like a teenager in middle
school instead of a football wife." However, it was motherhood, not fashion,
that dominated Brittany's conversation with Us Weekly at the ESPYs. She said
she enjoys the NFL off-season because she gets more help from her hubby
at home. Brittany told the outlet, "He's the best coach and dad." It's especially nice to have a spouse
around for support when there's a family emergency. A month after the ESPYs,
Brittany revealed that little Bronze Mahomes had a big health scare.
She wrote on her Instagram Story, "We took a very scary and frantic trip to the ER
yesterday after finding out this guy is highly, highly allergic to peanuts. The
scariest 30 min of my life."
For a fleeting moment, at least, Brittany
got to experience what it's like to be a member of Taylor Swift's girl squad.
When Swift showed up at a Chiefs game to cheer for Travis Kelce in September
2023, there was online speculation that Brittany wouldn't like sharing
the spotlight with the pop star. "I heard she was in the house." But the WAG proved there was no bad blood
there by partying with Swift the following weekend. During their night out in New
York City, they were joined by "Gossip Girl" alum Blake Lively and former "Game of
Thrones" star Sophie Turner. A source told ET: "Everyone is in a great mood and looked
like they were ready to have some fun." After Brittany indulged her inner Swiftie,
Kelce's ex-girlfriend, Kayla Nicole, reportedly unfollowed her on Instagram. Their
friendship went beyond hanging out simply because they were both WAGs. They continued spending
time together after Kelce and Nicole broke up. In August 2023, Nicole even planned
a surprise party for Brittany's 28th birthday. She shared videos on
her Instagram Story of a stunned Brittany covering her face and blowing out
candles on a birthday cake. Nicole wrote, "A special bday surprise for a special girl." Maybe Nicole isn't happy about Swift trying to
make friends with Brittany Mahomes. But how could she turn down an invite to hang with someone who
might sympathize with her "Champagne Problems?"
