Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes reveals how he got out of the ‘friend zone’ with wife

Patrick and Brittany Mahomes opened up about how the 2 met and wound up getting collectively, turning into highschool sweethearts and later husband and spouse.

Within the first episode of the Netflix collection “Quarterback,” the Kansas City Chiefs’ star quarterback stated he and Brittany met in seventh and eighth grade. Patrick stated Brittany was a grade above him however he was caught within the “pal zone.”

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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes kisses Brittany Matthews earlier than the AFC Championship Recreation towards the Cincinnati Bengals at GEHA Subject at Arrowhead Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff-USA At this time Sports activities)

“I used to be like the very best pal, within the pal zone perpetually,” he stated. “I used to stroll her to class and was making an attempt to flirt. After I was a sophomore in highschool, and he or she was a junior, I truly bought her a rose and I used to be kinda, like, I had a crush on her. However I used to be giving the rose as a joke, however type of a citation ‘joke.’”

Brittany stated Patrick thought it was a joke, however she didn’t take it like that.

“I believed it was the cutest factor on this planet,” she stated. “After which everybody at our lunch desk began chanting, ‘Kiss him, kiss him!’ and made it actually awkward ‘trigger we have been ‘simply mates.’ That’s type of what began it and I believed it was cute.… 

Patrick Mahomes and spouse Brittany in the course of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs Tremendous Bowl Pink Carpet Ceremony at Union Station. (Peter Aiken-USA At this time Sports activities)

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“So that they have been chanting and I believed it was type of awkward, and it was humorous after which we simply type of… I used to be like, ‘OK, this man is definitely type of cute. Possibly I do like him.’ So then we simply began speaking after which began courting.”

The remaining is really historical past.

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes kisses his spouse Brittany Mahomes earlier than Tremendous Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA At this time Sports activities)

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The two got married in July 2022 and have two kids.