After the Chiefs’ AFC championship game win over the Bills, the Kansas City quarterback responded with a meme.
As the Kansas City Chiefs celebrate their victory in the AFC championship game Sunday, Brittany Mahomes is sending a pointed reminder to Buffalo Bills fans about the importance of sportsmanship.
Mahomes, the wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, took to her Instagram Story to address an incident in November involving Bills fans at a tailgate.
At the event, a Kermit the Frog doll was dressed in a curly wig and a No. 15 Chiefs jersey and hanged from a pole, sparking outrage among Chiefs supporters. The puppet’s resemblance to the star quarterback was a nod to ongoing jokes that his voice sounds like the Muppet’s.
Many fans said the stunt was in poor taste and even racist, saying it staged a mock lynching of Patrick Mahomes, who is Black.
“Do we remember this, Buffalo? Absolutely disgusting,” Brittany Mahomes wrote Sunday, alongside a photo of the incident.
“So as you go home tonight, I pray we become better people,” she wrote.
The Chiefs punched their ticket to New Orleans for a third straight Super Bowl appearance after a hard-fought 32-29 victory over the Bills.
While Brittany Mahomes called for reflection, Patrick Mahomes appeared unfazed by the incident.
After Sunday’s victory, Mahomes, a two-time NFL MVP and three-time Super Bowl MVP, shared a classic meme on X of Kermit the Frog sipping tea, a cheeky nod to the controversy and the victory.
Terry Dickerson
Terry Dickerson is a news associate with NBC News Digital.
