Patrick Mahomes opened up for first time about his dad’s arrest in new Chiefs doc

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes opened up for the first time about his father’s 2024 arrest for driving while intoxicated right before the Super Bowl.

“It was during that Super Bowl week. It became a story and so I had to answer questions about it,” Mahomes said in the ESPN docuseries “The Kingdom,” which airs on Aug. 14.

Mahomes’ father Pat, a former New York Mets pitcher, has a history of arrests and stints in jail for DWI convictions.

In Feb. 2024, just days before his son won a third Super Bowl, he was arrested for another and served 10 days in jail.

“I think just knowing that it hurt me, woke him up to know that like you can’t keep doing the same things,” Mahomes said.

In the docuseries, Pat admits how he felt after his son was forced to field questions about his arrest.

“It kind of hit home before the Super Bowl last year, when I got in trouble. For him to have to answer questions about me, you know, was probably the most embarrassing thing that I’ve ever been through in my life,” he revealed.

“I called him right after … I said, ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry that it’s taken away from your time and focus.’ … I made a vow that he would never have to deal with anything because of drinking because of me. I haven’t had a drink since then.”

Mahomes’ wife Brittany also spoke about her father-in-law’s road to recovery in the doc.

“I think it finally hit him that, you know, ‘I have my kids watching me, I have my grandkids now that are watching me,’” she said.

“He really enjoys watching his son play football and live out his dream.”

And Mahomes agreed.

“For him to be there supporting me, that’s really cool cause those moments are just moments that you won’t ever get again and he’s been there for all of them this last year,” he said.

“The Kingdom’s” two-time Emmy Award winning director, Kristen Lappas, who conducted 120 hours of interviews for the docuseries, also wasn’t expecting Mahomes’ father to speak with her.

“I was surprised that his dad agreed to sit down for an interview and was as forthcoming as he was about his struggles. I do think it allows you to understand Patrick in a different and new way,” she said.

Lappas, whose father Steve was a college basketball coach at schools like Villanova University, was told her experience as a “coach’s kid” would help her to earn the trust of Chiefs coach Andy Reid — who was “apprehensive” about the project at first.

“He is notoriously known as one of the coaches that is old school, doesn’t let cameras in his locker rooms, doesn’t let people around the practice facility,” explained Lappas, whose recent projects include “Full Court Press,” a docuseries on WNBA stars Caitlin Clark, Kamilla Cardoso and Kiki Rice, and “Giannis: The Marvelous Journey,” about NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Lappas and her crew were given access to the Chiefs’ field at Arrowhead Stadium; locker room; training room; and their underground archive room, the first time cameras were ever let into the space.

“The Chiefs have kept their artifacts and library down there for half a century. And no player or coach had ever been brought down there. So that was like the real organic reaction from the guys being down in the caves, they call them. They looked like little kids.”

In the scene, Chief tight end Travis Kelce, who earns around $17 million a year, commented on a check that dated back to 1961 for $48.50 — the amount a player got paid for one game. Adjusted for inflation, it’s $521.44.

“Back then, that was like a million dollars though, right?” he quipped.