Celebrities taking autographs at events can get overwhelming, especially when they are the stars of the event. Patrick Mahomes is facing some backlash after he awkwardly declined an autograph from a kid at the celebrity Golf tournament in Nevada.
While putting, a young boy pleaded with Patrick to sign his T-shirt, but Mahomes declined the offer, claiming that he needed to rush with the game or else the match would delay. The boy’s father was offended by the rejection as he jumped into his kid’s defense with claims that an autograph with just one kid out of 100 would delay nothing.
Patrick was kind enough to respond that signing an autograph with one kid will make 99 others sad, and the dad fired back with the claim that one out of 99 is better than zero. Everyone, fiercely defending their interests, appeared to win because Patrick didn’t sign the autographs, and Twitter has been outraged by the incident. According to fans, Patrick should have gone out of his way to make the kid happy because that would have meant a lot.
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This year’s showdown with Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce taking on NBA teammates Steph Curry and Klay Thompson was heavily attended as adults and kids showed up to see these stars compete against each other.
Patrick Mahomes is arguably the best quarterback in the league, so fans see him and want his autograph. However, he is catching heat for not signing for one kid at The Match event.
Mahomes, making his fourth appearance in the celebrity event, was signing too many autographs during one of his rounds and had to shut down some fans who were calling for him to come over.
That wasn’t too bad until he had to turn down a kid for one and had to hear his father get upset about it.
Mahomes was clearly not being a jerk about it, but some people still felt as if he should’ve signed anyway.
It’s a celebrity golf tournament, that he didn’t win. C’mon now. You’re not a celebrity without the fans. Just sign the autograph.
The two-time NFL Super Bowl champion will move past this situation as he gets ready for the 2023 season and tries to go back-to-back after defeating the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl back in February. Mahomes and his team ended up clinching the Super Bowl win, and he was crowned Most Valuable Player for the game.
Mahomes led the NFL in passing yards (5,250), passing touchdowns (41), offensive yards (5,614), and offensive TDs (45). He was named the 2022 regular season MVP. It was the second time Mahomes won the award in his young career.
It is amazing the type of numbers he put up after the team traded away Tyreek Hill, his most dangerous weapon, to the Miami Dolphins last offseason.
How badly do celebrities have to go out of their way to make people happy just by appearing in photos with them? Instead of us forcing celebrities to take pictures with our kids to make them happy and make them feel important, why don’t we teach them to quit being entitled and also stop rating brief moments with celebrities as an achievement?
HEADLINE: “Patrick Mahomes turns down a chance to autograph something for a kid.”
YES BECAUSE HE IS IN MIDDLE OF TRYING TO WIN A TOURNAMENT AND POLITELY DECLINED pic.twitter.com/v1mmDgrd9C
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) July 20, 2023