Patrick Mahomes’ Mother Randi Opens Up About the Struggles She Faced as Star QB Rises to Fame

Patrick Mahomes, a three-time Super Bowl winner, is one of the most recognizable players in the NFL.

He is widely considered the best quarterback in the league, and being a high-profile sports figure has put Mahomes’ family in the spotlight.

His wife, Brittany Mahomes, has made headlines in recent years, and was prominently featured in the Netflix docuseries “Quarterback.”

Former MLB player Pat Mahomes Sr. has also had his share of viral moments, as his son helped the Kansas City Chiefs to multiple Super Bowl appearances. Mahomes’ mother, Randi, recently opened up about the downside of her son’s fame.

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While Mahomes receives overwhelming support and praise from fans, Randi admitted that she gets moved to tears every time she thinks about the “hate” directed towards the Mahomes family.

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“As much as I say we are blessed and Patrick is living his dream, these have been the hardest seven years of my adult life,” Randi said during an appearance on “The Mom Game Podcast.”

“It was really hard to reconcile… being proud of him and the hate that you and the kids get. I can’t even describe how hard it was. I cried a lot. I have a hard time with that.

“After we won the Super Bowl a few years ago, I went back and just looked at social media, trying to sleep. And I looked and there was this huge amount of hate for me and my kids — all three of them. And I was like, I was looking at their social media and I was like, ‘This is a beautiful, all-American family. Why would this mom or dad say that?’” Randi said.

As Mahomes’ popularity grew, regular family outings quickly became a thing of the past.

“We just want to be normal and go out to dinner. We don’t do that. It’s really hard at my job because 90% of my calls are not about work. I still go to work and I want to live a normal life,” Randi said.

“I look at some of my friends on social media and I envy them for having such a normal (life). Their kids are the same age as Patrick and Jackson, and they have such a normal situation and we don’t. It’s super hard.”

Randi, the mother of Patrick’s brother Jackson and his younger half-sister Mia, added that it hurts her a lot when she reads negative comments about her children.

“I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. I said I wouldn’t wish it on anyone because as a mother, you don’t want to read or see things about your children, especially when you know it’s not true.”

Pat Mahomes Sr. and Randi divorced in 2006. The Chiefs star quarterback also has two half-siblings on his father’s side: a sister named Zoe Mahomes and a brother named Graham Walker.

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Randi suggested that Patrick might decide to retire from the NFL if his dedication to the game begins to hurt his family.

“I hear him, you know, making comments like, ‘If the game takes away from my kids, I might not play as long as Tom Brady,’ and I’m like, I’m so proud of him for that,” she said. Mahomes was drafted in 2017 and spent all seven of his NFL seasons with the Chiefs.

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