Brittany Mahomes Shares Update on Family Pet: ‘I’m So Sad’

The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, were preparing for several new family additions after their pet duck laid eggs.

Brittany wrote on her Instagram Stories, “Guys OMG, our pet duck is gonna have 9 babies can’t wait to see them.” She revealed in a subsequent Story, “One of the eggs was broke and I think she literally took it away… and then there were 8.”
However, none of the ducklings ultimately survived. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model shared an update on Wednesday, June 5.
After finding pieces of broken eggs scattered, Brittany initially guessed that maybe the duck’s eggs weren’t fertile. The 28-year-old, who shares daughter Sterling Skye, 3, and son, Patrick “Bronze,” 17 months, with Mahomes, revealed what really happened.
“It was a raccoon at 4:30 a.m. this morning,” Brittany wrote on her Instagram Stories. “I’m so sad.”
The Mahomes’ pet duck remained unharmed. The couple also shared two dogs, Steel and Silver. “I mean, they’re basically our children,” Brittany told People. “I consider us having four kids.”
Brittany revealed Steel was a gift from the three-time Super Bowl MVP while she was in college. “Patrick bought him for me for a Valentine’s Day gift when I was a junior,” she said, revealing his name was inspired by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“So, I actually used to be a Steelers fan and that’s how I got the name Steel, so that’s a great story,” she added. The couple adopted Silver in 2018.
Travis Kelce’s NFL royalties spiked 177% to $2.4 MILLION since Taylor Swift relationship began – and Patrick Mahomes’ earnings soared to $3.6 million
Definitive proof in the existence of a ‘Taylor Swift effect’ is difficult to pin down, but the NFL Players Association inserted some compelling evidence in its annual filing to the US Department of Labor.
Specifically, the union filing shows a 177-percent increase in group licensing and marketing income for Swift’s boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who began dating the pop star at the onset of the 2023 NFL season.
In total, the three-time Super Bowl champion earned $2.4 million to rank fourth among NFL players in licensing income, which is generated by everything from video games, trading cards, and replica jerseys.
Kelce’s teammate Patrick Mahomes enjoyed a similar boost in 2023 as his group licensing and marketing income grew 53 percent to a league-high $3.6 million, according to Sportico.
So even though the Chiefs finished the 2022 NFL season with a Super Bowl title, both Kelce and Mahomes saw their royalties skyrocket in 2023 as Swift’s spotlight shined on Kansas City.
There are, of course, other examples supporting the existence of the Swift effect.
For starters, the Chiefs enjoyed a 34-percent increase in online fans this season.
As for the Super Bowl, CBS’ broadcast averaged 123.4million viewers – a record audience for a single network – as Swift watched Kelce win his third Super Bowl in five seasons in Las Vegas. It certainly helped that an estimated five million more women tuned into the game in February than watched the previous Super Bowl.
Former Giants quarterback Eli Manning told Good Morning America in November that the Taylor Swift effect is very much a real thing.
‘I think it makes it fun,’ Manning told GMA’s Robin Roberts. ‘I have three daughters, 12, 10, and 8. When the Chiefs are playing, they are watching that game and looking for Taylor. It makes them enjoy the games and get into it.’