Patrick Mahomes Opens Up About Dad’s DWI Arrest Ahead of Super Bowl in New Chiefs Doc

Hi, I’m Jaden Patel. In case you were saving your sympathy for a bigger catastrophe, here is Patrick Mahomes, Nobel-level quarterback, addressing his father’s messy arrest with the calm of someone who wins championships and answers uncomfortable questions on the fly.

Patrick Mahomes appears candid in ESPN’s new docuseries The Kingdom, which drops on August 14, as he speaks publicly for the first time about his father Pat Mahomes’ February 2024 arrest for driving while intoxicated during Super Bowl week. The timing, needless to say, was inconvenient. The younger Mahomes told director Kristen Lappas that the incident “was during that Super Bowl week” and “it became a story and so I had to answer questions about it.” Those quotes are included in the series and discussed in media coverage surrounding the release.

Pat Mahomes, a former Major League Baseball pitcher, has a documented history of DWIs and stints in jail tied to alcohol-related offenses. In February 2024 he was arrested days before Patrick led the Kansas City Chiefs to his third Super Bowl title; he served 10 days in jail afterward. In The Kingdom, Pat admits the arrest “kind of hit home” and called his son to apologize for taking focus away from him during a crucial time. Pat told the camera that he vowed Patrick would never again have to “deal with anything because of drinking because of me,” and he says he has abstained from alcohol since that incident.

Brittany Mahomes, Patrick’s wife, frames the moment as a turning point in the senior Mahomes’ life. In the documentary she notes that seeing his children and grandchildren watching him apparently made the stakes feel more real: “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 says. Brittany also points out the visible change in family dynamics: Pat has been present for significant moments this past year, supporting Patrick on the field and enjoying the payoff of a son who is living his dream.

Director Kristen Lappas, a two-time Emmy winner, spent around 120 hours conducting interviews for The Kingdom. She told reporters she was surprised Pat agreed to sit down and that his candor allowed viewers a new lens on Patrick’s life beyond touchdowns and endorsements. Lappas also leveraged her background as a coach’s kid to gain trust within the Chiefs organization. Her access extended to rarely seen spaces at Arrowhead Stadium: the practice field, locker room, training room, and an underground archive the team keeps for memorabilia. That archive, Lappas says, has been sealed to outsiders for decades and was the first time many players saw the team’s historical artifacts.

The doc includes lighter, human moments to balance the heavier family material. Players reacted like kids in what they call the “caves” where the Chiefs store their artifacts. Tight end Travis Kelce quipped at a 1961 check for $48.50 that equates to about $521.44 today, deadpanning that in the old days “that was like a million dollars though, right?” The scene functions as the usual sports documentary balm: nostalgia, small humor, and a reminder that even multimillionaires enjoy a piece of paper with someone else’s signature.

For Patrick Mahomes, the chain of events in early 2024 became a personal test of focus and family boundaries. The documentary reveals the awkward, familial side of fame: a son fielding questions while preparing for the biggest game of the year, and a father confronting bad choices in public. The story is presented with commentary from several close voices and lends context to Pat Mahomes’ decision to stop drinking and attempt to repair the fallout. Whatever your opinion of celebrity accountability, the show offers a window into how an elite athlete navigates private family crises under intense public scrutiny.

So yes, Patrick Mahomes still wins, and yes, his dad’s mistakes were inconveniently timed. The real takeaway from The Kingdom is quieter: family matters, even for a guy who throws touchdowns for a living. Tune in to see whether redemption looks convincing on camera and whether the Chiefs’ locker-room nostalgia can outshine a headline.

Closing line: Let’s all pretend we learned something today.

Sources: Celebrity Storm and New York Post, ESPN, interviews with Kristen Lappas (documentary press materials)
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