Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs celebrated their 2023 Super Bowl win with a parade on Wednesday.
Fans lined the streets of Kansas City, Missouri — with some arriving as early as 6 a.m. — to catch a glimpse of the 2023 Vince Lombardi Trophy winners, and the Chiefs stars did not disappoint.
Mahomes, Travis Kelce and their family and friends chugged beers and greeted fans during the epic celebration. Mahomes, 27, wore his customized WWE Championship belt and danced with his wife Brittany.
In their speeches, Mahomes and Kelce called out the “haters” who said the Chiefs wouldn’t win the Super Bowl this year.
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Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. REED HOFFMANN/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK
“The AFC West said we were rebuilding. I’m going to be honest with you: I don’t know what rebuilding means,” Mahomes said to cheers from the crowd, according to the Kansas City Star. “In our rebuilding year, we’re world champs!”
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Patrick Mahomes. COLIN E BRALEY/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK
“The haters were saying that the Chiefs would never make the playoffs. Pppuh,” Kelce added, with a noise of disgust. “The haters were saying the Chiefs were done. Pppphhuh!“
In an Instagram story, Mahomes posted a photo of the excited Chiefs fans and wrote, “Let’s get this thing started!!”
The Super Bowl MVP saluted Chiefs Nation as he downed a Coors Light from on top of the team’s double-decker bus. Matt Nagy, the team’s QB coach, helped keep the NFL star from falling while he enjoyed the victory beer.
Donna Kelce was also in Kansas City for the parade, where she waved to fans from atop the team’s bus. At one point during the celebration, Travis, 33, threw back a shot of Fireball whiskey as fans cheered.
