KANSAS City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes has spared his team potential embarrassment while visiting the White House.
On Monday, the reigning Super Bowl champions headed to Washington D.C. to pose for photos with President Joe Biden.
Kelce, 33, is an eight-time Pro BowlerCredit: Getty
After Mahomes and Kelce posed alongside the President, who held aloft a #46 Biden jersey, Kelce could be heard telling him to “stay right there” as he walked over to the microphone.
“So I’ve been waiting for this…” Kelce said into the mics, before Mahomes swiftly swooped in, pulling Kelce aside.
After guiding him away, he then apologized to the onlookers after he, as SportsKeeda put it, prevented “any further embarrassment.”
The moment rapidly went viral across social media, with one Reddit user commenting: “Mahomes is clearly a man who lives with a toddler.
“Those were the moves of a seasoned parent, always ready to stop chaos at a moment’s notice in public.”
Meanwhile, one Twitter user commented: “Mahomes with the spidey-sense.”
As another said: “looks like Pat has a career in blocking too.”
Kelce’s New Heights podcast page also retweeted the clip, along with the caption “So close,” adding a laughing emoji.
Thankfully for Kelce, this may not have been his final opportunity to grab the mic at the White House, with the Chiefs widely touted as one of the favorites to win Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024.
Should they accomplish this, it would mark the franchise’s fourth Super Bowl win, their fourth appearance at the game in five years, and it would be just the ninth time a team has won back-to-back titles.
The last team to do so was the New England Patriots in 2005 and 2005.
The duo posed for a photo with President Biden outside the White House on Monday