“Whenever you have kids and mom needs her sleep, you have to be great at not making noise in bed,” the quarterback jokes exclusively with PEOPLE. When Patrick Mahomes has a craving for Doritos, he can’t help but dig in — even while lying in bed with his wife Brittany.
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, 29, tells PEOPLE he’s been a fan of Doritos “ever since I can remember,” and owes up to what Brittany revealed during a September 2023 Instagram Q&A is his “funny habit” of eating them “every night in bed.”
But, the quarterback tells PEOPLE, “It’s not that I eat them in bed” that annoys Brittany. “I think that she just doesn’t like the bag, and because, you know, the bag makes a crunchy noise when she’s sleeping.”
A man of many talents, the three-time Super Bowl winner says he’s learned how to grab a chip without waking his wife — especially now that they’ve just welcomed their third 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 together, Golden Raye Mahomes, on Jan. 13.
Patrick Mahomes and Brittany Mahomes pose for a portrait with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024.
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“I’ve actually become really good at being able to eat my Doritos without making noise,” says Patrick. “It’s just about the placement of the hand when you’re going in the bag. You’ve got to make sure that you really perfect that.”
The father of three adds, “Whenever you have kids and mom needs her sleep, you have to be great at not making noise in bed.”
Patrick isn’t the only Mahomes reaching for a bag of Doritos. “My kids love them, Bronze especially,” he says. “Every time I open up a bag, he’s asking for chips, chips, chips, so I give him a couple of them. I try to keep them down. I want him to still eat dinner, but he loves his Doritos.”
A lifelong fan of Doritos, Patrick says he was excited to partner up with the snack brand for the return of its iconic Crash the Super Bowl campaign, where fans were participated in the Think You Can Make a Better Ad challenge.
Along with his Kansas City teammates Creed Humphrey, Chris Jones and Xavier Worthy, the quarterback watched fan submissions and helped select the top three ads.
The Chiefs players’ reactions and the reveal of the best three submissions will air during the playoffs and Championship games. Once the top 3 Crash the Super Bowl ads are revealed, Doritos fans will have the power to select the winning ad by voting at DoritosCrash.com.
“The fans crushed it,” Patrick says of the submissions. “I mean, every single ad that I saw was funny. They had great special effects, they had great acting, everything you can want in a Super Bowl commercial.”
