Patrick Mahomes reveals sobering reality of father's DWI arrest just before Chiefs' 2024 Super Bowl victory

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes revealed in a new docuseries that his father’s 2024 DWI arrest, which happened just over a week before the Super Bowl, was a life-altering moment for his dad.

Patrick Mahomes Sr. was arrested in February 2024 in Tyler, Texas, on a felony DWI charge, the third such charge for the former MLB pitcher. News of his arrest came just over a week before the Chiefs were due to face the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. 

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes speaks during a news conference following the Super Bowl 58 NFL football game Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in Las Vegas.  (AP Photo/John Locher)

Mahomes fielded several questions about his father’s arrest in the lead-up to the game. But in a new ESPN documentary released Wednesday, "Chiefs Kingdom," Mahomes said it was the media circus he had to face that served as a moment of clarity for the elder Mahomes.  

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"It was during that Super Bowl. It became a story, and so, I had to answer questions about it," Mahomes recalled, via the New York Post. "I think just knowing that it hurt me woke him up to know that, like, you can't keep doing the same things."

Mahomes Sr. also appeared in the episode, calling the incident "the most embarrassing" struggle he has faced. 

Pat Mahomes Sr., the father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, looks on after the Chiefs defeated the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 19, 2020, in Kansas City, Missouri. (David Eulitt/Getty Images)

"It kind of hit home before the Super Bowl last year, when I got in