Gracie Hunt has got Jackson Mahomes’ back.
Hunt — the daughter of Chiefs owner Clark Hunt — defended Patrick Mahomes’ brother when asked whether there is a misconception about him following criticism over his social media posts.
“I think Patrick Mahomes has a wonderful family – from Brittany to Jackson,” the 24-year-old Hunt told Fox News Digital. “They are wonderful people and we are so blessed to have them as part of our organization and are huge rocks in Patrick’s life.
“I do think that we live in a culture that’s often quick to criticize and slow to forgive. But I think we need to be one that’s quick to forgive and slow to criticize.”
Last season, Jackson made headlines on a number of occasions for his larger-than-life presence at Chiefs games, where he attracted attention for his TikTok videos, dancing on the sidelines and engaging in altercations with fans.
Last February, Pat McAfee called Jackson and Mahomes’ wife, Brittany Matthews, “the tag team of insufferability” for drawing attention to themselves on NFL sidelines and at games.
Jackson has one million followers on TikTok, while Matthews has over one million followers on Instagram.
In September 2021, Jackson was filmed pouring a bottle of water over a bunch of Ravens fans that were taunting him and Matthews following the Chiefs’ 36-35 loss in Baltimore.
Mahomes defended his brother and wife in a press conference and said that the whole situation wasn’t captured on video.
“There was things said to him and Brittany [Matthews] that you don’t see kind of on the clip,” Mahomes said at the time. “He’s been good at not trying to respond to that kind of stuff. He takes a lot and he’s usually pretty good at it.”
In October 2021, Jackson and Matthews shared apologies on social media after they stood on the late Sean Taylor’s memorial logo at FedEx Field in Washington. Jackson also filmed a TikTok video that showed him dancing on the logo.
In December 2021, Mahomes was called out by a business on TikTok for allegedly scamming the company. That followed a separate incident in which Mahomes was ripped by a Kansas City bar that claimed in social media post that he acted entitled and was rude to staffers at the establishment.
In March 2022, Jackson took to Instagram to reportedly complain about “the media destroying [his] life.”
At the time, Mahomes wrote, “broken/sad/disrespected” in a selfie post, according to a screen grab on Twitter.
On Thursday, Jackson posted a selfie to his Instagram story that said he was headed to Arizona, where the Chiefs will face the Eagles in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Hunt will also be at the big game with her family.
“We’re excited to hopefully finish our season with a win in Arizona just like we started it with a win in Arizona,” Hunt told The Post in an exclusive interview. “I’m pretty sure all of Kansas City is coming to Arizona, so I hope it’s ready to be flooded with red and gold.”
Super Bowl 2023 kicks off at State Farm Stadium in Glendale at 6:30 p.m. ET.
