Someone really doesn’t like Patrick Mahomes and his family.
On Friday afternoon, Mahomes found himself trending on social media after former NFL player turned radio host Rich Ohrnberger tweeted that he heard that the Chiefs QB had spoken to his fiancee and his brother about not attending games because they were hurting his brand.
The report was quickly debunked, and Ohrnberger admitted that he couldn’t verify the information he had tweeted out.
Via Chron.com
“I can’t substantiate the information that I tweeted out earlier today regarding Patrick Mahomes and his family,” “The source I received this information from was posing as someone I trust. I will delete this tweet later today along with the original thread. Please pass this along.”
Apparently, an anonymous source has been texting various reporters trying to spread fake news on the Mahomes family.
Again, per source, it's not true.
I spent the better part of yesterday morning tracking this down after myself and another NFL insider were group-texted the same incorrect info. Was flatly told it's bogus.
Mahomes didn't have a meeting w/ family asking them not to attend games https://t.co/U0uAx7Ta3N
— Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) February 18, 2022
While it’s unclear whether Ohrnberger was the victim of a prank or whatever, someone recently texted that a similar scoop to my son, apparently believing they were texting me. (As the anonymous tip went, Mahomes had told them they won’t be allowed on the field next season, not that they are banned from games.) We ignored it. Given that Ohrnberger reported nearly the exact thing that someone was pushing to me, it seems that someone was trying to spread a false narrative about Mahomes. And that they finally succeeded in getting someone to bite.
Florio is at least the fourth person — including myself — I know to have received this info from a bizarre text. Incredibly weird behavior. https://t.co/7njTbufwSI
— Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) February 19, 2022
Mahomes seemed to take the fake reports about him and his family in stride.
Y’all just be making stuff up these days 😂😂😂
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) February 18, 2022