Brittany Matthews, the fiancée of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, is trying to take a creative approach at ending bullying following the criticism she received for spraying champagne on frigid fans following the team’s win over the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs.
Matthews teamed up with the clothing company Charlie Hustle to create the "Team Brittany" shirt, which features an orange-yellow background and the words scrawled across the front in red.
"There has been quite a bit of buzz this week and it’s been a pretty rough week over here. However, me and my team have decided to try to turn this buzz into something and something good for the Kansas City community," Matthews said in a video posted to her Instagram Stories on Thursday.
"First, I just want to say, I greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate Kansas City and how much ya’ll have gotten behind us and supported me so much. It means the absolute world to me."
She said Charlie Hustle approached her to make the T-shirts and she wanted to turn the "opportunity into something good." She said part of the proceeds from the shirt sales will go to Red Card KC, a local charity in Kansas City that aims to prevent any kind of bullying.
"Obviously, I do receive a lot of hate on a daily basis on social media and I know so, so, so many other people do as well. I’m lucky enough to have a good support system and a city that is lifting me up but I know there are a lot of people out there struggling with this so that’s why I’m proud to just partner with this company and get behind this cause and hopefully push everything into the right direction and start spreading some more positivity on all of these platforms. I hope you guys just use this as a daily reminder to let you know that words are very powerful and it costs you nothing to be kind and nice to people… in this city we like to lift people up and not bring each other down."
Which makes me wonder if a young couple like this, high school sweethearts, even have a prenup in place.
Patrick is smart
He's not going to take a chance and maybe have to give her half his shit. I'm sure there will be a prenup. Even with one in place, between alimony and child support, she'd never have to work a day in her life
Originally Posted by Otter:
Does a person in that section post here?
Who said that?
Sorry but when I see irony this thick it's tough to pass up pointing it out.
I’m sure someone in that section is on twitter or Facebook. We would have heard about it by now. Several who claim to have been in the section have tweeted that everyone in the section was loving it. The video seems to back up that people were cheering it on.
Originally Posted by Easy 6:
Honestly bro, watch the video again... they were all encouraging her
I wasn't in the section or even at the game I just think it's a shitty thing to douse people with alcohol. Had it happen to me after a match and it sucks.
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
I don’t disagree with some of this. My main thing is, people keep saying she brings this on herself. Barstool is the one that started the war. She is playing defense. Maybe too much defense or with too much of an I don’t give a shit attitude. But this starts first with the root cause which is barstool targeting her like a stalker and building a troll army against her. **** that.
Now, Jackson is something different. He’s actively trying to be an influencer. Brittany strikes me as someone who nobody would give two shits about if the New England trolls didn’t make it their life mission to destroy her.
As a Patriots fan, I'd like to think New England as a whole has very little to do with this trolling of her. If much of this trolling is genuinely from Patriots fans, I apologize on behalf of all Patriot fans that are not low lives.
I am sure it has happened with all of the idiots on social media but I have never heard one normal Patriots fan talk negatively about her. Unless they are famous themselves like actors/models, the significant others of athletes are rarely a subject of conversation. We just don't care one way or the other and assume she is a nice person that like Patrick before he was super famous/super wealthy.
Even though I 100% freedom of speech which sometimes enables really bad actors, I support her right to fight back against bullying. Only she knows how much she has taken and it is probably a lot.
Originally Posted by stevegroganfan:
As a Patriots fan, I'd like to think New England as a whole has very little to do with this trolling of her. If much of this trolling is genuinely from Patriots fans, I apologize on behalf of all Patriot fans that are not low lives.
I am sure it has happened with all of the idiots on social media but I have never heard one normal Patriots fan talk negatively about her. Unless they are famous themselves like actors/models, the significant others of athletes are rarely a subject of conversation. We just don't care one way or the other and assume she is a nice person that like Patrick before he was super famous/super wealthy.
Even though I 100% freedom of speech which sometimes enables really bad actors, I support her right to fight back against bullying. Only she knows how much she has taken and it is probably a lot.
Barstool has led the charge. Portnoy is the biggest troll in media and the chiefs becoming patriots rivals gave him motivation. Patrick does a good job of keeping his nose clean so she is an easy target.
