{"id":214043,"date":"2025-10-10T10:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/214043\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:28:11","slug":"young-chiefs-fan-who-had-patrick-mahomes-headband-swiped-surprised-with-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/214043\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Chiefs Fan Who Had Patrick Mahomes Headband Swiped Surprised with Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<br \/>\nA 10-year-old fan was surprised with a gift box from the Kansas City Chiefs after the headband Patrick Mahomes handed him at the game against the Giants was swiped awayThe fan, Joey Masters, was surprised with several pieces of merchandise that he showed off in an unboxing videoMasters ended up with far more than the headband in the end<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Kansas City Chiefs are looking out for their fans.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> After 10-year-old Joey Masters missed out on a headband from Patrick Mahomes that was intended for him after the Chiefs-Giants game on Sept. 21 \u2014 until a woman swiped it away \u2014 the Chiefs made good on the incident.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Masters was gifted a bundle of team merch from the Chiefs, which he excitedly unboxes in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPe2bJyjZOP\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=2\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> shared on Instagram and TikTok. In it, the boy goes through a large red box that has the Kansas City-based football team&#8217;s logo printed on each side. He then reaches his hand inside the red and yellow confetti, finding goodies that leave him in shock.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The first item Masters pulls out is a Mahomes No. 15 Kansas City Chiefs jersey, which was signed by the quarterback himself. He smiled wide and held up the merch while onlookers can be heard marveling at the gift off-camera.\n<\/p>\n<p> Joey Masters unboxes gift from the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas.City.Karen\/TikTok<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The young fan then pulled out a black Chiefs string bag filled with more surprises.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Among them included a red Kansas City Chiefs baseball hat, a reusable water bottle, a &#8220;Chiefs Kingdom&#8221; pennant, a red foam finger and a huge banner with the team&#8217;s slogan, &#8220;How &#8217;bout those Chiefs.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> Patrick Mahomes gives fan sweatband after Chiefs-Giants game on Sept. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Elsa\/Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The last item Masters took out of the box was a white headband, complete with a signature from Mahomes along with a little note \u2014\u00a0a significant gift on the heels of the incident that left the fan headband-less.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> About one week after the swiper in question \u2014\u00a0who had been dubbed &#8220;Kansas City Karen&#8221; \u2014\u00a0pried the memento away from Masters, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/young-chiefs-fan-speaks-out-after-woman-took-patrick-mahomes-headband-from-him-11823983\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he opened up about the incident<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cPatrick Mahomes walked over to me, locked eyes with me, tries to give me his headband,\u201d the 10-year-old fan told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kctv5.com\/2025\/09\/30\/i-just-want-headband-back-chiefs-fan-speaks-out-following-viral-video\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City CBS affiliate KCTV<\/a> on Sept. 29.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cAnd the woman just swoops in and snatches it from me,&#8221; added Masters, who was celebrating his birthday that same day.\n<\/p>\n<p> Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.<\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Reed Hoffmann<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The woman in question, Nina Miller, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/giants-fan-defends-herself-viral-video-swiping-patrick-mahomes-headband-young-boy-11820667\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bragged about getting the headband<\/a> in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@michaelmiller_nina\/video\/7554829509195762975\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a lengthy video on TikTok<\/a>\u00a0explaining herself.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Meanwhile, the interaction did not sit well with Masters\u2019 mother.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;It was such a great day,\u201d Mindy Masters told KCTV. \u201cThe players were amazing with us, the fans were, and just to have one person swoop in and take that from him is heartbreaking for a mother to watch.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@michaelmiller_nina\/video\/7555296999084461343\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In a second TikTok days later<\/a>, Miller dialed down her excitement about retrieving the accessory.\n<\/p>\n<p> Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City Chiefs fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Scott Winters\/Icon Sportswire\/Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;I just want to talk to you guys for one minute from my heart,&#8221; she said in the clip. &#8220;At the game, with all the noise and all the excitement, I honestly thought that Pat Mahomes was giving me the headband. I reached for it without thinking.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Miller added that she &#8220;felt horrible&#8221; about the outcome.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> It is unclear if the two parties have communicated, but Mindy requested that fans leave Miller alone.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;I don\u2019t want her to get hate mail, don\u2019t want her to get death threats,\u201d the young boy&#8217;s mom said, adding, &#8220;Just give the child his headband back.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW A 10-year-old fan was surprised with a gift box from the Kansas City Chiefs after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-214043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}