By Mark Gray
2:32pm PST, Feb 11, 2024
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Following the Kansas City Chiefs' victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Jan. 28, 2024, to secure the AFC Championship title, the Missouri-based NFL team is headed to the Super Bowl on Feb. 11. (They'll battle the San Francisco 49ers in the big game for the second time in four years.) Keep reading to see which stars will be cheering them on…
Although Paul Rudd was born in New Jersey, he grew up primarily in the Kansas City metropolitan area — and he's a huge Chiefs fan: The Marvel star is often seen wearing Chiefs and Kansas City Royals merch.
In 2007, he narrated season 3 of HBO's "Hard Knocks," which documented the Chiefs' training camp that year. Paul also co-hosts the annual Big Slick charity event benefitting Children's Mercy hospitals in Missouri and Kansas.
On Feb. 6, 2023, he told People magazine that Super Bowl LVII would be stressful: "It's always tough when you have a real vested interest. Unless it's a total blowout, but I'm really hoping that they win," he said. "I just want to be elated at the end of the game." (He was: The Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles that year.)
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Brad Pitt roots for the Kansas City Chiefs. (The Oscar-winning actor went to high school and college in Missouri.) He even briefly sported a Chiefs hat on the red carpet at the 2020 SAG Awards after a fan threw it to him.
After a paparazzo asked him to name his Super Bowl pick in January 2023, he fired back, "Chiefs, baby!"
He's rooting for them in Super Bowl LVIII too: While presenting an award to pal Bradley Cooper in February 2024, Brad poked fun at Bradley, saying he was used to losing because he's a Philadelphia Eagles fan. As the crowd's laughs subsided, Brad then loudly shouted from the podium, "Go Chiefs!"
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English actor Henry Cavill adopted the Kansas City Chiefs as his football team once he started spending more time in the states. "Spending a lot of time in America, learning to enjoy football, I realized I had to choose a team," the British "Man of Steel" star said on "The Rich Eisen Show" in 2018. "I was trying to think of something that would always stick. I figured Superman's from Kansas. I was playing Superman at the time. It just kind of made sense to me." It's not uncommon for him to refer to #ChiefsNation on social media. Before the 2020 Super Bowl — which the Chiefs won — Henry gushed on Instagram, "Today is a day of days, my friends."
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Rob Riggle is a huge sports fan and often appears on FOX's NFL pregame show. The comedian, who grew up in Kansas, is also a huge Kansas City Chiefs supporter. In 2017, he was so enthusiastic about leading the pre-game war chant just before kickoff at Arrowhead Stadium, he broke the stick used to bang on the team's iconic drum. After the Chiefs won the AFC Championship Game in 2023, he took to Instagram to share a video of himself happily dancing. "Congratulations @chiefs on another AFC Championship!!! I'm so proud of you guys!!! #lovekansascity," he wrote in the caption.
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Melissa Etheridge was born into Chiefs Kingdom: Her father was a huge fan of the team. She carried on the family tradition and has performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Chiefs games in the past. In January 2021, she spoke to InKansasCity.com at length about her passion, admitting she's "very obsessed" with the team. (She was actually wearing two Chiefs shirts during the interview!)
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Taylor Swift supported the Philadelphia Eagles as a youngster growing up in Pennsylvania, but those days are now behind her…
The pop star began dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce in 2023 and quickly became a fixture at his games. She celebrated with him after the Chiefs won the 2024 AFC Championship Game and is expected to be in the audience at the 2024 Super Bowl: She reportedly plans to fly from Japan to Las Vegas immediately following the final night of her "The Eras Tour" stop in Tokyo on Feb. 10 so that she can see her beau play on Feb. 11 before she's due in Australia for another leg of her concert trek. She's ready for it!
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Heidi Gardner of "Saturday Night Live" fame grew up in Kansas City. Although she lives in the Big Apple now, the comedy star threw a Chiefs-themed party when they went to the Super Bowl in 2020. She got emotional after her beloved team won that game: "Chiefs, you blew my mind. Thank you for such an amazing season and Super Bowl. I love you!!!" she wrote on Instagram. Of quarterback Patrick Mahomes, she added, "He's more than magic. He's a cut above and we are so lucky to have him. I'm so inspired by his leadership and the fact that he never gives up."
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"Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet was born and raised in the shadow of Arrowhead Stadium, where the Kansas City Chiefs play. He often appears on football shows talking about his beloved Chiefs. In 2020, he attended Super Bowl LIV in Miami — which the Chiefs won — and got emotional about the experience. "We've [been] waiting a long time for this," he said in a video from the field. "This is a huge day for Kansas City." He also attended the 2023 AFC Championship Game a few weeks after gifting his fiancée a Chiefs poncho for Christmas. In April 2023, Eric was selected to announce the team's fourth round draft pick: Chamarri Conner.
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"Anchorman" star David Koechner is a lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan. He often posts about all things Kansas City on X. In September 2020, he hawked Chiefs championship flags and donated the money to Kansas City charities. He also co-hosts the annual Big Slick charity event benefitting Children's Mercy hospitals in Missouri and Kansas. David once tweeted a video in which his friends talk about his love for the Chiefs: "So if you didn't get that, my favorite things are Chiefs, Chiefs, Chiefs, archery and then more Chiefs," he wrote.
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This one might be obvious, but Emmy-nominated actor John Amos is a Kansas City Chiefs fan. He's also a former Chiefs player! Granted, the "Good Times" actor never got past training camp, but he was still technically listed on the roster for a time.
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In his official bio on his website, comedian and actor Eddie Griffin — who was born in Kansas City — claims that he choreographed Chiefs halftime shows during his teen years.
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Rapper Tech Nine was born and raised in Kansas City and even released a Chiefs-inspired song, "Red Kingdom," in 2019.
