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‘Daddy’s newest fan’: Chiefs player, girlfriend do surprise gender reveal after Bills game

Chiefs player Derrick Nnadi and his girlfriend, Nani, celebrating with a gender reveal.
Chiefs player Derrick Nnadi and his girlfriend, Nani, celebrating with a gender reveal. Instagram/Naninotnice

Inside a confetti-littered GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, surrounded by Chiefs players and their families and in front of thousands of exuberant fans, defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi and his girlfriend delivered their own super — and surprise — news Sunday.

It’s a girl.

They held up a tiny pink onesie with a Chiefs logo and a baby-sized red Chiefs cheerleader uniform.

“Daddy’s newest fan,” Nnadi’s girlfriend, Nani Hinton, wrote on Instagram, where she identifies herself as Naninotnice and as a “Panamanian princess.”

Family and friends congratulated the couple on Instagram.
Family and friends congratulated the couple on Instagram. Instagram/Naninotnice

The couple announced the pregnancy on Christmas Eve on their respective Instagrams where several Chiefs wives and girlfriends congratulated them.

Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi arrives before the AFC Divisional Round playoff game on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi arrives before the AFC Divisional Round playoff game on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com

Hinton is a member of a squad of Chiefs significant others that includes Chariah Gordon, who is engaged to Mecole Hardman Jr. and is a new FOTS — Friend Of Taylor Swift.

She and Nnadi have been together for about three years, according to their social media posts.

In December 2022 she shared that she had received a master’s in nursing from the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

“I did it! I almost cannot fathom what I went through to get here,” she wrote. “I enrolled in a program 3.5 hours away from my home, and drove up there nearly every week to attend class and clinicals for the past 2 years.

“Quite literal blood, sweat, tears, and most of all God!”

Nnadi is in his seventh season with the Chiefs and has won three Super Bowls with them over the last five years.

The couple has not shared the baby’s due date.

This story was originally published January 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM.

Lisa Gutierrez
The Kansas City Star
Lisa Gutierrez has been a reporter for The Kansas City Star since 2000. She learned journalism at the University of Kansas, her alma mater. She writes about pop culture, local celebrities, trends and life in the metro through its people. Oh, and dogs. You can reach her at lgutierrez@kcstar.com or follow her on Twitter - @LisaGinKC.
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