Tyler Hynes, Hallmark Chiefs movie star, coming to KC to hug fans after Super Bowl loss
After that game on Sunday — you know the one — Tyler Hynes was as devastated as any other member of Chiefs Kingdom.
Since starring in Hallmark’s hit movie, “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story,” last year, the Canadian actor has embraced all things Chiefs and fans have returned the admiration.
Hynes, in fact, was at the Super Bowl in New Orleans cheering for the Chiefs. After the game he checked on fans with a message on his Instagram Stories.
“Thinkin about giving out free hugs to any @chiefs fans ... I know I could use one ... tomorrow? ... here ...? Crown center hallmark store ...? Movie theater in Independence square? ... What do we think ...”
Well, he found a place to dole out those hugs.
Hynes is returning to Wild About Harry gift shop on the Independence Square, 104 W Maple Ave., which was used in the movie filmed here last summer. He will be there from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, he told his fans on social media.
“It’s ‘HAPPY HOUR’ at Harry’s,” Hynes announced on Instagram Tuesday. “With the results of (Sunday’s) game it’s only right to bring it back to where we filmed a lovely lil holiday movie that celebrated a city and team that deserves all of the love and admiration of an organization that’s given us an unprecedented year with more to come.”
Hynes attended the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade last year after starring just weeks before in a Chiefs-produced hype video that looked like a Hallmark Christmas movie.
“I had the privilege of sharing in Sunday’s game with that group of people and I wish to celebrate them with those who love them just as much as I do but couldn’t be there in New Orleans,” he wrote Tuesday.
He said he’ll be at the store “to hug, high five, and celebrate one heck of year with a few lovely locals and anyone who wants to join us. I’m told the couch is still there.”
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