Melissa Etheridge on why Super Bowl victory was special for longtime Chiefs fans
Grammy Award winning musician Melissa Etheridge was watching the Chiefs’ AFC Divisional playoff game against the Houston Texans and she wasn’t pleased.
That’s a kind way of saying she was angry. Like really angry.
Etheridge, who grew up Leavenworth, Kansas, is among the stable of high-profile Chiefs fans. And she couldn’t believe what she was seeing when the Texans jumped to a 24-0 lead on the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.
“When all the things started happened, I literally took my hat off and I threw it, and my wife starts cleaning the kitchen, (saying), ‘Oh my god, oh my god. I can’t believe this,’” Etheridge recalled Monday on “Good Morning Football” on the NFL Network.
“It’s one thing to lose a game, but to lose it just like it was 24-0 and you’ve got the other team in the end zone (posing for) pictures, and then you see it: it’s like that team never caves in on each other. They’re not blaming.
“Patrick is such a leader, he’s a young guy, but he’s like ‘come on, let’s do something special,’ and then ... the magic starts happening and it happened each of the (playoff) games. Now whenever we’re behind, I almost feel like, ‘OK, good, now we come back and win this.’”
Etheridge talked about the wild ups and downs of the regular season and then how great it was to see the team put it all together over the final six games of the regular season.
The 50-year span between Super Bowl victories made this month’s victory particularly special to families in Kansas City, Etheridge said.
“It’s so funny, because I knew that so many people in Chiefs Kingdom were thinking about their parents that had waited so long and the ones that has passed on. Then it gets real,” she said.
“It’s a funny emotional thing when you see this come together. Kansas City’s a really special city. It’s super diverse, it’s growing, there is a beautiful art scene down there. I just love that this is happening for the city. I just love it.”
Here is the clip of the conversation:
