SNL’s Heidi Gardner Is a Huge Fan of Kansas City Chiefs’ ‘Real-Life Unicorn’ Patrick Mahomes:

 

Taylor Swift has some competition for the role of Kansas City Chiefs’ No. 1 fan in Saturday Night Live star Heidi Gardner.

“It’s a cool time to be a Kansas City Chiefs fan,” Gardner, 40, tells Us Weekly exclusively as part of her 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me feature. “My favorite player is Patrick Mahomes. He’s a real-life unicorn.”

 

Gardner added: “I went to the Super Bowl this year [during which the Chiefs took home the championship over the 49ers] — the game was so tense that I passed right out after. Well, I went [home], watched all the highlights and then passed out.”

 

Earlier this month, Gardner jokingly apologized to Swift, 34, for her participation in romantic SNL sketches with Travis Kelce, the Chiefs’ tight end and Swift’s boyfriend. Gardner — who is a Kansas City native — admitted she loved Kelce, 34, “very much” before he even met Swift, and the SNL star couldn’t resist asking him some questions on set.

Heidi Gardner Is a Huge Fan of Real Life Unicorn Patrick Mahomes:

 

“I was like, ‘On game day, what do you eat?’ And he was like, ‘Oh, Uncrustables. I’m just pounding Uncrustables,’” Gardner recalled during the May 3 broadcast of Today. “Right before dress rehearsal, we were in a scene where — sorry Taylor — we were in bed together, but he leaned over into me right before lights up on the scene and he was like, ‘I’ve been eating the Uncrustables all day,’ and I was like, ‘Cool!’”

Keep scrolling for 25 things you might not know about Gardner — including more Kansas City celebrity encounters.