Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes is being careful not to touch on many hot-button issues.
During a recent interview for Time magazine’s “Most Influential People” the football star was notably quiet over controversial topics like the 2024 election and guns.
Mahomes has been involved in politics and societal issues in the past. Fox News noted he was among those who advocated for the NFL to condemn the police-involved killing of George Floyd and campaigned with LeBron James to urge Americans to head to the polls for the 2020 election.
However, Mahomes opted out of endorsing a presidential candidate. Time reported he did not appear to be on the verge of offering an endorsement this time around either.
“I don’t want to pressure anyone to vote for a certain president,” he told the outlet. “I want people to use their voice, whoever they believe in. I want them to do the research.”
In the profile, the deadly Super Bowl parade shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, was mentioned. One person was killed, and several others were wounded as the team tried to celebrate its second consecutive title.
The tragic incident spurred calls for tighter gun-control measures from lawmakers and anti-gun groups.
Mahomes and other Chiefs players offered their condolences, donated money to an aid fund for victims and went to the hospital to visit some of the victims.
However, the three-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback stopped short of advocating for those measures. He explained why to Time magazine.
“I continue to educate myself,” he said. “I don’t want to make a quick response to something that takes a lot of education to really learn and make a swaying comment based off that. But I know we have to find a solution of some way to make this stuff stop.”
Mahomes isn’t the first high-profile celebrity to veer away from backing Biden for a second term.
In April, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson told Fox News he would be making an endorsement in this election. (RELATED: Watch: Popular Celebrity Makes Big Change After 2020 Biden Endorsement)
“The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time,” Johnson said.
“Am I going to do that again this year? That answer’s no,” the pro-wrestler-turned-actor said in his Fox News interview.
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