Kansas City fans were worried after a prominent Chiefs supporter went silent online. He, uh, had an excuse.
Chiefs fans on social media were distraught over the weekend when superfan ChiefsAholic, who’s real name is Xavier Michael Babudar, wasn’t posting online like he normally does.
Known for showing up to games—both home and away—in a KC Wolf costume and acting in ways a superfan typically does, Babudar’s absence was quickly noted and other Chiefs fans began searching to make sure he was OK.
It turns out he had a pretty good reason to miss Texans-Chiefs game in Houston. Apparently, while driving from Kansas City to Texas, Babudar stopped off in Bixby, Oklahoma to execute an alleged armed robbery. He was promptly caught, arrested and booked into Tulsa County Jail.
We out here @ChiefsAholic pic.twitter.com/6NMlmqu8lW
— The Kingdom (@MahomeSZN) December 11, 2022
CONTEXT: Chiefs superfan @ChiefsAholic went AFK for a few days and didn’t tweet at all during the game yesterday which raised concern. After doing some digging, twitter detectives found out that he robbed a bank on his way down to the game this weekend.
Bond set at $200k pic.twitter.com/XE3pVlY5Vo
— N1CK (@N1CKRICH) December 19, 2022
But Twitter detectives weren’t done. There appears to be a pattern here. And, possibly, some self-incriminating evidence over what Babudar was doing with the money: Gambling on the Chiefs.
Because, naturally.
I make a good living, plus I hustle in private. House money I’m playing with TBH
— ChiefsAholic
(@ChiefsAholic) November 26, 2022
9) he has been known to place multiple large bets on chiefs games pic.twitter.com/W2ul6IeC8l
— David Mathews (@DxvidMxthews) December 20, 2022
Well, that could start to clear up what he meant by “I hustle in private.” And that could also explain why he feels like he’s betting with house money.
The thread tweeted above by @DxvidMxthews links Babudar to other thefts and arrests, though it’s not clear if he was gambling with that money.
There’s certainly a few lessons to be learned here, but no one has the time to list them all out.
