Kansas City Chiefs: Top 10 celebrity Chiefs fans
By Chris Taylor
Melissa Ethridge has been a lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan
You must give props where props are due, and Melissa may be the most educated and informed celebrity Chiefs fan in the group. She understands the business side of things as well as the fan’s side of things.
To hear a celebrity such as her speak on the same issues we regular folk speak of, and to hear her have the same opinions as many of us do, it seems as though you could speak to her at any given moment and she would talk Chiefs football with you for hours.
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Etheridge’s roots are in Kansas, as she was born in Leavenworth and graduated from Leavenworth High School. Etheridge has been nominated for 13 Grammy’s, having won one. She won an Academy Award for “I need to wake up” in 2007.
In 2004 Melissa was diagnosed with breast cancer. After months and months of chemo and medical marijuana, she was able to defeat the horrible disease. Today, she is an avid activist for marijuana stating the medicinal effects allows for a better life.
She has used her stage to advocate rights for the gay and lesbian communities since coming out in 1993. To this day she is one of the most respected and well-liked activists on the planet.
Melissa has appeared on multiple television shows expressing her Chiefs fandom as well as performing the National Anthem at Arrowhead in 2017.