
Matthew Stafford and Kelly Stafford. Harry How/Getty Pictures
Kelly Stafford isn’t often afraid to talk her thoughts, however she needs she might take again a number of of her current feedback about husband Matthew Stafford’s relationship together with his Los Angeles Rams teammates.
Throughout a current episode of her “The Morning After” podcast, Kelly, 34, stated that Matthew, 35, has had bother connecting with a few of the youthful gamers on his staff. “He stated it’s so completely different and so arduous to get to know these guys,” she informed listeners. “He had a e-book printed out. He had the tools man get a e-book printed of all their faces and all their names, as a result of he’s like, ‘I have to know their names.’”
Kelly’s remarks raised eyebrows amongst some NFL followers — and she or he now has some regrets about spilling the tea. “I felt fairly unhealthy final week,” she stated throughout an interview with Detroit information station Native 4 printed on Thursday, August 31. “I put my foot in my mouth fairly good final week.”
She went on to explain the feedback as “in all probability the worst factor” she’s executed “when it comes” to Matthew. “I spoke on a subject that … [is] relatable, to the truth that it’s arduous to narrate to somebody who’s 10 years youthful than you,” she continued. “ And I do suppose that’s solely true. However I’m not in an NFL locker room, I’m not spending day by day with these teammates.”

Matthew Stafford and Kelly Stafford. Michael Owens/Getty Pictures
Whereas some listeners took Kelly’s phrases very severely, Rams coach Sean McVay stated he wasn’t involved about discord among the many staff. “I took that as extra of a joke on the outdated man,” McVay, 37, informed reporters on Tuesday, August 29. “I imply, if you happen to watch and if you happen to come out to camp, this man’s executed an outstanding job of main, connecting together with his teammates. I feel it’s a kind of offers that turns into a enjoyable narrative in a lifeless interval. And I do know Kelly nicely sufficient to know that she was in all probability taking a great outdated rib on the outdated man as her husband’s getting older taking part in, however this man’s executed an outstanding job, and I understand how a lot he loves his teammates and the way a lot they love him.”
This isn’t the primary time Kelly — who shares twins Chandler and Sawyer, 6, and daughters Hunter, 5, and Tyler, 3, with Matthew — has made headlines for her feedback. In 2020, she got here underneath hearth for calling the state of Michigan a “dictatorship” due to its coronavirus restrictions. (Matthew, who wed Kelly in 2015, was then taking part in for the Detroit Lions.)
“I perceive there’s a pandemic, and I perceive it’s very scary. I’m frightened of it, too. In case you are in danger, don’t depart your home till there’s a vaccine,” she wrote by way of Instagram on the time. “Shutting down all these small companies, issues that individuals have labored their life for, shutting them down once more is just not the reply, as a result of they won’t make it, so as soon as we’re in a position to depart our home, as soon as this dictatorship decides to allow us to have some freedom, there will probably be nothing left. I’m simply over it.”
She later apologized and admitted that “dictatorship” was a poor alternative of phrases. “I acquired caught up within the warmth of the second, that’s my fault,” she wrote. “I don’t know the reply and I gained’t fake to. I care in regards to the people who find themselves shedding their lives or battling this … and in addition the medical employees who look after them.”