Meet Kelly Stafford, The Morning After podcaster and wife of NFL star Matthew Stafford
‘Elder’ NFL WAG Kelly Stafford had some advice for Brittany Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes’ wife, and Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce’s girlfriend
“Something that I wish someone would have told me coming into this is, ‘Don’t lose yourself,” Stafford’s missus told E! News, adding that, “You can’t cancel out all the noise, but try to listen to yourself before you listen to anybody else.”
So, what else do we know about Kelly Stafford?
What does Kelly Stafford do for work?
Kelly Stafford is a podcaster. She co-hosts The Morning After with reporter and friend Hank Winchester, and the duo will embark on the Cleat Chaser Tour soon.
She’s also a registered nurse. Per People, she studied nursing at the University of Georgia and became a licensed nurse in 2014.
She dated her husband’s backup QB in college
Stafford revealed on the Off the Vine podcast that she and her husband had an on-and-off relationship while at UGA. He played for the Georgia Bulldogs and she was a cheerleader. “I hated him. I loved him. I dated the backup to p*** him off,” she admitted, per E! Online, with the comment causing quite a bit of controversy.
She ultimately apologised to the former Bulldogs quarterback in question, Joe Cox, and his family for getting them involved.
She was diagnosed with a brain tumour
Stafford was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, a type of benign brain tumour, in 2019 and underwent surgery to remove it. She revealed on the Off the Vine podcast that she momentarily lost her hearing during the surgery, but it returned. She also gushed over how her husband remained calm despite the procedure taking double the estimated time.