Kelly Stafford said this week she had “lost who she was” after facing social media pressure.
E! News asked the wife of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford if she had any advice for NFL wives and girlfriends. Stafford, who Morning after Podcast, said she would tell them not to listen to critics on social media.
“I wish someone had told me when I started here, ‘Don’t lose yourself,'” she said. “I would say, ‘Don’t try to become the person that everyone else expects you to be,’ because that’s exactly what I did and I lost who I was. And that has to do with personality, looks and everything.”
Stafford, who met her future husband while studying at the University of Georgia, was her own worst enemy when she repeatedly fueled criticism on social media. In June, she admitted online that From the vine Podcast that she dated Matthew Stafford’s backup quarterback in Georgia just to “annoy” him.
Stephen A. Smith spoke for many when he asked Kelly Stafford, “What possible benefit could you get from this?”
At the start of the 2023 season, she caused a stir when she said her 35-year-old husband was having trouble getting along with younger Rams players.
Such comments sparked a lot of feedback on social media, and much of it was not positive for Kelly Stafford. She said that being the wife of an NFL star can mean criticism for her in general.
“Everyone will tell you how you should look, what you should say and what you shouldn’t say, all these things,” she said. “And when you start listening to that, you lose the values and everything that you have and that makes you who you are and that makes you the person your husband fell in love with.”
“You can’t completely block out the noise, but try to listen to yourself first before listening to others.”
(The New York Post)
