Kelly Stafford Felt Lost During Matthew Stafford’s First NFL Year, Romance

Kelly Stafford’s relationship with husband Matthew Stafford didn’t kick off how she’d hoped.

The podcast host shared insight into the challenges she faced during the early months of her romance with the Los Angeles Rams quarterback, as their relationship coincided with his football career taking off. 

“Looking back at Detroit, I would say I was happy because I loved him, but I was also unhappy because I didn’t really know where I fit in or who I was,” Kelly said during the July 1 episode of The Cutting Edge podcast. “The move to L.A. really helped me realize I can be what I want to be, too.”

She added, “But I do think you lose yourself in what everyone else expects you to be.”

The 37-year-old met the football player, 38, as students at the University of Georgia, with their relationship taking off just months before he was drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2009. 

Amid his mounting success on the field, Kelly—mom to their 9-year-old twin daughters Sawyer and Chandler, as well as Hunter, 7, and Tyler, 6—shared how maintaining her own identity proved difficult.