Kelly Stafford addressed the fallout of her viral relationship story from the early days of her relationship with husband Matthew Stafford, which centered on the backup quarterback at Georgia and ignited a “media storm.”
In a collection of Instagram Tales posted Tuesday on her web page, Kelly apologized to the household of Joe Cox, a former Bulldogs quarterback and Stafford’s teammate at Georgia, stating they “had ZERO involvement in what” she spoke about throughout a current podcast look.
“To this lovely fam…,” Kelly started. “I’m sorry for the media storm that occurred final week that made its approach into your lives. You had ZERO involvement in what I spoke about and in reality, it was y’alls relationship in faculty that I seemed as much as and wished for me and Matthew. You have been the couple that everybody thinks Matthew and I used to be.. y’all have been the UGA QB and cheerleader that met and by no means let go. I like y’all.”
Kelly, who met Stafford at Georgia earlier than tying the knot in 2015, opened up concerning the couple’s relationship on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s “Off the Vine” podcast this month, sharing how she dated the group’s backup quarterback to get below Stafford’s pores and skin.
“It wasn’t that cute of a relationship at first,” Kelly stated. “I hated him, I beloved him. I dated the backup to piss him off, which labored — he was the dangerous boy too. Matthew’s so candy and a Southern gentleman and all that stuff. And the backup was the exact opposite, and it upset him.”
Web detectives then speculated if Cox was the quarterback who Kelly was referring to given he and Stafford performed three years collectively in Athens.
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith was additionally publicly baffled by Kelly’s candor.
Stafford performed at Georgia from 2006-08 earlier than being chosen first total by the Lions within the 2009 NFL Draft.
Cox served as his backup and began the 2009 season.
In a separate submit on Tuesday, Kelly defined if the matter “didn’t have an effect on others, I wouldn’t even tackle it as a result of it was so comical the way in which issues have been twisted.”
“It was 16 years in the past and for those who requested each Matthew and I if we’d change something we did again then…. nope. However we respect the laughs,” she posted.
The Staffords are mother and father to 4 daughters.
The 2-time Professional Bowler is getting into his fourth season with the Rams, with whom he gained the Tremendous Bowl in the course of the 2021 season — his first yr in Los Angeles following a blockbuster commerce with Detroit.