Matthew Stafford's Wife Kelly Says She Once Dated His Backup Quarterback to Make NFL Star Jealous

L.A. Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford's wife Kelly Stafford—with whom he shares kids Chandler, 6, Sawyer, 6, Hunter, 5, and Tyler, 3—explained how she made him jealous when they dated in college.

 

Kelly Stafford nearly didn't reach the end zone with her husband, Matthew Stafford. The wife of the Los Angeles Rams quarterback shared their rocky road to romance, which began at the University of Georgia, on the Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe podcast on June 11.

"Our love story started out horrible," Kelly, 35, admitted. She recounted how they met before the school year began—Matthew was the quarterback, and she was a cheerleader. While Kelly was eager to jump into a relationship, Matthew preferred "casual dating," a concept Kelly confessed she didn't understand.

Their relationship was tumultuous, with Kelly describing it as "very much off and on." She explained, "I hated him. I loved him. I dated the backup to piss him off." Kelly noted that the backup quarterback, whom she described as a "bad boy" compared to Matthew's "Southern gentleman," lived in the same dorm as Matthew, ensuring he was aware of her actions.

"He would see my car there. And so at one point, he waited, and followed me out and got in my car and wouldn't get out," she said. "I was like, 'Get out of my car,' and he's like, 'He's not right for you.' And I'm like you, 'You can't tell me that.'"

Kelly joked that while the duo were arguing, her internal monologue was ecstatic, "I was like, 'This is amazing, it's working!'"

Luckily, the two have made for a winning couple over the years, marrying in 2015 and welcoming daughters Chandler, 6, Sawyer, 6, Hunter, 5, and Tyler, 3. But Kelly is still surprised they ended up together—and she might not be the only one.

"I think if you ask anyone who knew us at Georgia if they thought we would have ended up together, four kids, they would have laughed their asses off," she said. "I think I would have laughed my ass off at that."