Kelly Stafford is asking foul.
The spouse of NFL participant Matthew Stafford says that she and her 4 youngsters — Tyler, 3, Hunter, 5, and twins Sawyer and Chandler, 6 — had been booed “on the sideline” earlier than the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams wild-card matchup on Sunday.
“Hunter started crying on the field,” Kelly Stafford stated six minutes into Monday’s episode of her podcast, “The Morning After.”
“And listen, this is not everybody. This is the fans that are the loudest,” she stated. “But I will say one thing — we’re not playing the game. My girls and I are not playing the game. I know my girls are not getting booed. I am, and I can handle it. But when I have my girls next to me, there’s something to be said of like, maybe not.”
According to Sports Illustrated, Kelly Stafford posted an Instagram Story after the sport that stated: “It’s sports … The city wants to win. Everything is fair game … except the fans who booed my children.”
Matthew Stafford performed as quarterback for the Detroit Lions for 12 years earlier than he was traded to the Los Angeles Rams in 2021. The Rams gained the Super Bowl in 2022, which seemingly added to Lions followers’ ire.
So when he returned to Detroit for the Rams vs. Lions wild-card recreation Sunday, Lions followers gave him an icy reception.
Kelly Stafford stated on her podcast Monday that though “Hunter was in tears,” she took the chance as a “teaching moment for my children.”
She stated she defined to her youngsters that “they are not booing you, they are booing Mommy.”
“[The fans are] very passionate and excited about this game, they want their Lions to win,” she stated she informed her daughters. “We’re on the other team … We’re going to move on. Because there’s also fans in there that are cheering, that are saying ‘Thank you,’ but we’re not hearing that over the louder ones.”
Kelly Stafford stated that after she defined this to her youngsters, one in all her 6-year-old twins instantly reduce to the chase.
“Sawyer looked at me, and she goes, ‘But we’re not playing the sport.’”
