Kelly Stafford has loved watching Christen Harper bond with the Detroit Lions wives and girlfriends ever since their respective husbands swapped groups.
“I actually love that once you got here in there … the crew ladies have actually gotten shut, which I like watching,” Stafford, 35, informed Harper, 31, throughout the Friday, September 6, episode of the previous’s “Morning After” podcast. “I really feel like I actually wrestle with that right here since I’m actually f–king outdated.”
Kelly’s husband, quarterback Matthew Stafford, spent most of his profession with the Lions. In 2020, he was traded to the Los Angeles Rams in alternate for Jared Goff. (Goff, 29, married Harper earlier this 12 months.)
Throughout the podcast episode, Kelly admitted that she did not too long ago host a celebration for the opposite Rams wives that was “enjoyable.”
“I’ll say, now that our home is completed, possibly we’ll host a little bit extra, however I like that I mentioned I’m f–king outdated,” Kelly quipped. “Guys, I at the moment have a heating pad round my neck and shoulders.”
Harper additional careworn that Kelly seems like she’s 21, which she referred to as “annoying.”
“It’s [just] the lighting, you guys,” Kelly famous, including that she’s been “jealous” of the way in which Detroit has embraced Harper and Goff.
Regardless of lacking Michigan, Kelly and Matthew, 36, have discovered their strides within the Metropolis of Angels.
“There’s quite a bit to do in Los Angeles, like, persons are supporting [us],” Kelly mentioned. “We’re gonna keep right here when [Matthew retires], we like it right here [and] our children like it right here. We’ve immersed ourselves locally that’s round us, which has been wonderful. However, this sport [on Sunday, September 8] goes to be electrical due to the individuals in that metropolis and that state. They present up.”
The Rams and Lions will face off of their NFL season opener on Sunday night time in Detroit.
“[The fans] don’t present up for sports activities, however they present up,” Kelly mentioned. “That is what Matthew at all times mentioned, they put their heads down and go to work. That’s Detroit. They’ve this grit about them. I’m so excited for this sport.”
Kelly can be watching the sport from TV together with her and Matthew’s 4 daughters, opting towards touring to Ford Subject to see him play in individual.
“I can be cheering loudly from my sofa with my ladies,” Kelly added earlier than discussing her newfound Rams fandom. “I can’t consider it’s been 4 years, it looks like yesterday. Like, once we acquired right here Tyler was a child … and she or he’s a full-grown girl, or so she thinks. It’s loopy.”