NFL WAG Kelly Stafford has revealed how Taylor Swift inspired her to launch a new segment on her \u201cThe Morning After\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe \u2018Timeout\u2019 is literally thanks to Taylor Swift because she\u2019s gotten a lot of women into football,\u201d Kelly, 35, told Jana Kramer on her \u201cWhine Down\u201d podcast on Sunday, November 17.<\/p>\n
In September, the internet personality \u2014 who is married to Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford \u2014 launched a second weekly episode of her \u201cThe Morning After\u201d podcast, dubbed \u201cTimeout,\u201d which focuses on football and teaching fans the basics of the sport.<\/p>\n
Taylor, 34, began attending Kansas City Chiefs games in September 2023 when she went public with boyfriend Travis Kelce, and she ended up bringing a new wave of fans to football. Kelly admitted that as she has taught these fans the basics of the game on her podcast, she is also learning more about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I\u2019m doing this, I\u2019m realizing how much I don\u2019t know,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot tougher than I thought to know the ins and outs. I know the basics, which helps me watch it. But that\u2019s what \u2018Timeout\u2019 is. It\u2019s basically learning the basics so people can enjoy it more when they\u2019re watching it with their significant others.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kelly has made headlines for speaking out about Taylor\u2019s attendance at Chiefs games and the media attention surrounding her appearances in the past. Ahead of the 2024 NFL season, the registered nurse lamented that she didn\u2019t \u201cwant to see another four months of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce coverage.\u201d However, she later admitted that her comment was rooted in envy.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI feel like there is just this \u2026 cloud hanging over with this Taylor Swift thing,\u201d Kelly told her \u201cThe Morning After\u201d cohost\u00a0Hank Winchester<\/strong>\u00a0on the October 31 episode. \u201cNow, I have never once said I didn\u2019t like Taylor Swift \u2014 ever.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cBut I will say I kind of got tired of the Chiefs\u2019 coverage of it \u2014 actually the NFL\u2019s coverage \u2014 of this budding relationship last year. And, can she do anything about that? No, she can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n After Taylor\u2019s first appearance at Arrowhead Stadium on September 24, 2023, drew in 24.3 million viewers, the NFL began using the \u201cCruel Summer\u201d hitmaker in promos, as well as shots of Travis, 35, looking up at his girlfriend in the VIP box. Taylor was also prominently highlighted by cameras at the games she attended.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a good business decision for the NFL, but I almost felt like it was outshining the games. And that\u2019s what bothered me,\u201d Kelly, who later dressed as Taylor alongside her husband as Travis for Halloween, explained. \u201cI was a little jealous of the fact that they were getting all this attention and all of a sudden the football game was the sideshow. So yeah, maybe I let jealousy get the best of me.\u201d<\/p>\n Her my husband work his ass off and all of these guys who work for the league work their asses off and all of a sudden they\u2019re like the sideshow.\u201d<\/p>\n Kelly, who shares four daughters with Matthew, did admit that the upside to Taylor\u2019s presence at the games was the influence it had on little girls watching football.<\/p>\n \u201cI am so thankful for her in a lot of ways because there are so many more women watching, there are little girls watching with their dads and I do think it definitely makes my girls love football more knowing that she\u2019s adjacent to it,\u201d she said. \u201cI honestly think my girls are prouder of their dad because he\u2019s playing the sport that Taylor Swift loves.\u201d<\/p>\n Taylor addressed the criticism surrounding her NFL appearances in her Person of the Year interview with\u00a0Time<\/em>\u00a0in December 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just there to support Travis,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cI have no awareness of if I\u2019m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads, and Chads.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NFL WAG Kelly Stafford has revealed how Taylor Swift inspired her to launch a new segment on her \u201cThe Morning After\u201d podcast. \u201cThe \u2018Timeout\u2019 is literally thanks… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taylor-swifts"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Matthew](\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/stafford-001.jpg?quality=90&strip=all\")
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