Kelly Stafford responded after a troll on social media criticized her appearance in a makeup-free video tutorial.
“Get a facelift…you have money,” one commenter wrote on a video posted by Stafford, 37, on Thursday, November 12.
Kelly, the wife of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, took to her Instagram Story to react by taking the high road and responding with kindness instead.
“David, my guy…I pray no one ever says this to your beautiful daughter ❤️,” she wrote.
Kelly and Matthew, 38, share four daughters: twins Sawyer and Chandler, 9, Hunter, 8 and Tyler, 6.
The video on which David commented showed Kelly candidly discussing the pressures she feels on game days.
“I’m 37, I have four lovely daughters and I spend every Sunday either on a Jumbotron or in front of a lot of people,” Kelly said while sitting in her bathroom.
Kelly, a Georgia native, exclusively told Us last month that she feels “pressure to look a certain way” while living in Los Angeles. Matthew has been the Rams’ starting quarterback since 2021.
“It’s normal for everyone to do things and whatnot. I feel that pressure,” she said. “I can only imagine being my daughters growing up here. I would hope that they see it as, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s just what people do here, but we’re good.’ But I think it will be hard. There’s just a lot here.”
Kelly added, “For me — and I know for my husband, too — we want somewhat of a simpler upbringing for our girls. We already kind of don’t know what we’re doing because neither of us grew up this way. To be surrounded by a community with the same values and things like that is important to us. It will also help [Matthew and myself] stay grounded. That’s part of it, too. We have to stay grounded. How do you do that? You surround yourself with people who have known you forever and can call you out on your bulls***.”
Matthew and Kelly met while student-athletes at the University of Georgia — Kelly was on the cheerleading squad while Matthew was the Bulldogs’ quarterback — and they got married in 2015.
“You use your manners. You open the door for people,” Kelly explained. “To me, things that matter. You have respect for people. It’s everywhere, right? It’s not just California. But I do think it’s ramped up here.”
When it comes time for Matthew to retire from football, Kelly admitted the family hasn’t decided where they’ll live.
“That is a question I ask myself every day,” she said. “Family’s first for us. I miss my family like crazy. I could get choked up talking about how much I miss them. I miss my nephews and nieces growing up. Having people at sporting events, that is how I grew up. We have a huge extended family, as well. That feels like home to me.”
