Despite being the quarterback of a franchise and team with one playoff victory in 50 years, Matthew Stafford is well liked in the city of Detroit. Unlike past Lions star Ndamukong Suh, Stafford is often in the news for all the right reasons. He gives time and money to charity, he visits sick kids in the hospital and so on and so forth. Just last month, he donated $1 million for a football facility at a rec center in Detroit. So yes, all in all, Stafford is a likable guy off the field and has represented the city quite well.
His wife, on the other hand? That’s a whole other story. Every few months, Kelly Stafford (formerly Kelly Hall) finds herself in the news after popping off on social media. A few years back, she called out Lions fans for booing the team during a home game. That didn’t end well for her.
Not too long after that, Kelly disappeared from Twitter. But she still occasionally runs into trouble on Instagram. Just last week, she posted about selling her Monday Night Football tickets in New Orleans. Now, to be clear, she has every right to sell her tickets, regardless of how she obtained them. But posting them on Instagram was a bit odd. It was as if she was using her stature as the wife of an NFL quarterback for profit. She could have sold them anonymously on StubHub and no one would have been the wiser.
And of course Lions fans weighed in.
And now there’s a full-on social media fight with Lions fans and Kelly Stafford.
I’m beyond confused as to why she didn’t think her initial Instagram post would get publicity. Moreover, she seems annoyed that Lions fans are upset with her. Uh, okay. That’s both annoyingly clueless and horribly obtuse.
