Kelly Stafford opened up about her personal connection to the Kelce brothers.
While appearing on the Sunday, August 31, episode of the “Sunday Sports Club” podcast, hosted by Allison Kuch, Kelly, 36, was asked a series of quickfire questions which included whether she prefers Travis Kelce, 35, and Jason Kelce, 37, to Peyton and Cooper Manning.
“I’m going to go [the] Kelce brothers, Jason and Travis, we actually go far back,” Kelly, who is married to NFL star Matthew Stafford, said. “My brother [Chad Hall] played with Jason in the Eagles and so we got to know them a little bit.”
Hall, 39, played as Jason’s teammate and Philadelphia Eagles’ wide receiver and return specialist from 2011 to 2012.
After Kelly delivered her answer, Kuch, 30, noted that the Kelces “seem like a fun family,” to which Kelly agreed before swiftly moving the conversation on. “They’re great,” Kelly remarked. “I just know them a little more than I know the Manning brothers.”
The podcast comments aren’t Kelly’s first public nod to the Kelce family. In November 2024, Kelly credited the success of her own podcast, “The Morning After,” in part to Travis’ relationship with Taylor Swift. (Kelly co-hosts her podcast with broadcast journalist Hank Winchester.)
During an appearance on Jana Kramer’s “Whine Down” podcast, Kelly said that her Tuesday “Timeout” episodes attract increased listener attention thanks to the romance between Travis and Swift, 35.
“The ‘Timeout’ is literally thanks to Taylor Swift because she’s gotten a lot of women into football,” Kelly explained at the time.
Just one month prior to Kelly’s “Whine Down” chat, she and Matthew, 37, dressed as Swift and Travis, respectively, for Halloween. Specifically, Kelly and Matthew referenced Swift and Travis’ U.S. Open appearance in September that year.
Kelly and Matthew’s four daughters — twins Sawyer and Chandler, 8, Hunter, 7, and Tyler, 5 — also got into the spirit of things, dressing up as various eras throughout Swift’s career.
Kelly spoke candidly about parenting her children during the Thursday, August 28, episode of “The Morning After,” breaking into tears as she delved into one of her child’s behavioral issues. “One of my daughters I have been very, very much struggling with. Matthew as well. She has become a little girl that I don’t recognize. Right now, I’m trying to be mild with it,” Kelly said during the episode.
She added that her child’s issues have “trickled into” her sporting activity, with the youngster “disrespecting coaches and not listening, giving attitude, walking away while they’re talking to her.”
Kelly has been married to Matthew since April 2015 after striking up a romance in February 2009. The college sweethearts met as students at the University of Georgia.
