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Kelly Stafford got candid about how she and her husband, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, decided on their prenup agreement before they tied the knot.
Stafford has earned more than $360 million in his NFL career.
When people start making serious money, it’s easy to understand why they want to get a prenup before getting married.
Speaking about their situation in the latest episode of her podcast, “The Morning After,” Kelly talked about her “generous” prenuptial agreement with the Rams star QB.
“I had been with my husband for a while, but I was still young and very naive of this whole situation,” Kelly said.
“We had talked about prenups even before getting engaged. I was very naive and was like, ‘I feel like we’re planning our divorce before getting married. I don’t really love the idea.”
Kelly Stafford and Matthew Stafford got married in April 2015. They met at the University of Georgia and began dating in February 2009.
“But then again I had to look at the other direction and say, ‘Well, if we never get divorced, we’ll never need it anyway,'” Kelly continued. “So why wouldn’t I?”
As for the prenuptial agreement itself, Kelly said, “It was very fair. He was obviously generous in it all.”
Their wedding went down six years after Matthew was drafted with the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Detroit Lions. He subsequently signed a six-year, $72 million contract with the franchise in April 2009 before signing a three-year extension worth $53 million in July 2013.
Kelly Stafford stated that prenups often come with a “negative connotation,” but she learned to look at things in a different light.
She stated that the legal agreement is an opportunity to allow “you and your significant other decide the terms if a divorce does happen.”
“I don’t think anybody thinks about it like the state has control, but they do,” Kelly explained. “At the end of the day, the government controls that contract. So to make your own seems way smarter.”
Kelly added that drafting the prenuptial agreement became a collaborative exercise for her and her husband.
“Something that really helped us was, the minute we got engaged, we were working on it,” Kelly said. “I told him, ‘I don’t want to get near the wedding. I don’t want to have to think about it.’ Again, at this moment, I had such a negative feeling about it.”
Kelly Stafford would love for her husband to hang up his cleats.
Stafford became emotional while discussing her husband, Matthew Stafford’s, potential retirement after the Rams’ 2024 season ended in January.
Kelly explained that she would “have a really hard time” if the quarterback chose to hang up his jersey for good.
“That is going to be solely his decision,” Kelly said at the time.
“I’m not going to pressure him. I’m here to listen. At the end of the day, he texted...
