Kelly Stafford
Harry Cave/Getty ImagesKelly Stafford She weakly acknowledged the negative impact social media has recently had on her mental health.
Stafford, 34, made the frank admission while discussing New Year's resolutions Thursday, January 2nd episode From her podcast “The Morning After.”
“I want to get away from social media so bad. I don't want to be on it anymore. It honestly gives me depressing thoughts,” said Kelly, audibly fighting back tears. “But in the work we do, that's not really an option.”
Stafford, wife of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew StaffordShe explained that her social media activity is crucial to the success of her podcast, but said comments about her appearance forced her to seriously weigh the pros and cons.
“I'm human,” Kelly noted. “I'll post something about a game or something, and either I need to wear more makeup or now I look like I had plastic surgery because I had time to put my makeup on and I did it because I felt like I needed to.”
Kelly joked: I'll be the first to tell you when I'm having a facelift and I'll tell you where the doctor I go to is.
“I'm old,” she added. “This shouldn't be happening. It's so scary raising four girls in a world where the opinions of people you've never met matter to you.”
Kelly and Matthew, who married in 2015, are involved Four girls: Twins Sawyer and Chandler,7, Hunter6, and Tyler,4.
“I'm not going to tell people I'm going to be tougher, because I'm not,” Kelly said. “I'm a woman in my 30s and I have feelings. But I'll try to do a better job of remembering that people who comment on certain things are unhappy with situations in their own lives.”
“If people meant to hurt me with the comments, congratulations. I did,” Kelly admitted candidly.
Furthermore, Kelly explained how her husband started noticing the negative impact social media had on her health.
“This has been a back-and-forth with Matthew as well, because he can see it,” she said. “I put the phone down, he knows right away. What did someone say? That's a problem because I take it away from just putting my phone down. It's on my mind, it's in my heart. I'm trying to do my best to fix that.”
Matthew Stafford's mother, Margaret, reflected on the moment she met her future daughter-in-law, Kelly, for the first time. “I remember it was after the awards show, I think,” Margaret said on the Thursday, Nov. 7, episode of Kelly Stafford's “The Morning After.” “I was at the bar. It was great.” The great introduction was (…)
Kelly issued a plea to any podcast listeners who may be responsible for the vitriolic attacks being spread online.
“I want to let you know that if you're listening to this and you're human… Oh God, I'm sorry,” she said as her voice began to crack. “And you're one of those people who comments horrible things on anyone's Instagram accounts, just stop. It hurts. You never know what something you can say can do to someone. So just stop.”
Ultimately, Kelly said her resolution for this year is to “remind myself every day that the people that matter to me, those are the opinions that matter to me.”
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