Kelly Stafford had an altercation with a fan at one of Matthew Stafford’s games in November 2021. The fan was trash-talking Kelly and her husband as she watched the game, and apparently, some of his choice words hit a soft spot. Kelly lost her temper and threw a soft pretzel at the spectator. Security intervened, and “The Morning After” podcaster was moved to another seat before the altercation escalated.
Afterward, Kelly addressed the incident in the comment section of an Instagram post. “I’m an idiot,” she wrote. “He was saying a bunch of things that were aggressive towards our crew but zero excuse.” According to Kelly, it was a reaction to the spectator making uncouth comments about her husband. “Sorry you had to witness me in my weak moment!” she added in the lengthy Instagram response.
When word of Kelly’s “pretzel gate” apology spread on X, formerly known as Twitter, some fans were supportive — while others compared her to another maligned NFL quarterback wife. “The Internet: Brittany Matthews is the worst. Kelly Stafford: hold my pretzel,” one fan quipped. Later that season, when Matthew and the Los Angeles Rams went head-to-head in the Super Bowl, fans still recalled the pretzel-throwing encounter. “Trying to find the prop bet on if Kelly Stafford throws a hot pretzel at a fan,” one X user wrote. More controversy surrounding Kelly surfaced after the Rams won that Super Bowl.
