"Thanksgiving for 12 years straight was exhausting": Does Matthew Stafford's wife Kelly Stafford not want to celebrate Thanksgiving?

TOI Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Nov 28, 2024, 21:51 IST

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Kelly Stafford, wife of NFL player Matthew Stafford, opens up about the challenges of hosting Thanksgiving dinners. She expresses fatigue from always hosting and wishes to be invited somewhere else. Many women relate to her struggles while some criticize her for being negative about Thanksgiving. Kelly wants to enjoy the holiday season without the stress of hosting.

"Thanksgiving for 12 years straight was exhausting": Does Matthew Stafford's wife Kelly Stafford not want to celebrate Thanksgiving?

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The Holiday season is here and everyone can finally relax. But some people have a different view about the Holiday season and the hard work that comes with it. Matthew Stafford’s long time partner and wife Kelly Stafford has recently spoken about it even though she has made many controversial statements lately. Many of Matthew’s fans have supported his wife’s controversial statements while many have openly protested against it. Recently, Kelly was again in the news for something she said on a podcast she hosts “The Morning After Show”

Kelly Opens Up About Her Struggles

“The Morning After Show” has been a show that Kelly has used to share her personal stories with her fans, giving a glimpse of what it is to be the wife of an NFL star. She has previously opened up about giving up and sacrificing a lot of things in her life for 16 years so that her husband, the NFL star, Matthew can become an NFL athlete. Many women resonated with this statement since women majorly give up on their dreams to support their husbands once married.

The Morning After Paper Plates or Trees?!

Did Kelly just Complain?

With Thanksgiving around the corner, Kelly spoke up about the struggles that come with hosting a Thanksgiving lunch or dinner. She spoke about how previously her family would gather up on Thanksgiving mornings and get ready to watch Matthew play and then come back home to eat the Thanksgiving dinner together. But what shocked fans, is when she revealed that hosting a family dinner has been exhausting and taken a toll on her health.

Kelly is Tired of Hosting

She continued to say how once instead of hosting her whole family and friends for Thanksgiving dinner, she would like to be invited to someone else’s place for the Thanksgiving dinner. She also highlighted how she is tired of these fancy Thanksgiving dinners and just wants to get through Thanksgiving to enjoy Christmas together with her family.
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A Feeling that Resonated with Many

Women have come out in Kelly’s support and revealed their own struggles while hosting a dinner for their family and friends on Thanksgiving. However, there have been many who also refused to support Kelly and spoke about how she is attaching a negative connotation to Thanksgiving day.

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