“Wish I had a better reaction”: Matthew Stafford apologizes for his reaction to photographer Kelly Smiley’s fall


“Wish I had a better reaction”: Matthew Stafford apologizes for his reaction to photographer Kelly Smiley’s fall

Matthew Stafford

The Super Bowl turned out to be quite an event. Moreover, for the Rams, the night was extra special as they walked home with the coveted title. As expected, the Rams, with the trophy have toured to several places with heaps of fans joining in to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars.

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However, recently, NFL photographer Kelly Smiley was badly injured during the team’s Super Bowl parade. While Matthew’s wife Kelly straightaway ran to check on the fallen photographer, the QB’s reaction after the accident attracted a lot of criticism as he was seen turning around and walking away.

“It was an awful, awful moment”: Kelly Stafford on Smiley’s fall

Recently, Matthew appeared on his wife Kelly’s podcast, “The Morning After,” where the couple talked in detail about the incident. “We can’t not talk about what happened,” Kelly said on the show. “There was a photographer, who stepped off the back of the stage, had asked it we wanted a picture and I was like, ‘Yes,’ because looking back at my camera roll, I have literally zero of Matthew and I,” she added.

When she offered, she stepped back and fell. And it was an awful, awful moment. Matthew looked at me and said, ‘Check her please,’ and turned around,” she added. “We followed up with her, the moment we got in the car, Matthew actually looked at me and said, ‘Hey, will you contact the Rams, ask how she’s doing?’ Did that, they’re like, ‘We think she’s going to be OK.’ We sent her flowers. Next day we wake up, not OK,” Kelly explained.

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Kelly went on to claim that what the world saw from Stafford was a split-second reaction that even he would regret. Stafford then replied, “Yeah, I mean, that obviously happened really quickly and suddenly and unexpectedly, and wish I had a better reaction at the moment.”

Stafford stated that he apologized to Smiley for his reaction. “One of those things you try to train your reactions to be a little bit better next time.” Stafford and Kelly have claimed that they will cover the medical expenses of the photographer and will replace her broken cameras as well.

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