Kelly Stafford is convinced taking weed gummies has improved her parenting — but sometimes she feels bad about eating one.
“Gummies are great,” Stafford, 36, declared on the Monday, June 16, episode of her and Hank Winchester’s “The Morning After” podcast. “Sometimes I feel like gummies make me a better parent. They calm me down.”
Kelly, who shares four daughters with husband Matthew Stafford, noted, “It’s like the glass of wine.”
Her guest Kit Hoover couldn’t agree more, explaining that she calls it “the glass of patience” because “by the time you get to bed and bath, it makes you a better parent.”
Kelly, who ate half a gummy toward the end of the podcast episode, thanked Hoover, 54, for her openness and support.
“I feel a little guilty saying it and it’s not like I do it every night,” Kelly confessed. “Sometimes I’m like, ‘S***, I’ve been a long day. I don’t want to rip my hair out or their hair out, so I’m going to just top it off with a little gummy.’”
Hoover, who has three grown children, told Kelly that she should give herself “a break” and “don’t sweat that small stuff,” which is a similar message Matthew, 37, has given his wife over the years.
Kelly revealed that the Los Angeles Rams quarterback constantly tells her, “As long as they’re in bed, fed and happy and feel loved, who cares how they get there.”
She explained that Matthew is “fine” with her choice to eat a gummy every now and then. “He also knows when I get on one it can be rough for everybody including him,” Kelly said with a laugh.
Despite feeling better when she does partake in a little recreational weed, Kelly admitted, “I do feel a little guilt when I do that. But then we laugh. My kids and I laugh, and I feel like they’re like, ‘Mommy’s nice tonight.’”
Kelly concluded, “Some nights I’m really mean, some nights I’m really nice. I feel like it’s a good balance.”
Kelly and Matthew met in college and tied the knot in April 2015. The couple welcomed their eldest daughters, twins Chandler and Sawyer, in March 2017. Their daughter Hunter followed in August 2018 and daughter Tyler was born in June 2020.
As Matthew has continued to make his mark on the NFL — winning one Super Bowl with the Rams in 2022 — Kelly has made headlines for her refreshing and often controversial takes on a variety of topics, including parenting.
During the June 5 episode of her podcast, Kelly confessed that she needs “breaks” from her kids “just like everyone else does.” She noted that she hit her breaking point after her 4-year-old daughter Tyler insisted over the past few months that she sings “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” every night at bedtime.
“I tell myself she’s not going to ask forever,” Kelly said. “But I’m f***ing tired. It makes me so sad to say this, but even the extra 15 minutes with her, or 15 seconds, feels long. Which is a horrendous thing to say.”
She added, “I feel like a horrendous mother because she will ask me to do one simple thing before putting her down. I will do it now once every four times.”
Kelly confessed, “I need to remember she’s my baby and she’s still only 4 years old. I just have to be better with her. And a lot more patience. Because Matthew and I are both losing patience with that one. She just doesn’t shut up.”
Kelly revealed that she and Matthew had to create a “rule” that Tyler “couldn’t talk until she ate her dinner,” because she is such a chatterbox.
Kelly has previously discussed canceling — and then going forward with — her twins’ birthday party after their “attitude” soured her and Matthew on celebrating.
