Kelly Stafford has a winning response to these Matthew Stafford rumors.
Indeed, the podcast host cheekily weighed in on speculation about her husband—who raised eyebrows earlier this month when he missed practice with the Los Angeles Rams—after seeing a Barstool Sports article with the headline, “The Best NFL Conspiracy Theory On The Internet – Matthew Stafford Died A Couple Weeks Ago, Got Cloned, New One Is Now QB1 for the Rams.”
In a post to her Aug. 21 Instagram Story, Kelly wrote alongside a screenshot of the headline, “I knew there was something different about him.”
She also added a shoutout to the Ammortal Chamber, which Matthew has been known to use for recovery, joking that the chamber made the cloning happen, writing, “that @ammortal_official is wild.”
While he may not have cloned himself, Matthew—who shares daughters Sawyer and Chandler, 8, Hunter, 7, and Tyler, 5, with Kelly—did recently share that he’s done “everything under the sun” to get back into shape for the season following his back injury.
“Doing everything I can to get to feeling as good as I can,” he said during the Aug. 21 post-practice press conference. “Just really everything I could possibly do, done a ton of research, just trying to help myself.”
He added, “Good thing is, I feel pretty good.”
Ultimately, Matthew is looking forward to getting back on the field for his 17th season, and maybe one of his last, after chatter of retirement began swirling over the last year.
“It is always a conversation at the end of each year,” Kelly told E! News in February 2025. “He wants it to be a group decision. And I look at him and I say, ‘This is your decision. If I ever thought that I needed you to retire, then I would let you know, but I want you to have the option.’”
And with the support of his family, Matthew isn’t ready to hang up his cleats just yet.
“I’m sure as hell happy that I’m gonna be here for at least another year,” he said of his plans to continue with the Rams in a March 2025 episode of Travis and Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast, “and hopefully some after that.”
For more celebs who have addressed conspiracy theories, read on.
Taylor Swift’s Wildest Belly Button Dreams
In the 2010s, fans noticed the “Lavender Haze” singer’s affinity for high-waisted pants, prompting an online wave of conspiracies, including that she was an alien born without a belly button.
Taylor even addressed the reason she kept her navel out of the spotlight.
“I don’t like showing my belly button,” she told Lucky magazine in 2014. “I want that to be a mystery. As far as anyone knows based on my public appearances, they haven’t seen evidence of a belly button. It could be pierced. They have no idea. If I’m going to get some sort of massive tattoo, it’s going to be right next to my belly button because no one’s ever going to see that.”
However, after paparazzi snapped pics of the singer and her friends wearing bikinis while vacationing in 2015, she ultimately posted snaps of herself in the swimsuit to Instagram.
“We realize, ‘Okay so they got pictures of us in our bikinis, like I don’t want them to make like $100,000 for stalking us,’” Taylor recounted on BBC Radio 1’s Breakfast Show in 2015. “So we’re like, ‘Get up on the bow of the boat, we’re taking better bikini shots, so they don’t make as much money on theirs.’”
Did Avril Lavigne Actually Die in the Early 2000s?
The “Sk8er Boi” rocker reacted to online theories that she died in the early aughts and was replaced by a doppelganger named Melissa, who supposedly was hired before the singer’s “death” to stand in for her at public events due to Avril’s exhaustion.
“I mean, it’s just funny to me,” the “Complicated” singer said on a May 2024 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast. “On one end, everyone’s like, ‘You look the exact same. You haven’t aged a day.’ But then other people are like, there’s a conspiracy theory that I’m not me.”
Beyoncé Shuts Down Fake Pregnancy Rumors
Though the Grammy winner—who is now mom to daughter Blue Ivy and twins Rumi and Sir with husband Jay-Z—iconically debuted her first pregnancy during a performance at the 2011 MTV VMAs, she became the subject of theories that she wore a fake belly bump and enlisted a surrogate.
“That was crazy. It wasn’t hurtful, it was just crazy,” she told People in 2012, per The Hollywood Reporter. “Where did they come up with this?”
Fans thought Beyoncé’s baby bump appeared to deflate during an appearance on an Australian TV show months prior, which the singer shot down as “stupid, ridiculous and false” through a rep at the time.
Is Anne Hathaway’s Husband the Reincarnation of William Shakespeare?
The Oscar winner reacted to the comparison that her husband Adam Shulman looks extremely similar to the 16th century playwright—whose wife was also named Anne Hathaway—which has prompted fans online to believe the Romeo and Juliet author has been reincarnated.
“It would be great if it was true,” the Princess Diaries star said during a 2023 appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, “but even if it’s not [it’s] still kinda great.”
Katy Perry Reacts to Theory She’s Actually JonBenét Ramsey
The “Last Friday Night” singer—who was born in 1984—chimed in with her thoughts on the conspiracy that the Colorado-native—born in 1990 and murdered in 1996—was not actually beaten and strangled to death, but actually grew up to become the music superstar.
On a February 2025 Instagram post of the theory, Katy simply commented, “wait am i.”
Stevie Wonder Addresses Rumor He’s Not Really Blind
The “Isn’t She Lovely” singer—who was born prematurely and is blind as a result of retinopathy of prematurity, a condition that impacts eye growth and causes the retinas to detach—debunked the longstanding rumor that he can actually see during a July 2025 concert in the U.K.
“You know there have been rumors about me seeing and all that? But seriously, you know the truth,” Stevie told the crowd, as seen in a fan’s Instagram video. “Truth is, shortly after my birth, I became blind.”
The Grammy winner considers his blindness a gift, though, adding, “Now, that was a blessing because it’s allowed me to see the world in the vision of truth, of sight. See people in the spirit of them, not how they look. Not what color they are, but what color is their spirit?”
