Influencer Allison Kuch, who’s married to Raiders defensive end Isaac Rochell, had the best response after one former NFL WAG revealed a hot take about NFL relationships.
Influencer and lifestyle blogger Landyn Hutchinson, who’s married to Hall-of-Fame guard Steve Hutchinson, recently discussed what it’s like being an NFL wife.
Hutchinson claimed that some players host their girlfriend and wife at games.
“Here’s the thing about the NFL and it’s sad but true — but like, the wives are in the first row and the girlfriends are three rows back,” Landyn said last month on “The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast” with hosts Lauryn Evarts Bosstick and Michael Bosstick.
In a separate video responding to Landyn, Kuch showed herself sitting in the first row at a Raiders preseason game and flashed her wedding ring before she looked behind her.
“It’s me, I’m the wife and the girlfriend,” Kuch, who is expecting her first child with Rochell, wrote in her caption.
“I have enough personalities to keep him busy.”
The Hutchinson have been married for 21 years and were husband and wife through his entire 12-season career.
The high school sweethearts met at the age of 14 and share two children: a daughter Lily and son Luke.
“The NFL is a real interesting place,” Landyn said. “There is a lot of downtime and there is a lot of travel and these guys have money and they’re in shape. They’re living the dream.
“It’s not so much the men and the testosterone. It’s more the women and the estrogen. It was a very threatening almost place to be in if you’re not in the right mindset because I can imagine being really insecure.
“I’ve been to training camps where the girlfriends are in a hotel down the street and the wives are there with the kids at the picnics. Nobody knows anything. It wasn’t anyone that I knew personally, but you just know. It just happens and I’m not [saying it’s] a blanket statement to the entire NFL or professional sport.”
Landyn also explained the highs and lows of marrying an NFL player.
“That’s always everyone’s question: ‘What’s it like to be and NFL wife? And I’m like, ‘What’s it like working at the insurance company?’
“It’s the same thing,” Landyn said. “I love these women and respect these women, and there are some I want to hang out with and some I don’t want to hang out with. I think it’s like any other job.
“But it is interesting. A lot of the are resentful because I think they gave up whatever career they had for whatever for their husband to go on and run with this.”
Landyn shared how she made the most of her experience as the wife to a professional athlete.
“But in my mind, I was gifted a position and fell in love with a wonderful man that happened to be very good at what he did and I took that on as my job,” she said.
“So my job became, ‘I’m going to be the best wife. I’m going to keep myself in shape. I’m going to run a good house. I’m going to make some beautiful kids.’ I just kinda owned it.
“Here’s the thing: I’m a 1950’s wife at heart. No one can take that away from me.”
