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Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and his wife, Kelly, said Thursday they would pay a photographer’s medical bills and replace her cameras after she fell off the stage at the team’s Super Bowl celebration on Wednesday.
Kelly Smiley, photo editor for the NFL, NBA and NHL and freelance photographer, said Thursday on Twitter that she broke her spine in the fall, which happened in front of Stafford and his wife, Kelly, after she stepped backwards on stage. In addition, both of her cameras were broken, she tweeted.
In a video circulating on social media, Stafford appeared to notice that Smiley was falling but walking away. Kelly Stafford, however, hurried to the edge of the stage to check on Smiley. Matthew Stafford was heavily criticized on social media for his reaction to the video.
“We’ve been in communication with Kelly Smiley since yesterday’s incident and we’re sad about what happened,” Rams and Staffords said in a joint statement. “As we told Kelly, we want to cover all her hospital bills and replace her cameras. We wish her a speedy recovery.”
A GoFundMe site was created to help Smiley and had so far generated more than $ 42,000 in donations from Thursday afternoon.
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