{"id":415958,"date":"2023-01-12T19:36:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=415958"},"modified":"2023-01-12T19:36:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:36:06","slug":"lions-qb-jared-goffs-girlfriend-christen-harper-speaks-on-being-labelled-gold-digger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/lions-qb-jared-goffs-girlfriend-christen-harper-speaks-on-being-labelled-gold-digger\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion&#8217;s QB Jared Goff&#8217;s Girlfriend Christen Harper Speaks On Being Labelled &#8220;Gold Digger&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of NFL wives are pushing back at the image of football significant others being &#8220;gold diggers.&#8221; QB Jared Goff&#8217;s Girlfriend Christen Harper Speaks On Being Labelled &#8220;Gold Digger&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The discussion was featured in the most recent edition of the web series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=esk5k_oUwAs&amp;t=258s&amp;ab_channel=WomenoftheLeague\">Women of the League<\/a>, which was hosted by Josie Leinart, Matt Leinart&#8217;s wife.<\/p>\n<h2>Lion&#8217;s QB Jared Goff&#8217;s Girlfriend Christen Harper Speaks On Being Labelled &#8220;Gold Digger&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Josie, a former actress who is married to former NFL quarterback Matt Leinart, stated, &#8220;One of the things that bothers me so much, and I see it all the time in the comments section, is how people regard NFL women and they are constantly considering NFL spouses, generally speaking, as gold-diggers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ep. 13: SI Swimsuit Model, Christen Harper \ud83c\udfdd\ufe0f\ud83d\udcf8 <\/p>\n<p>watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HQd3OWbftz\">https:\/\/t.co\/HQd3OWbftz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/courtsideclub?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#courtsideclub<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gHllNC6h2K\">pic.twitter.com\/gHllNC6h2K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rachel A DeMita (@RADeMita) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RADeMita\/status\/1610321017594908672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then\u00a0Christen Harper, who is engaged to Lions quarterback Jared Goff, questioned the idea that NFL players&#8217; spouses do not have separate careers.<\/p>\n<p>The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model\u00a0Christen Harper stated, &#8220;People just assume things about you, they assume that you don&#8217;t have a job or that you&#8217;re not doing anything other than following your husband around, or fianc\u00e9 around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jared Goff&#39;s SI Swimsuit Model fianc\u00e9e Christen Harper and other NFL WAGs are speaking out against this awful stereotype. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RU7k1OgoDB\">https:\/\/t.co\/RU7k1OgoDB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OutKick (@Outkick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Outkick\/status\/1613269275363385357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the women that I know in the league are working hard at their careers or they\u2019re doing amazing things in the community. They\u2019re doing so much more than just chasing a bag. That\u2019s just not the reality,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Harper participated in the lively debate with the spouses of other NFL players. These spouses included Allison Kuch, who is wed to Raiders defensive end Isaac Rochell, Whitney Risner, who is wed to Broncos guard Dalton Risner, and Kym Jackson, who is wed to Jets receiver Jeff Smith. Harper was afterwards questioned about if people thought Goff, 28, should prioritise his work above hers because he is a professional athlete.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When you get a once an a lifetime opportunity to shoot for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SI_Swimsuit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SI_Swimsuit<\/a>  on a Sunday you get the whole crew invested in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lions<\/a> win!!! \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0YWirAZHdV\">https:\/\/t.co\/0YWirAZHdV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christen Harper (@christenharper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christenharper\/status\/1469685716053598208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne-hundred percent,\u201d Harper said. \u201cThe number one thing I think people assume is that I won\u2019t work because of him, and they\u2019re not even considering maybe I like to or maybe that\u2019s something that moves me\u2026 At the end of the day, it\u2019s my choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christen Harper, who had previously called Los Angeles home, has kept up her professional success as Goff&#8217;s second NFL chapter plays out there after the Rams traded him to the Lions in early 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not enough people are talking about this insane throw by Jared Goff <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mGDONbzl7n\">pic.twitter.com\/mGDONbzl7n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tyler Sawa (@tyler_sawa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tyler_sawa\/status\/1613260683868786689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In reality, Harper reached a professional milestone in October 2022 when she and her friend Katie Austin have crowned the Rookies of the Year for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jxpYUzMRaTo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NFL COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nfl\/nfl-team-detail\/DET\/depth-chart\">Detroit Lions Depth Chart\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl-legend-jj-watt-breaks-down-in-tears-after-emotional-video-that-included-tom-brady\/\">NFL legend JJ Watt Breaks Down In Tears After Emotional Video That Included Tom Brady<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of NFL wives are pushing back at the image of football significant others being &#8220;gold diggers.&#8221; QB Jared Goff&#8217;s Girlfriend Christen Harper Speaks On Being Labelled &#8220;Gold Digger&#8221; The discussion was featured in the most recent edition of the web series Women of the League, which was hosted by Josie Leinart, Matt Leinart&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":258874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,48],"tags":[4542,4142,1813,4541,4540,4539,2211],"class_list":["post-415958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions","category-nfl","tag-christen-harper-gold-digger","tag-detroit-lions-news","tag-jared-goff","tag-jared-goff-christen-harper","tag-jared-goff-news","tag-jared-goff-wife","tag-nfl-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}