Christian McCaffrey On His Shocking Trade, Falling In Love With Olivia & Being BFFs w/George Kittle | The Kittle Things Ep. 3

Summary

The Kittle Things – Episode 3 Summary

Episode Title: Christian McCaffrey On His Shocking Trade, Falling In Love With Olivia & Being BFFs w/George Kittle
Air Date: September 30, 2025
Hosts: George Kittle & Claire Kittle
Guest: Christian McCaffrey (with a surprise drop-in by Olivia McCaffrey)

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Episode Overview

In this episode, George and Claire Kittle welcome their close friend, NFL running back Christian McCaffrey, for a wide-ranging conversation blending football, friendship, family, music, and life’s “little things.” The trio reflect on McCaffrey's shocking midseason trade to the 49ers, his blossoming relationship (and now marriage) with Olivia, life as a new dad, and their BFF status both on and off the field. The episode is filled with humor, heartfelt stories, and even some relationship advice, with Olivia joining later for a candid segment. Music, wedding karaoke, and McCaffrey’s new business ventures round out a lively episode that feels more like eavesdropping on great friends than a typical sports podcast.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Story of McCaffrey’s Trade to the 49ers

• Shocking Night:
  • Christian was in bed around 11:15 p.m. when he got the call from his agent. He thought he might be traded to the Rams, but instead learned he was heading to the 49ers.
  • George was the first to call him—before even the GM or head coach.
  • Quote:
    • “Before John Lynch or Kyle Shanahan could call me, George calls me, dude. Let’s go.” – Christian (14:25)
• How the Trade News Broke:
  • George found out while gaming, yelled with excitement, and immediately called Christian.
  • Claire was at a Women of the Niners event, dodging out of yoga to take George’s frantic calls.
• Aftermath:
  • Christian’s locker was right next to George’s, much to their mutual delight.
  • This sparked a new, fun era of their friendship and on-field partnership.

2. Becoming a Dad & Family Life

• Pregnancy and Fatherhood:
  • Christian spoke emotionally about the moment he and Olivia learned she was pregnant with their daughter, Colette. He emphasized the joy and overwhelming feelings of seeing the positive test.
  • Quote:
    • “You don’t realize how much joy a human noticing things gives you... even just saying that, it’s so special.” – Christian (5:47)
• Birth Experience & Respect for Women:
  • He recounted the intensity of being present for Colette’s birth and his newfound respect for women.
  • Quote:
    • “It’s crazy to think that you go through something that traumatic right into taking care of another human... definitely a newfound respect.” – Christian (6:25)
• Naming Colette:
  • Claire jokes about her own middle name being Colette; Christian confirms the baby is not actually named after her, but they all share a laugh.
• Baby Shower & Thoughtful Gifts:
  • The group discusses Olivia’s meticulously planned baby shower and a touching gift: a book of wisdom from experienced mothers.

3. Wedding Stories & Friendship Origins

• First Encounters:
  • George, Claire, and Christian reminisce about meeting at a Nike event during the early days of Christian and Olivia’s relationship.
• Memorable Wedding Moments:
  • Stories of viral photos (Greg Olsen “banged up” when he actually wasn’t), running out of beer at the party, and epic afterparties.
• Rumors Busted:
  • They debunk the myth that Christian was thinking about NFL play calls during his wedding—he was definitely present!

4. Locker Room Bond to BFFs

• From College Rivals to Pro Teammates:
  • George had “nightmares” from Christian’s Rose Bowl performance versus Iowa, but now cherishes their close locker room bond.
• Locker Setup Story:
  • Having had a “rotating door” of different teammates in the locker next to him, George was thrilled when Christian became his permanent neighbor.

5. Musical Adventures & Talents

• Musical Family:
  • Christian reveals he plays piano and (one song on) harmonica, and that Olivia’s family is seriously musically gifted (her mom is first chair at the Boston Symphony and her brother is an incredible pianist).
  • Christian initially learned piano “to impress girls,” but later learned Olivia was way out of his league musically.
  • Quote:
    • “The irony is I married Olivia, who’s a legit cello player... and you can just see her face: ‘you’re really off.’” – Christian (21:04)
• Red Rocks Moment:
  • Christian got to play piano on stage at Red Rocks with Zach Bryan—an unforgettable experience.
  • Quote:
    • “That was, like, a very memorable moment for me. I’ll always remember that.” – Christian (22:46)
• Dream Instrument:
  • Christian would love to master the acoustic guitar for campfire jam sessions (even if he admits he hasn’t actually been to one in years).

6. Karaoke Extravaganza

• The gang plays "Start, Sit, Cut" with classic karaoke songs (31:30–36:35), debating the merits of “Living on a Prayer,” “Friends in Low Places,” “I Want it That Way,” “Don’t Stop Believing,” “Mr. Brightside,” and more.
• Olivia joins and shares memories of early-karaoke jam sessions with Christian, including their rendition of “Shallow” when they first started dating.

7. Relationship Advice with Olivia & Claire

• Dinner Standing Up (25:34):
  • A listener asks how to get her husband to eat dinner sitting down. Olivia and Christian both reveal they eat standing up and recommend embracing it.
  • Quote:
    • “If the chairs are anything like the couch here, it’s a low back nightmare... Instead of judging the guy, join him.” – Christian (25:45)
• Boyfriend Won’t Dance at Weddings (26:34):
  • Olivia counsels: accept your partner’s personality and don’t shame introverts, while George and Christian push for a little friendly encouragement to avoid regrets.
• Sharing Shampoo (29:15):
  • The group laughs about sharing self-care products—Claire and Olivia both admit their men steal their expensive stuff, and advice is to buy a backup “guy’s edition” for them.

8. Christian’s New Business: “While On Earth”

• New Venture:
  • Christian details his foray into the athleisure business as co-founder of While On Earth—a footwear and apparel brand.
  • He highlights obsessing over the technical specs: footbed design, arch support, and working with a top team.
  • Quote:
    • “I was like, this will transcend football. This is something that whenever I do stop playing, I have something I can work on, and I’m not confused or have all these things.” – Christian (39:24)
• Kittle seal of approval:
  • George and Claire have already “stolen” their shirts from Christian’s gifted care packages!

9. “Game Ball” Superlatives & Rapid-Fire Fun

• The group wraps up with a quick-fire segment: Who plans date nights? Who wants to go home first? Who takes care of spiders? Who’s the better bartender or dresser? (43:28–45:48)
• These lighthearted questions further reveal their genuinely warm, fun dynamic.

10. Memorable Miss Universe Anecdote

• George reveals he first “met” Olivia as a fan—watching her win Miss Universe on TV with friends back in college, never dreaming she’d become a close friend years later.
  • “Technically, I’ve been supporting her longer than you have.” – George (38:21)

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Notable & Memorable Quotes

• Christian on becoming a dad:
  • “I just stare at her. It’s sad not being with them. I haven’t seen them in a few weeks just because of camp and everything, but I get videos and pictures... it’s so special.” (5:47)
• On playing music in a relationship:
  • “I learned piano to impress girls... The irony is I married Olivia, who’s a legit cello player. The first time I’m playing for her... you can just see her face, ‘you’re really off.’” (21:04)
• On locker room fate:
  • “I was like, please, just give me some... a foundation. Someone who’s just gonna be here with me.” – George (17:11)
• On wedding rumors:
  • “There was a joke that Shanahan said you were thinking about play calls at your wedding... wasn’t true at all.” – Christian (10:36)
• On dancing at weddings:
  • “Mandatory for everybody to dance—there’s nothing as somebody who loves the dance floor who feels more awkward than when you watch the Guy staring... it’s a little bit of a vibe killer.” – Christian (27:53)
• On business after football:
  • “This will transcend football... whenever I do stop playing, I have something I can work on.” – Christian (39:24)

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Highlighted Timestamps

• Trade Night Call – 14:22–15:50
• First moments as a dad – 5:05–6:15
• Miss Universe watch party reveal – 37:00–38:21
• Karaoke segment – 31:15–36:30
• Red Rocks piano with Zach Bryan – 22:08–22:46
• Christian’s While On Earth business story – 38:31–42:43
• Relationship advice with Olivia – 25:34–30:38
• “Game Ball” rapid-fire couple questions – 43:03–45:48

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Tone & Style

True to The Kittle Things’ spirit, the tone is loose, genuine, loaded with friendly chiding and warmth. George’s goofy, energetic style meshes perfectly with Claire’s quick wit and Christian’s grounded sincerity. Olivia brings depth and balance, especially during the advice segment. The episode swings from laugh-out-loud to heartfelt—never feeling like a formal interview, but more like the best kind of inside glimpse into NFL friendships and real life beyond the game.

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For Listeners

Whether you’re a 49ers fan, football junkie, or just love hearing about the heart and humor behind the headlines, this episode is packed with stories, camaraderie, laughs, and a healthy dose of practical (and not-so-practical) relationship wisdom. A must-listen for anyone curious about the "little things" that make life big for the NFL’s favorite couples.

Transcript

[George Kittle]

What were you doing when you got told that you were getting traded before.

[Christian McCaffrey]

John lynch or Kyle Shanahan could call me? George calls me dude. Let's go.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Woo.

[Claire Kittle]

So we do the thing where we like phone a friend and we just have him on for like two minutes. Do you want to call Olivia?

[Christian McCaffrey]

No, no, not a good time.

[Claire Kittle]

Okay.

[Christian McCaffrey]

She slept zero hours last night.

[George Kittle]

What?

[Claire Kittle]

Hi.

[Christian McCaffrey]

There's no way. Hi.

[George Kittle]

Cooking now. Hey, guys. It's the kiddle things presented by T mobile. Hey guys, it's George and Claire. And today on the kittle things, we've got the one, the only, Christian McCaffrey.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah. And we talk all about Christian's love of music, our love of karaoke, and maybe even hear Christian play some piano.

[George Kittle]

I really wish I knew how to play the piano.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, I wish I did too.

[George Kittle]

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[Claire Kittle]

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[George Kittle]

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[Claire Kittle]

Now here we go.

[George Kittle]

Woo. Our next segment is KD history. So we'll see what the crew has pulled up for us. Aww.

[Claire Kittle]

That was your birthday. That was Georgia's birthday party. In our two bedroom apartment in San Jose. It was your birthday.

[George Kittle]

During COVID she always does such a great job on my birthday. She always surprises me somehow. And even in like during COVID like where we couldn't really fly out all of our friends, how she usually surprises me or stuff like whole apartment fun, balloons, superheroes, pokemon, the whole shebang. And she still surprised me with some of my teammates that came over. Yeah, she crushes my birthday every single year.

[Claire Kittle]

Well, it's so fun because clearly I can buy decorations that would serve a four year old. And so the decorations are fun to put up because he just loves them.

[George Kittle]

It was legit. Like a six year old's birthday party.

[Claire Kittle]

Well, I always feel bad for him for his birthday because it's during football and we can't go anywhere. We can't really do anything. And so I like to throw a party at the house and then just bring everybody to us.

[George Kittle]

If you want to see a great birthday party, you can go on to our show that was recorded, the receiver show. And Claire threw me an amazing birthday party there where she. She hung all of my nice shoes from the ceiling, which was pretty impressive. Yeah, I think there's still tape on the ceiling. Yeah, there is Claire. I think it's that time, Kittlebits. Yep. Kittlebits time. Brought to you by Little Caesars. And this go around, we'll be diving into just a few of my many top secret hidden talents.

[Christian McCaffrey]

What?

[George Kittle]

I've got a ton. Like, did you know I'm a deer whisperer? I didn't think that was gonna be a part of my career, but here we are. I actually linked up with the Little Caesars deal deer. And we have a mission to save NFL fans from buying overpriced, boring food. That's just not enough. And tell them that Little Caesars is the smart choice because at Little Caesars, the pizzas are always large, so you'll always get more bite for less buck.

[Claire Kittle]

Is that a deer pun?

[George Kittle]

Yep. What's your hidden talent?

[Claire Kittle]

I can negotiate very well. I can throw a mean party.

[George Kittle]

Claire, as a party planner, would be. I think her number one.

[Claire Kittle]

Can argue.

[George Kittle]

You can argue. Well, I don't win very many of those. That is not a hidden talent for me trying to play the harmonica. That'd be a hidden talent of mine. That's not a talent yet, but it will be. She also has a very fast pace in the airport.

[Claire Kittle]

I can walk fast.

[George Kittle]

She walks fast in an airport.

[Claire Kittle]

That's my hidden talent.

[George Kittle]

She leaves me everywhere. It's unreal. Hey, everybody. Welcome to another episode of the Kittle Things. I'm one of your hosts, George Kittle, here with my wife and co host, Claire Kittle. And with us today, none other than the one, the only, Christian McCaffrey, who is the destroyer of worlds for every Iowa football fan. He lives in my nightmare still from the 2015 Damn Rose Bowl. Thanks, Christian. Offensive player of the year. Should have been MVP in my opinion. And also great friend to me and Kyle Juszczyk, the boys, most importantly, husband to Olivia McCaffrey and father to his wonderful newborn daughter, Ms. Colette. Christian, thanks for being here today, bud.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Thank you, brother.

[George Kittle]

Wow.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It's my honor to be here.

[George Kittle]

Oh, my goodness. We're very excited to have you here. We're going to talk about how we met and. Because I think that's a really fun story because I think the first day that we met was like one of your first dates with Olivia back at the Nike ones thing.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yes.

[George Kittle]

Which was.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yes.

[George Kittle]

Because you had some pretty memorable quotes from that trip that we don't have to completely share. But, like, I. I don't even remember. He does. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Fantastic.

[Christian McCaffrey]

You know, watch what you say around Georgia.

[George Kittle]

I will. Yeah, I remember them. I remember them. But let's just drive right into being a dad.

[Claire Kittle]

New dad.

[George Kittle]

When. When Olivia, like, when you guys found out she was going to be pregnant, and Carrie, like, how exciting was that for you?

[Christian McCaffrey]

It was insane. It was. There was so many emotions at once. And I think, you know, we've been talking about it for a while, but I. I guess you don't really know how to explain it until you see the. The thing say, you know, pregnant, and then it kind of all comes down on you at once. But it was such a blessing, man. I mean, I. I've always wanted to be a dad. I was so ready to. And I thought I was ready. No, I'm just kidding. No, I really was. And we both wanted to be parents, and we came from big families, and so to get that news and to be able to share it with our families and our friends was just. It was so special.

[Claire Kittle]

God, she's so dang cute. We can't wait to meet her.

[Christian McCaffrey]

She's a nugget. She's so cute. I just stare at her. It's sad not being with them. I haven't seen them in a few weeks just because of camp and everything, but I get videos and pictures, and she's starting to smile now and notice things. And it's like you don't realize, like, how much joy a human noticing things gives you. Like, even just saying that, you're like, oh, yeah, like, she can open her eyes now. Pretty cool. But it's like. It is. It's so special.

[George Kittle]

This fills your heart with love.

[Christian McCaffrey]

100%.

[George Kittle]

Oh, just.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

That's fantastic. And then you were obviously there for the birth of your child. How was that experience for you? Did you faint?

[Christian McCaffrey]

That was gnarly.

[George Kittle]

That was gnarly.

[Christian McCaffrey]

No, it was. I have such a newfound respect for women and my wife for what they go through during that process. And I just remember, because there's that curtain. And I remember thinking to myself, like, I'm here. I gotta dial in. I gotta look at it. I gotta see and understand what they're going through. And as somebody who's had surgeries, like, it's a, you know, intense deal. And so I remember I. I looked over the curtain and I just, you know, paused. And she's like, how is it? And she's shaking, and I'm like, it's fine. They're doing a great job. Like, you can't even tell. Meanwhile, my, like, heart rate just went to, like, 200. But she was. I mean, she was such a trooper. They get it done really. Quickly. And she was. She was amazing throughout the whole process. It's crazy to think that you go through something that traumatic right into taking care of another human and having to provide for another human in every single way. Like, you don't really get time to heal yourself from all that stuff. So definitely a newfound respect.

[George Kittle]

Just an understanding. Like, holy.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah, 100%.

[Claire Kittle]

Colette's my middle name and I've loved it for my entire life.

[George Kittle]

That's why they named their kid Colette.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, they named her after me. So thank you.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That's right. Yep.

[Claire Kittle]

Appreciate it.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Absolutely.

[George Kittle]

Thanks. To pump up her ego a little bit more.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yes.

[Claire Kittle]

And yeah. Olivia's baby shower was stunning in Rhode island. And Kristin, Sarah Taylor, and myself flew out for it. And we had a little girls weekend and got to see Olivia. And it was beautiful and fun for you to be there and share that with her.

[Christian McCaffrey]

No, that was amazing. If there's one thing I know about my wife is if she's planning something, it's going to be to the next level. Next level of, like, detail and whatever it is. And it makes those events so much fun because they're not just like another day. You get to, like, you know, I mean, you need wins in life. And I feel like every time she plans something, it's a win. But you guys, you three gave her the coolest gift on the planet Earth that we've read like 20 times, so I'll share it. But they gave Olivia a gift, and it was basically a book of advice from, like, a bunch of different mothers that they have respect for. And that was so meaningful and meant so much. We read through every single one together. That was a really cool gift. So we appreciate that.

[Claire Kittle]

Shout out. Sarah Taylor, she led the charge on that one.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Really?

[Claire Kittle]

And Kristen and I kind of jumped on the bandwagon.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That was an amazing gift.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, no, that's a great one. We have a lot of our friends have children and we just called them up and they're like, oh, heck, yeah. This, this, this, this, and this. They're basically like, don't listen to your mother in law. Don't listen to your mom. Do whatever you want.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yep.

[Claire Kittle]

And their wedding, your wedding was stunning.

[George Kittle]

I was at that wedding that was.

[Claire Kittle]

Fun in Rhode Island.

[Christian McCaffrey]

What was your favorite part of that wedding, your wedding?

[Claire Kittle]

Greg Olson.

[George Kittle]

I was gonna say Greg Olsen's hair being cooked an hour into the wedding.

[Christian McCaffrey]

What was so funny about that picture that went viral about Olsen?

[George Kittle]

He was sober.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It was completely fine at that point. Like, oh, Olsen was banged up. I'm like, no, he.

[George Kittle]

At that moment.

[Christian McCaffrey]

At that moment, like, he was. We were fine. We hadn't even gotten to the. To the second part yet.

[George Kittle]

No, that's.

[Christian McCaffrey]

He was.

[George Kittle]

We were like, just through.

[Claire Kittle]

He was just happy to be there. That's what he looked like.

[George Kittle]

He was like, maybe two drinks in.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

At the most. I just. Like, he just looks so banged up. I thoroughly enjoyed that. I thoroughly enjoyed going to, like, the restaurant bar and buying all the beer that they. Every light beer that they possibly had. I thoroughly enjoyed that. I ran out.

[Claire Kittle]

You bought them out of.

[George Kittle]

I bought them out of Bud Light. That was pretty fun.

[Christian McCaffrey]

They told us that.

[George Kittle]

Yep. I bought them out of that.

[Claire Kittle]

That wasn't on Christian's towel.

[George Kittle]

That wasn't. But I. George covered that one. I covered that one. That was a fun one. And then.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Thank God.

[George Kittle]

And then the coolest part was just that that area, like, you're like, yeah, I know. The after party. I was like, oh, let's go to an after party. And it was like a nightclub. And I was like, whoa. Yeah, it's an actual party party.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That was so much fun, man. So much fun.

[George Kittle]

Yeah. Listen, Greg Olsen rap was fantastic. Absolutely crushed it.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It was a good moment.

[George Kittle]

So speaking of how dialed in you are, there was a joke that Shanahan got last year, and he said that during your wedding, you were thinking about play calls. Do you remember that one?

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

Dude, was that. Was that happening?

[Christian McCaffrey]

No.

[George Kittle]

Okay, good. So you are human.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It's not true. It wasn't true at all.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, we weren't sure, man. That's what the Internet said. The Internet said it was super true.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It had to be. Then that was.

[Claire Kittle]

Sean Shanahan was there, too, and Mandy.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Shanahan was probably thinking about playoff. He's like, oh, man, what can we do right now? Yeah, he's not locked.

[Claire Kittle]

He's, like, scouting the room out.

[George Kittle]

He's scouting with the Griggles.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Who of these guys can still play?

[George Kittle]

Well, we'll dive into a little bit about us, your history, our relationship, Christian and George. Oh, goodness. Because where we are now is we're locker buddies. We have lockers right next to each other. We're going into our fourth season together. Yep. That's crazy.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

What started off as nightmares from college of you breaking every record in the Rose bowl, punching your heart to watch. It was actually really fun to watch someone just do that. Well, I was like, ah, this guy's really good at football. Like, just watching that was cool. Besides that, but we met in Oregon. We both went to a Nike thing. It was like young players early on at Nike, and I was like, what? You, me, Josh Allen, Sam Darnold, Josh Jacobs.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yep.

[George Kittle]

Josh Jacobs, Saquon Roquan.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yes. We're missing some.

[George Kittle]

I think there was, like, eight of us.

[Christian McCaffrey]

You won the shoe design thing, right?

[George Kittle]

No, I got second. Josh Allen won it.

[Claire Kittle]

You were so mad. He called me.

[George Kittle]

I was so pissed.

[Christian McCaffrey]

They had.

[George Kittle]

They're gifting Air Force One off whites, the blue ones. And I was like, I need those. I need those. And they let us build our own custom shoe, and I built a wrestling boot. I got second place. Josh Allen won it, and he got the shoes. I've never seen him wear them. Not once. We're the same shoes.

[Claire Kittle]

Ask him if he has them still.

[Christian McCaffrey]

You deserve that. I was.

[George Kittle]

I put a lot of heart into that one.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I wanted to win those. You deserve those shoes.

[Claire Kittle]

You do.

[George Kittle]

Thank you. You know what? I'm gonna call Josh.

[Claire Kittle]

You should. That guy, he should give him back.

[Christian McCaffrey]

He should give him back what he gets paid.

[George Kittle]

Thank you. Twice. You got it. Twice.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Twice. Yeah.

[George Kittle]

She's a wee. Josh. Share a little bit with the boys.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Shut up, Josh.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

Yeah. You know what? Screw you, Josh. Congratulations on your marriage, though.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yes.

[Claire Kittle]

So that's where your friendship started.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

And then.

[Claire Kittle]

And then you separated. You went your own ways. He was in Carolina.

[George Kittle]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

Playing for the Panthers.

[George Kittle]

But the. The best part about that was he left a day early to go see Olivia, and that's when they first started dating. And so I feel like I was, you know, I was a part of the journey in their relationship.

[Claire Kittle]

You were.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That was new. That's pretty new.

[George Kittle]

It was. I mean, like, maybe however long it was, but. Yeah. You went to go see her. So then you went back to Carolina.

[Claire Kittle]

To have a date.

[George Kittle]

I went back. We. We played against each other in 19 and 21.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I played against you my first game of my NFL career.

[George Kittle]

That was in 17. You guys beat us 20 to 0. My first play ever was against Julius Peppers.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

One on one was fun. Levi's Stadium. That was. I remember walking out of the tunnel and Cam Newton was warming up in our end zone, and I was like, that's a quarterback. Huge.

[Christian McCaffrey]

He. He was the biggest people I've ever seen. Like, height, weight. He wasn't the biggest guy on our team, but he was the biggest guy on our team.

[George Kittle]

Yes.

[Christian McCaffrey]

If that makes sense.

[George Kittle]

Like, his. I don't know.

[Christian McCaffrey]

He was the biggest guy in the NFL.

[George Kittle]

He's like Trent Williams. Like, he just has that.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Just like, every yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

I looked at him, I was like, if that's a quarterback, like, what am.

[Claire Kittle]

I doing to be here?

[Christian McCaffrey]

Everyone. Everyone thinks, like, I swear to God, everyone thinks I'm like, a small little scat back my whole career, because for the first three years of my career, I'm winding up next to him. They're like, he must be five, six if he's lined up.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, Cam, Noon's only six. Four.

[Christian McCaffrey]

You thought? I was like, you're like, dude, George has this thing. He keeps calling me, like, five, nine. He's like, yeah, you and Trent Taylor. No disrespect to Trent Taylor, but I'm like, what the hell, dude? We're not even the same category. Height, weight. Like, if we fought in the ufc, I'm like, three. I'm a heavyweight in the ufc. Like, but standing next to Cam, you're just. You're. You're smaller. You'll always be small.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It is what it is.

[George Kittle]

I don't know if I've ever asked you, what were you doing when you got told that you were getting traded?

[Christian McCaffrey]

I was in my bed because it.

[George Kittle]

Was kind of late.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It was 11:15pm at night on a Thursday. So I got. Yeah, so I got traded Thursday night at, like, 11:15. My agent called me, 11:15pm and I thought I was getting traded to the Rams. And he was like, hey, look, dude, this is gonna happen. And the whole week, you know, I was hearing, hey, dude, we're not doing it. It's not gonna happen. Blah, blah. So I'm, you know, practice Wednesday, practice Thursday. Yeah, he called me, and he's like, you're going to the Niners. And before John lynch or Kyle Shanahan could call me, George calls me. Dude, let's go. I was.

[Claire Kittle]

So how did you even get the info?

[George Kittle]

It just. It got, like, leaked on Twitter.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I found out if my agent hadn't called or I didn't have my phone, like, I would have found out. And the next thing I know, while I'm talking to George on the Thursday night game, it's like, breaking news. Troy Aikman's voice, like, breaking news, blah, blah, blah. I'm like, what's going on right now?

[George Kittle]

It was. I was playing. Yeah, I think Claire wasn't there because I only. I only play video games, like, one or two days a week, and I was playing on a Thursday night. That means Claire wasn't at home.

[Claire Kittle]

I was at the Women of the Niners event with your dad and your sister.

[George Kittle]

That's what you were doing they were putting it on, and I was playing Call of Duty. And then one of my buddies just goes, dude, you guys just got Christian McCaffrey. And I was like. And I was like, oh, that's fun. Kept playing. And he was like, no, did you hear me? You got Christian. I was like, holy. Instantly, headset off. Called him. Could not have called you any faster. It was so fun.

[Claire Kittle]

And then you called me, and I was in the middle. They were up on stage. They're doing yoga, doing this whole, like, mindful meditation. He calls me four times. I'm like, oh, something's going on.

[George Kittle]

Gotta be. Gotta be emergency.

[Claire Kittle]

I step into the back, and he's screaming into the phone.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Like, people can hear.

[Claire Kittle]

And they're laying on the mat with their eyes closed. I had to go into the bathroom just to, like, respond to you talking. He's like, we got Christian McCaffrey.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

He's coming.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Oh, so sick.

[Claire Kittle]

It was sick. We were excited.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I know it was a crazy week. And then my locker was right next to yours. I was super fired up about that one.

[George Kittle]

It was actually. The timing was impeccable because, like, that week, there's sometimes in the NFL, like, if you're in a team for a long time, like, because lockers get rotated, new guys come all the time. But, like, sometimes a certain locker is kind of a rotating door of practice squad players, and it's like, they'll bring a guy in for, like, a week, and then they release him to bring a new guy in. And so, like, there's just a new guy in there. And it was, like, five weeks in a row. I think there was, like, eight guys in this one locker right next to me, like, over five weeks. So, like, I'd meet him, and then three days later, they'd be gone. And I was like, oh, that was depressing, because it's not. It's a sad thing. You're just like. And, like, some of the guys were really cool. Like, met them, talked to him for a little bit. And then, like, literally, like, one guy I talked to for, like, an hour and a half in our locker, just bull. And he literally got cut, like, the next morning. I was like, ah. So then we traded for Christian. The lockers open. I was like, please, just give me some. Give me some. A foundation. Someone who's just going to be here with me, so I can.

[Claire Kittle]

You didn't set that up beforehand? No, I find that hard to believe.

[George Kittle]

No, but, like, literally, it was open. As I walked in the next day, I was like, there. Put them Right there. Please put them right there. And now we've been together ever since and it's been wonderful.

[Claire Kittle]

It's finally football season and I could not be more excited.

[George Kittle]

Same. I love everything about it. The sights, the sounds, smell.

[Claire Kittle]

I'm going to stop you right there. There are certain smells that come with your football season that I don't love.

[George Kittle]

Well, lucky for you, there's Lysol Air Sanitizer. Check out their newest seasonal scents. Or we have Berry Burrs and Wooden Escape. Perfect for our favorite season.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah. It tackles 99.9% of odor causing bacteria in the air and is now available in some great scents that are perfect for fall. Try Lysol Air Sanitizer to share the love, not the sting.

[George Kittle]

For example, I do love going to practice, but I do hate bringing those smells back into our home. Do you? Yeah. Well, mostly for you. But mostly. Honestly, Deanie, I don't want her to have to smell those things. Cause she's got a sensitive nose. But because of Lysol air sanitizer, you're happy and we still love each other. Christian, we know that you're really good at music stuff.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Music stuff.

[George Kittle]

Music stuff.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Well said.

[George Kittle]

Thank you. You are musically gifted. Me and Claire are musically challenged.

[Claire Kittle]

Yes.

[George Kittle]

You play the piano and the harmonica.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I fooled a lot of people with the harmonica thing. I learned one song on the harmonica.

[George Kittle]

All right, so you play one song.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, yeah, but that still counts.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

That's good.

[Claire Kittle]

He can't.

[George Kittle]

Trying.

[Claire Kittle]

He actually is trying. He's practicing. And I'm like, you need to do that outside.

[George Kittle]

Because I did it outside. And then she joined me. Yeah. Okay. My mom gets me a harmonica for Christmas.

[Claire Kittle]

And I'm like, thanks, Jan.

[George Kittle]

Thank you, Mom. And I carry with me everywhere I go just for the one day that I actually figure out how to play it. I think it'd be cool to be like, oh, we're not doing anything. Whip out a harmonica and just be able to shred it. Totally super sick. So I literally started doing like some this find videos online. And I was doing lessons and Claire goes, just do it outside. Cause it's loud. I'm like, and you suck. I'm like, that's fair. I do suck right now. So I go outside. I'm not outside for not even 10 minutes. And she walks out with a glass of wine with her phone out. And she's. I think she's like either FaceTiming or watching a video. And I'm watching mine and I'm playing it and she goes, will you like Quiet down or, like, do something else. I was like, you just told me to go outside to practice, and I'm out here, and now you're telling me to get off.

[Claire Kittle]

You got 10 minutes in.

[George Kittle]

Oh, my gosh. But. So that was. That. That was my harmonica thing.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I'll say this. Learning an instrument is really fun for you, but everyone else around has to suffer through the constant. Just redoing the song, redoing every. It's. It's. It can be a lot.

[George Kittle]

Isn't your Aunt Dana learning. What's she learning?

[Claire Kittle]

The fiddle.

[George Kittle]

She's learning the fiddle.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That's a great instrument.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

My.

[Claire Kittle]

My godmother. Yeah.

[George Kittle]

Great.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Fantastic.

[Claire Kittle]

She's not great yet, by the way.

[Christian McCaffrey]

The fiddle's coming back, and. And, like, you know, it's back. And folk country music, it's coming back.

[George Kittle]

Oh, you're right.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It is.

[George Kittle]

Really?

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

We get videos of her aunt playing sometimes just in the kitchen, and it's just like, oh, I'm so happy I'm not in that kitchen.

[Claire Kittle]

She's like, I learned a new song today.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It's like, well, you know what's funny is I initially learned the piano. My neighbor Mike. Man, Shout out Mike. Man.

[George Kittle]

Shout out Mike.

[Claire Kittle]

Shout out Mike.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I was in middle school. He's like, dude, if you learn the piano, like, these chicks are going to love you. I was like, all right, Sounds good, for sure. So I learned Lean on Me and all these, you know, whatever. All these songs. And I'm like, the irony is I married Olivia, who's, like, a legit. She went to Brevard, like, every summer she could play and is, like, a legit cello player. And her mom's been the lead chair in the Boston symphony for, like, 30 years.

[George Kittle]

Decent.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Her brother is, like, one of the most talented pianists I've ever heard in my life. And he could hear his song, play it better than the song right away. So the first time I'm playing for her, I'm, like, trying so hard. I'm like, she's gonna love this. In the back of my head, I'm like, there's no way. This doesn't work after this. And I'm playing, and you can just see her face just like, you're really off.

[George Kittle]

Oh.

[Christian McCaffrey]

And that's the woman I married.

[George Kittle]

She's like, huh.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It's like, the one that doesn't care. It's like, you know what? You can be. You're. Yeah. Okay. That's. Aw.

[George Kittle]

That's really good.

[Claire Kittle]

Just, like, scoot over.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It's like. And it's like, perfect. I'm like, God dang. It's.

[George Kittle]

Yeah. Yeah. Watch her break out. The cello is pretty sick.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah, no, it's her whole family. It's unbelievable how musically gifted they are.

[George Kittle]

Didn't you guys do a. Like a mini concert together or a song, at least?

[Christian McCaffrey]

We played. We played one time together, just alone. How'd you know about that? That was alone. I don't think I told you about that. Wait, did I tell you about that?

[George Kittle]

What?

[Christian McCaffrey]

Olivia must have said something.

[George Kittle]

I have no idea. Was it fun?

[Christian McCaffrey]

Super fun. Super fun.

[George Kittle]

Would you guys play?

[Christian McCaffrey]

Because she can sing, too.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

Miss Universe.

[Claire Kittle]

She's good at everything. You both are good at everything.

[Christian McCaffrey]

She can be. She's. Yeah, she's awesome. I love my wife.

[Claire Kittle]

Shout out, Olivia, we miss you.

[George Kittle]

Shout out, Olivia, let's just say you, like, you're an amazing, like, the best piano piano player ever. Like, who would you want to, like, do a duet with?

[Christian McCaffrey]

I gotta say, I, I, I'm so spoiled. So I'm from Denver, and I'd never been to Red Rocks for a concert in my life.

[George Kittle]

Never have. Well, until.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Well, until. Yeah, Zach Bryan was playing at Red Rocks in the summer, and, you know, he always has people up on stage for the last song for the revival, and the keyboard player was like, get on. And I was like, all right.

[Claire Kittle]

That was sick.

[Christian McCaffrey]

And I got to play piano at Red Rocks with Zach Bryan in front.

[George Kittle]

Of a full crowd.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That was my only Red Rocks concert experience in my life. I'm like, I'm good.

[Claire Kittle]

You were part of the show.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah. So that was, like, a very memorable moment for me. I'll always remember that. It was sweet.

[George Kittle]

Such a sick town. If you could play any instrument, what would it be? Besides piano, Dude.

[Christian McCaffrey]

A good acoustic guitar.

[George Kittle]

That'd be so fun.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I always say, like, being able to sit around a campfire and then, like, I haven't been in a campfire in 15 years. But, like, just the idea of that would be. Would be cool.

[Claire Kittle]

That one would get the girls.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Like, oh, man. Being at a campfire with an acoustic guitar, it's like, that's never happened in my life. Like, how many campfires do you go to in your life? Not enough, right?

[George Kittle]

Not enough. Not enough. No. That'd be fun, Claire.

[Claire Kittle]

I mean, guitar would be sick.

[George Kittle]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

Drums.

[George Kittle]

Drums would be sick. I think to be able to whip out, like, a violin would be like, a fiddle. Fiddle, violin.

[Claire Kittle]

Teach him how to play piano. I would let him. That'd be cool for you.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Honestly, like, you know what the Best teacher is. Is YouTube. You can find, like, the easiest, easiest way to learn songs. And they, you know, you can learn to, like, play them. Not as complex as other songs. And that's how I learned back then.

[Claire Kittle]

That's what my brother did with guitar.

[George Kittle]

Fine, we'll buy a piano. Christian, would you be. Would you be able to play us something on this piano? You don't have to.

[Christian McCaffrey]

You want it right now.

[George Kittle]

You think they'll notice if that one leaves? We'll just take it.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Right shot.

[George Kittle]

We're good.

[Claire Kittle]

Put our Kiddle Things logo on it.

[George Kittle]

Somebody just hopped in.

[Christian McCaffrey]

What? There's no way. Hi.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Did you know that I was going to join me?

[Christian McCaffrey]

No. If you were to say, what kind of money would you put on it? I'd have put a million dollars. You wouldn't have joined?

[George Kittle]

Well, we shook on it, so. He owes me a million dollars.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I can't believe you're here.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Ladies and gentlemen, my beautiful wife Olivia, who got an hour and a half of sleep last night. Made it today.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Yeah, pretty much. But then I made up for it a little bit in the morning. Morning. And I was like, okay, I can do this.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Did you go back to bed?

[Olivia McCaffrey]

I did, yeah. Well, for like a little bit. Until. Boobs. Boobs are on call every two hours. So I went to bed for a little bit.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah, they are just kidding.

[George Kittle]

It's a family friendly show, man. Relax.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Easy. Sorry. Sorry.

[George Kittle]

You got your gist in time. Christian's just been hyping you up as the coolest, strongest woman on the face of the earth. You can listen back. And he really does like you. It's pretty cool.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Not supposed to tell her that.

[George Kittle]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

You just got here in time for relationship advice. So we have viewers send in questions, and then you guys get to weigh on how you think they should respond.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

That's amazing. I only read these on the radio. Okay, I'm ready. Hit me.

[Claire Kittle]

Okay. So this woman says, my husband eats dinner standing up. How can I get this man to take a damn seat?

[Olivia McCaffrey]

I do the same thing.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah, I was gonna say, listen, standing up to eat's not a bad thing. Great for the digestion. I knew you were gonna feel first off. Second off, if the chairs are anything like the couch here, it's. It's a low back nightmare. I don't. I think she should. Instead of judging the guy, join him.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Yeah, I.

[George Kittle]

That's how I saw. I did not think that's how that was going to go, but I love the response.

[Claire Kittle]

We had a full conversation about the couches already and the backs being too low and the cushion's too soft or too deep.

[George Kittle]

My low back's on fire.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

With Christian in any seat like you driving in the car, you would think, like, he needs it. If it doesn't drive itself, he's not going to go in the car. Needs to just sit there. He's a passenger princess.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

But worst thing, that's okay. He's good at a lot of other things, so.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That's true.

[Claire Kittle]

You want to read any you want me?

[George Kittle]

Sure. I'll do this one.

[Claire Kittle]

Okay.

[George Kittle]

This is not my boyfriend. This is the person's boyfriend.

[Claire Kittle]

Okay.

[George Kittle]

My boyfriend refuses to dance at weddings, even when everyone, including me, is begging him to. Should I let him be or should I push him out of his comfort zone? Also, if anyone has any go to moves for him to get started, that would be helpful. What would you do, Olivia?

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Okay. My dad is like this. He didn't even dance at his own wedding. He's very shy. So I'm familiar with this. I feel like you just kind of have to, at a certain point, accept people for who they are and try, but you can't shame somebody for just being a little bit more of an introvert. He just doesn't want to dance. I think that's okay. Like, compromise, but try. But don't push too hard. People are who they are. You're not going to be able to change them.

[George Kittle]

See, I pull them onto the dance floor, and I don't think.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

I think you can. But then they're gonna leave. She's already tried that.

[George Kittle]

So I pull them on, I put a drink in their hand, and then usually I said, I have, like, a 90 success rate. The last wedding I was at, like, one of my buddies, he had, like, four friends who were just, like, standing. They weren't even standing together. They were standing separately, like pillars on the outside. I was like, you want to dance? And he was like, nah. I just. I get nervous at weddings. I'm like, so you're just going to stand there and watch people dance? Just go have some fun. You can just be on the outer circle. Like, just move a little bit. Like, I'm not. You don't get in the middle of the circle and break dance, but, like, just be a part of the group a little bit. My guy.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I feel like it should be mandatory for everybody to dance because there's nothing as somebody who loves the dance floor at a wedding who feels more awkward than when you're in the groove and you turn over and you watch the Guy staring at everyone dancing, and you're like that. Ah, it's like a. It's a little bit of a vibe killer. It is. And I always feel like, yeah, let me.

[Claire Kittle]

So nice.

[Christian McCaffrey]

When you're 95, you're gonna be like, damn, I should have danced at more weddings.

[George Kittle]

What's the worst that's gonna happen? Like, obviously, like, yeah, you know, don't slip and fall and hurt yourself. But, like, you're gonna go out there and so what if you mildly embarrass yourself? No one's gonna really remember.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah, 100%.

[George Kittle]

Let's go have some fun.

[Christian McCaffrey]

My dad live, right? Like, he has to. You'd have to give him a lot of drinks to get him to dance. Cause he's not a dancer. He doesn't have good rhythm. So it's a coordination issue. More than anything.

[Claire Kittle]

It's a coordination.

[Christian McCaffrey]

And so you need drinks in your system. And so then it's like, if you're not a drinker, you gotta find internal juice to get on the floor, which is tough. It is tough to go to a wedding and you might not know everybody there. And you're like, damn, I gotta find natural organic juice right from my heart to go out there and like, dance.

[George Kittle]

Soloing a wedding without, like, friends around. That is tough.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

That would be so tough. Especially you guys. You're. You know, people would be like, oh, my God, look. George Kittle dancing by himself with strangers.

[George Kittle]

I do that normally.

[Claire Kittle]

Okay, next one. I asked my boyfriend to stop using my expensive shampoo. He says he only uses it when he's forgotten to buy his own, but it happens constantly. How do I get him to get his own shampoo?

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Ah, I can't answer shampoo. I would just buy him cheap shampoo that you're okay. Like, this is yours. Yeah, I just.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Again, I just don't think that everybody. I don't think you can expect boys and girls to be good at the same things like men and women. So he's not gonna buy his own shampoo? Probably. But hopefully he's good at other things. Like, you can balance it out. It's well rounded.

[Christian McCaffrey]

So. I love her.

[George Kittle]

She's so nice.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That's why I love her.

[Claire Kittle]

So nice.

[George Kittle]

You're so nice.

[Claire Kittle]

He's totally a great human, though.

[Christian McCaffrey]

He's probably good at other things. He's just really not good at that.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

I buy Christian's entire face regimen because if I don't, he will use all of mine. Yeah, that's the world.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I use two of your face Things. The collagen cream?

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Well, no, all the agent natural stuff you love, and that's body wash. And.

[Christian McCaffrey]

By the way, when that runs out, I'm screwed. So I do need more.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, I'll take some, too.

[Claire Kittle]

Can you overnight it to us?

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

It's good.

[George Kittle]

Thank you.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

I don't know. What do you guys think on that one?

[George Kittle]

Well, I use Klairs shampoo, so.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Yeah. Yeah, I just feel like that's not too bad. I mean, I'd be really happy if that were my only issue in a relationship, to be honest with you.

[George Kittle]

Claire. Claire, actually, she tried to dupe me one time. She had, like. There were two different of her shampoos and conditioners out, and I looked at them because she had been using one, so I used that one, and I was like, hey, what are those? She goes, oh, those are my new expensive ones. You can use the ones I was using before. And then I immediately switched to the expensive ones.

[Claire Kittle]

Then that just makes him want to use it. You know what I mean? He doesn't even care. He's just like, oh, I want that one, because I said I couldn't have it.

[George Kittle]

I just want to use what she uses because her hair is really beautiful. Okay.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

He wants to be just like you.

[George Kittle]

I do.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

This is one of our last segments of the show. Olivia, thank you so much for being here.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah. Such a good surprise.

[George Kittle]

We were talking about how musically gifted you are and your whole family and how amazing they are and how good your brother is at the piano. Christian actually played the piano here for us. It was pretty cool, of course. And she's like, yeah, of course.

[Claire Kittle]

Was it great?

[George Kittle]

I loved it, but. So me and Claire are musically challenged, but we do love karaoke. I'm gonna give you three karaoke songs, and you're gonna tell me if you would start it, be your backup or get rid of it. So, for example, I'll do the first one. The three songs are Living on a Prayer by Bon Jovi, Higher by Creed, and Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks. So me personally, I would start Higher by Creed. Obviously, it's one of my main songs. And then I would. I would.

[Claire Kittle]

One of my main songs.

[George Kittle]

One of my mates, I would sit Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks, and I would cut Living on a Prayer because that's out of my vocal range.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Oh, that is very. I mean, for someone musically challenged to know your boundaries, your limitations, that's good.

[Christian McCaffrey]

What are you saying?

[George Kittle]

Yeah. Wait, Olivia, what are you trying to say? I had to go to NFL Honors and sing a Kelly Clarkson song by myself. And that was. I literally showed up to the rehearsal, and the guy goes, what note do you get to when you sing? And I said, buddy, I have no idea what you're talking about. Like, just.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, what key do you sing?

[George Kittle]

Yeah, what key do you sing? And I'm like, I have no idea. I was like, whatever. Whatever you play, I'm gonna try my best to not mess it up. So just go.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

You know that you're a football player.

[George Kittle]

That's. I was blown away. I was like, you're good.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

And then, like, he didn't know what event he was at.

[George Kittle]

No, I. Well, like, Kirk Cousins had backup singers, and he was also in show choir for his entire life. Cam Jordan had backup singers. And then it's just me singing two verses and a chorus by myself, so it went well. Let's go.

[Claire Kittle]

We can all chime in on.

[George Kittle]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

This is round two, per person.

[George Kittle]

Misery Business by Paramore. I won it that Way by the Backstreet Boys. Or Don't Stop Believing by Journey.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Oh, wow. Well, Claire and I are obviously gonna start with Backstreet Boys.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, obviously.

[George Kittle]

That's a good one.

[Claire Kittle]

Come on.

[George Kittle]

Obviously, I'm probably gonna start Journey. Don't Stop Believing.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Misery Business is a tough song. It's quick, and she's got such a unique way of singing where the words go really quick, but she's also singing in good pitches. In the right crowd, it could be good. But I'm gonna have to cut that song.

[George Kittle]

Yep.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Because there's not a lot of karaoke crowds that carry that or like it.

[George Kittle]

Yeah.

[Christian McCaffrey]

They're not gonna sing along. I want it that way. And Don't Stop Believing. I put in the same category, so I think they're. You could. They're interchangeable as far as karaoke songs.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, I agree. We all agree this next one.

[George Kittle]

All right. Wonderwall by Oasis. No Scrubs by TLC, and Mr. Brightside by the Killers.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Oh, gosh. Okay. Well, girls want to do. To start with no Scrubs. There's just no doubt. The other one is a really good one, too. What's the first one you said?

[George Kittle]

Wonderwall by Oasis.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Oh, Wonderwall. Yeah. That's a classic, too. That would be my number two, and then number three would be the other one.

[George Kittle]

Wow.

[Christian McCaffrey]

You would sit. Mr. You would cut Mr. Brightside.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

You guys love that one. I know you guys love that one.

[Claire Kittle]

That's what I was thinking.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

They love that one. I can still hear you guys. Yeah.

[George Kittle]

Just curious.

[Christian McCaffrey]

What's. What's your logic behind cutting possibly the greatest crowd song of all time?

[George Kittle]

Like, the best.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

I don't know. Because to me, no scrubs. You can't beat it.

[George Kittle]

I just write.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

And then wonder wall is just so easy. And that everybody can get their phone flashlights out because she's sick of you guys singing it.

[Claire Kittle]

That's why she.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Yeah, yeah.

[George Kittle]

Because we're so good at it.

[Claire Kittle]

Or.

[George Kittle]

All right. Sweet Caroline dancing queen or Shallow by lady gaga.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

That was hard.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Remember when we were at our apartment in North Carolina and we did shallow together?

[Olivia McCaffrey]

We just had started dating, like, a week.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That was the song we did.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Christian was on the piano, and I was.

[Christian McCaffrey]

We were bored, and we're like, let's try this out.

[Claire Kittle]

How'd it go?

[Olivia McCaffrey]

It was good. It was so good. I have a recording of it. We were like, I think that we should start a band.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It was pretty good.

[George Kittle]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

So you just made it up? You didn't actually know that they did that?

[George Kittle]

I don't know. Maybe for some reason in my head, I was like, they've definitely done something before.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

We didn't know you yet. We were probably like, hey, let's send this to George kittle.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Took me 14 hours to learn the piano song. Olivia's like, you got it?

[George Kittle]

Yeah, I got it. I'm gonna take sweet Caroline's my number one.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

I love that song. All right, last one. Before he cheats by Carrie Underwood. Easy. Karaoke. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. That's tough. And Love story by Taylor Swift. I'm starting love story because I know all the words of that song. I love that song.

[Claire Kittle]

And you just sang with her.

[George Kittle]

And I just sang it with her. What are your thoughts?

[Christian McCaffrey]

It's tough, man. Like, before he Cheats is a banger.

[George Kittle]

It is a banger.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

Oh, you get crowd into it.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It comes with some vengeance, though. You're gonna sing that song because that's a voice. Bohemian rhapsody is an unbelievable song. Too hard to perform in karaoke, I feel like.

[George Kittle]

I think so. I'm with you on that.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It's out of my range. I'd go love story 1. I'd start love story.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Who doesn't know all the words? Love story. So you gotta start with that.

[George Kittle]

I agree, dude.

[Christian McCaffrey]

The part where he shows up in that song at the end.

[George Kittle]

Marry me, Julia. Never have to be alone.

[Claire Kittle]

Thanks for joining us. That was such a good surprise. Christian had no idea. He was like, no way.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

Yeah. I wasn't sure if George had said anything to him, because I texted George and I was like, he's printed on his phone. But yeah. Thanks for letting me crash it and come so late. I wasn't sure if I could do it, but I did.

[Claire Kittle]

You look beautiful. Even though you said you didn't sleep, so.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

You look beautiful too. I'm baffling, that's why.

[Claire Kittle]

Amazing. See you soon.

[George Kittle]

I actually knew Olivia before I met Christian. When I was in my dorm room in college at Iowa, watching her win Miss Universe with all my friends.

[Claire Kittle]

You've been following her on Instagram long ago.

[Christian McCaffrey]

You guys had a little party. Miss Universe party.

[George Kittle]

Oh, there was like eight of us in my dorm room on like a little TV screen.

[Claire Kittle]

It's like, yeah, go Olivia.

[George Kittle]

Usa.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Usa.

[George Kittle]

We were all so excited. So that was pretty fun.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Do you know who she beat?

[George Kittle]

No, I don't remember who she beat.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Miss Philippines. Oh, and they're ticked.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, they were angry.

[Christian McCaffrey]

They were angry. Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

She's not welcome there.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It's not about.

[George Kittle]

It's not about her. No.

[Claire Kittle]

She's on the no fly zone there.

[George Kittle]

Oh my God.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That's funny though. So you guys all had a little.

[George Kittle]

We literally had together. We had a Miss Universe party.

[Christian McCaffrey]

What was that conversation like the morning of like, you guys ready tonight? Tonight's the night.

[George Kittle]

I think it was like, because that's when we're like just on social media. Like, I'll do that. That's tonight. Like we should going to watch it. And I think it. It started off as like three or four of us and then by like the end of it, there's like eight to 10 of us.

[Claire Kittle]

Just their dorm rooms just open and they're listening.

[George Kittle]

Yeah. Like people are just like kind of watching.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Just the fellas having beers. Watching the pageant.

[George Kittle]

Well, you weren't allowed to drink beers.

[Christian McCaffrey]

We should make that a routine. I think that's like from every year.

[Claire Kittle]

That'd be hilarious.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, I'm in. I'll watch Miss Universe. Twist my arm. Easy peasy. I mean, Olivia goes H1.

[Claire Kittle]

Just funny that it happened to be her and then now it's.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That is funny.

[Claire Kittle]

She's one of our good friends here. So Georgia's been supporting her for over a decade.

[George Kittle]

I've technically been supporting her longer than you have.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That's true. You have.

[George Kittle]

Thank you.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That's true.

[George Kittle]

I want my flowers. Getting off the football field. Do you have any non football goals that you're excited for?

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah, a lot. I'm really excited about this company while on earth.

[Claire Kittle]

There we go. Let's talk about it.

[George Kittle]

Dropped it recently.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah, I think, you know, everyone talks about Goodness.

[Claire Kittle]

It's very soft.

[George Kittle]

No, you keep talking. I'm just going to touch you.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Okay.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, I'm just touching.

[Claire Kittle]

That doesn't come through on podcast, but that's fine.

[George Kittle]

For those listening at home, I'm touching Christian McCaffrey's clothes.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Now petting it, I don't have. I've never had good pecs, actually.

[George Kittle]

I think you're handsome and beautiful. You're fine.

[Christian McCaffrey]

It's genetic, though. My whole family, we got kind of.

[Claire Kittle]

Bird chests, but they, like, look great in the wall on Earth shirt.

[Christian McCaffrey]

No, shirts make it look good. That's why. That's why I started this company.

[George Kittle]

For pecs?

[Christian McCaffrey]

No, I'm super excited about this. For real. Todd Mullaney is the CEO. He was a former CMO at Noble, and he came to my house and he called my agent because I was free agent in the athleisure space. So to say he's like, dude, just give me a meeting with this guy. So we sat down, probably talked for, like, three hours about his vision where he sees me fit and this, this and this. And I. I fell in love with the product, the team, and his vision. And him. He was. He's exactly somebody you would want to work with. And I'm like, those are all. You know, I remember one of my mentors was like, if you're ever going to invest in something, the first thing you should do is know about the product and be obsessed with the people you're working with. And he was fantastic. I was like, this is a guy I'd like to go to battle with, you know, because it's a competitive space. It's a really tough thing to do to start a company in the athleisure, you know, footwear, apparel brand space. But I was like, you know what? This will transcend football. This is something that whenever I do stop playing, I have something I can work on, and I'm not confused or have all these things. And I'd like to have a bunch of different things like that. But, no, it was exciting for me and definitely a risk. But I was like, this can be really fun to try to start something from scratch. And I feel like people like us have way more knowledge than I think we even know about footwear and apparel, because that's our job. You know, we obsess over how a shoe's supposed to feel when you're lifting, when you're running, when you're walking around, whatever it is. And so I was like, I think I can add some value to this. And Met a couple more times and I was like, let's do this thing. And you know now, co founder, what.

[George Kittle]

Was one of your favorite things about, like. Cause you were like, hands on with some of the design and stuff like that. Like, what was one of your favorite things to, like, look at? Cause I saw a photo of you. You had like, a shoe split in half.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Yeah. So a lot of that design meeting, we haven't even released some of that stuff. So this is all stuff that's been out.

[George Kittle]

Yeah.

[Christian McCaffrey]

But I think the coolest thing is talking about. And you know this as well as anybody because you're the one that put me onto Jeff and inserts. The inserts and all those things. But the structure and the integrity of the shoe. Crazy matters, you know, And I think people are seeing that now more than ever. Where the heel counter the forefoot, the material on the top. Like, you know, I have a. I have a fat foot and a high arch. And so like walking around in just a normal pair of shoes. Uncomfortable. Yeah. And like talking about obsessing over every little detail, like, it all starts with equipment and what you're wearing from the ground up. And so I think just going over, starting from scratch to build, like, my perfect shoe and what I would love to run in every day, that's been the most fun part. And then the design part's obviously fun. And the design team is incredible. These people are so creative and much better at their jobs than me. But. But that's been fun to go over the creative stuff and kind of add that in with the structure to try to build, like, what you think the coolest running shoe would be. And then, I mean, it's fun because there's unlimited things you can do. You can. You know, that's what's really cool. Especially like, in the social media world, where you know so much of marketing and there's analytics that you can look up all the time whether or not people like your stuff. It makes it fun.

[George Kittle]

And then Christian got the whole team care package. Got everybody a T shirt and some shoes and a hat. It was very nice. It is a very soft shirt. Claire stole it immediately. It's not even.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That's a great sign.

[George Kittle]

It's not mine anymore. It's not mine.

[Claire Kittle]

You can still use it sometimes, allegedly. So while on earth. There you go.

[George Kittle]

No free shout outs. But I give one for Christian.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, absolutely.

[George Kittle]

Claire allowed it.

[Christian McCaffrey]

I'll pay for the shout out.

[George Kittle]

Okay.

[Christian McCaffrey]

That's how much I care.

[George Kittle]

Thanks for being here, Christian. And I can. Can't Wait. To continue to hang out with you today and build our friendship more and more and more.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Dude. Thank you for having me, Claire. Thank you for having me. You guys are two of the best people on the planet, and I will do anything for you guys.

[George Kittle]

I'll do anything for you, too. While I'm on this earth.

[Christian McCaffrey]

While on Earth. I'll do anything for you guys. While on Earth.

[Claire Kittle]

While on Earth. This segment is called game Ball, and we are going to grab the game ball based on a superlative that we think we resonate with. Okay.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Who plans more date nights?

[Claire Kittle]

You do.

[George Kittle]

I plan more date nights.

[Claire Kittle]

You do a good job of that.

[George Kittle]

Because I like to surprise her and take her to nice dinners and buy her flowers.

[Claire Kittle]

Yes.

[George Kittle]

And she likes to dress up.

[Claire Kittle]

Yes.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Who is the first person to want to go home during the function?

[Claire Kittle]

Probably you.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

I don't know.

[Claire Kittle]

It goes back and forth.

[George Kittle]

It goes back and forth.

[Claire Kittle]

We alternate.

[George Kittle]

If Claire's friends are there and they are drinking alcohol, then I don't have a chance to go home at any time until all of her friends leave. Claire likes to stay awake late into the night. So I'm always ready to go home. Who eats the last slice of pizza? You pick that up?

[Claire Kittle]

Probably me.

[George Kittle]

You get anything that you want, sweetie.

[Claire Kittle]

Also, he's lactose sometimes, so we don't always have pizza for him.

[George Kittle]

Very true. Don't eat a lot of pizza. I do love it, though. Who is the better bartender? Ooh.

[Claire Kittle]

I bartend for a lot more people.

[George Kittle]

I mean, in college, I would always hop the bar and I would be a bartender for no reason at, like, 1am he would do that all the time. I loved making drinks for some reason. And then I would just always pour myself a little extra. Like, I'd overfill it and pour the rest of the other cup, serve it, and I would drink the rest of it.

[Claire Kittle]

I'll just say me.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, but when you make our Halloween bar and our Christmas bar, you're always pouring drinks for all the girls.

[Claire Kittle]

Yep.

[George Kittle]

Who is more likely to take care of the spider?

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah. I'm not doing anything with the spider.

[George Kittle]

Claire doesn't like any form of insects or reptiles.

[Claire Kittle]

Oh, reptiles are even worse.

[George Kittle]

Do you like snakes?

[Claire Kittle]

No.

[George Kittle]

Who is more likely to order dessert? I love dessert.

[Claire Kittle]

I don't like dessert.

[George Kittle]

I love dessert. It's one of my favorite. I have an extra stomach for dessert. I like to try multiple things. I don't need to eat the whole thing of each one, but I like to taste that sweetness.

[Christian McCaffrey]

Who is the better dresser?

[Claire Kittle]

I think we're both good at it. We're both our unique qualities.

[George Kittle]

I think more people would side with you on that one because I wear wrestling T shirts and.

[Claire Kittle]

But I think that's good because you can pull it off like anybody else would wear that. They look like, you know, a slob or something. But you look amazing.

[George Kittle]

Thank you, sweetie.

[Olivia McCaffrey]

That's so nice as you can.

[Claire Kittle]

And your personality shines through with what you wear.

[George Kittle]

You're a fashionista.

[Claire Kittle]

Thanks.

[George Kittle]

I'm the barista.

[Claire Kittle]

I have fun dressing up for football games.

[George Kittle]

That you do.

[Claire Kittle]

Thanks. Thanks for tuning in to another episode.

[George Kittle]

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