The Untold Truth Of The Wives And Girlfriends Of The New England Patriots

May 2024 · 2 minute read

You may recognize linebacker Kyle Van Noy's wife, Marissa Van Noy (née Powell), as Miss Utah USA 2013. She competed in the Miss USA pageant in June 2013, but she didn't exactly nail the competition's Q&A session. When Marissa was asked what the gender pay gap says about our society, she awkwardly answered, in part: "I think, especially the men are ... seen as the leaders of this, and so we need to see how to create education better." Say what?

Marissa was bashed for her "wildly stupid answer" by Cosmopolitan, but there was at least one person who publicly defended her: Kyle – the on-again, off-again boyfriend who became her husband. Kyle, who was playing football for Brigham Young University at the time, spoke about Marissa's blunder during his school's media day (via Deseret News). "When you see a friend you know very well and you know she is a 4.0 student and you know she is one of the smarter than smart and you see her fumble like that on a national scale was hard," the linebacker said.

Marissa still managed to place 3rd runner-up in the pageant, and less than six months after her Miss USA snafu, Kyle proposed. The devout Mormons wed at Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2014. On Sep. 8, 2019, Kyle and Marissa welcomed their first child. "Last night was incredible! We welcomed a young king into the world! Trae Ledgend Van Noy!!!!!! Mom is doing great we appreciate all the love and prayers," the linebacker tweeted the next morning.

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