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NFL Player's Penis Size Is a 'Matter of Legitimate Public Concern,' Says Court

That means his ex-wife can talk about it on a podcast if she wants to. But you probably shouldn’t follow suit.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.30.2026 11:45 AM

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In this newsletter, we believe in sometimes covering weighty issues surrounding sexual freedom or internet censorship. And other times, well, we're going to discuss an NFL player's penis size and whether his ex-wife had a right to discuss it on a podcast. A federal court held that she did—but that doesn't mean you can go blabbing intimate details about your ex and expect to get away with it. Let's look at why.

The case is Kalil v. Kalil, and it involves former NFL offensive tackle Matthew Kalil and swimsuit model/online content creator Haley Kalil, known online as Haley Baylee. The pair were married in 2015 and divorced in 2022.

"Haley's remarks about the size of Matt's penis and its impact on her health and marriage were remarks about a matter of legitimate public concern," a court found earlier this month.

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Let's back up. Last November, Haley Kalil joined model and streamer Marlon Lundgren Garcia in Minnesota for a Twitch livestream that was later posted to YouTube. During a discussion about why she and Matthew Kalil divorced, Haley Kalil intimated that Matthew's penis had been sized such that sex—and ultimately marriage—was difficult. Here's how the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota describes the discussion:

After Garcia asked Haley a few more questions about her marriage and its dissolution, Haley typed a private message to Garcia into her phone—ostensibly to put the reasons for her divorce "into perspective." As she typed, Haley remarked that Garcia's face was "going to be hilarious" when he read the message. After reading the private message, Garcia thrice repeated "shut the fuck up." Haley, nodding and smiling, said that she was being serious and that she tried "it all….[t]herapists, doctors," even investigating "lipo type of shit." Haley joked that her "life is a comedy and it writes itself," and confirmed that the issue described in the private message was "the biggest factor" in the divorce.

As Garcia and Haley continued to talk, it quickly became obvious that Haley was referring to the size of Matt's penis. "[H]e's like 0.01 percent of the population, okay," Haley said, adding that "[w]e tried everything…you're going to be in tears type of shit." Garcia responded: "That's like one of the craziest stories I've heard." Haley characterized the experience as involving "trauma I can't put on the Internet," but said that it was "just bad luck." Again, Haley insisted that her ex‐husband is "such a good person" and "a really good guy."

Later…Haley acknowledged that a certain aspect of Matt's penis was "[t]otally fine" and "like, average," but she then said (moving her hands along a horizontal plane) that "he was just…like two [C]oke cans stacked on top each other. Maybe even a third."

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