Ryan Mallett’s ex-wife, Tiffany Seeley, shared an emotional message on her Instagram Story after the news of the former NFL quarterback’s tragic drowning death.
The 35-year-old Mallett, who was previously married to Seeley in 2020, drowned while on vacation in Destin, Fla., with his girlfriend, Madison Carter, KNWA Fox24 reported Tuesday.
Seeley reposted a photo from July 2019, which appeared to show Mallett with his arm around her, to her Instagram Story on Wednesday.
“Just want to say thank you to everyone who has reached out,” Seeley wrote, adding a broken heart emoji.
“My heart breaks for everyone.”
Seeley works as an OnlyFans model under the alias “Tiffany Uncensored,” according to OutKick — which reported she and Mallett were married for four months from June to October 2020, according to court documents.
Mallett and Seeley reportedly went through a contentious divorce that included prenup drama and a court dispute over their dogs.
In December 2020, Seeley wrote in a Facebook post that she “had the worst year” after getting married, and wrote in part: “Then came COVID, cheating, and drama around the corner to wake me up from this fairytale I thought I was living.
“I tried to force myself to be happy where I was at, force someone else to show me the love I knew I deserved, force what I thought should happen next to happen.”
It’s unclear if the divorce was finalized.
It’s also unknown when exactly Mallett and Seeley got together, although she has photos of the pair on her Instagram from February 2019.
“Love you da mostest,” she wrote at the time, including a photo of the former couple at an Arkansas football game, Mallett’s alma mater.
Mallett went public with his relationship with Carter on June 1, just weeks before he tragically died in a drowning accident in Florida.
On Tuesday, the White Hall School District in Arkansas, where Mallett worked as the head football coach, confirmed his death in a post on their Facebook page.
Mallett was killed while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico off the Panhandle coast Tuesday afternoon, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, which confirmed that riptides did not factor into the tragedy.
“The tragic loss of life, it’s always difficult when we lose a tourist or resident here, but we have no indication here of any dangerous conditions out there,” Sheriff Eric Aden said in a videotaped statement Wednesday.
“The entire Okaloosa County, as well as Destin, were not under red flags or double red flags, despite some of the misperceptions out there.
“We were under a yellow flag, which is just swim with caution. It just seems to be a tragic accident and not something to do with the conditions of the surf or tides or currents.”
Mallett played one season at Michigan before a standout career with the Razorbacks from 2008-10, where he had back-to-back 30-touchdown seasons.
A third-round draft pick of the Patriots in 2011, Mallett briefly served as Tom Brady’s backup, before New England traded him to the Houston Texans in 2014.
Mallett finished his NFL career with the Baltimore Ravens from 2015-17.