Kate Upton had no idea what she was getting into by falling in love with a baseball player.
The supermodel and actress is married to Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander. “Women in the Office” Podcast There she revealed that she was the wife of a baseball star.
“It’s so hard being a baseball player’s wife. The schedule is crazy, so long. I had no idea,” said Upton, 32. “I just fell in love by accident. I didn’t realize there were so many games.”
MLB spring training begins in February, and the 162-game regular season lasts six months from late March through late September or early October, followed by the postseason, which lasts about a month.
“I never have consecutive days off, just Mondays and Thursdays,” Upton joked, adding that her favorite two-day break is that.
“Especially in the later playoffs, when the baseball season gets exciting, I feel like I can’t see my husband and I think, ‘I hope the team wins because I haven’t seen him in months.'”
The Astros enter the MLB All-Star break with a 50-46 record, one game behind the Mariners (52-46) for first place in the AL West.
Verlander, who made his MLB debut with the Detroit Tigers in 2005, has been with Houston for six seasons, except for a brief stint with the Mets in 2023.
The 41-year-old has a 3.95 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 57 innings across 10 starts this season.
“It was a whole new experience watching somebody that you love being out there with no control, so the tension was already starting to kick in. It’s like, ‘Oh my God!'” said Upton, who recently appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit for the fourth time.
“And I want them to do well and I want them to feel good, because he’s my husband. I want them to go home and be happy and not be disappointed with the way they played and what happened.”
Upton and Verlander first met while filming a commercial in 2012. According to People.
The two began dating in 2014, got engaged before the 2016 baseball season and married in 2017, just days after the pitcher won the World Series in his first season with the Astros.
The couple welcomed 6-year-old daughter Genevieve “Vivi” Upton Verlander the following year.
