Whatever happened to Katherine Webb? AJ McCarron’s wife making comeback
Katherine Webb is open to returning to the spotlight in 2025.
Webb, the wife of former Alabama and NFL quarterback AJ McCarron, told The New York Post she is ready to return to runway modeling and even a “Sports Illustrated” reunion.
“If an agency were to call me and be like, ‘Hey, we’ve booked you for this awesome fashion show in New York,’ I would not hesitate to join,” Webb said in the exclusive interview. “I live for the runway. I love it so much. And I as far as the photography goes, I might not be a size two — that’s a little bit more of a standard that I have not been able to live up to — I’m a good four, five or six. I don’t live in New York to be able to go to the castings a lot.
“But I have more freedom now that my youngest is three. And so I, I feel as though it’s time for me to come out of my home and kind of get back out there. I do have a decent social media presence. It’d be kind of idiotic for me not to take advantage of that. … I’m not one to strive for fame. I don’t, you know, I don’t put myself out there a lot to be famous. But if that’s something that God wants for me, then I’m fine to take advantage of it.”
Brent Musburger made Webb a household name while Alabama and McCarron were playing for a BCS national championship in January of 2013.
“When you’re a quarterback at Alabama — you see that lovely lady there?” Musburger said to broadcast partner Kirk Herbstreit at the time, drawing out the ‘o’ vowel sound in “lovely” for an extra beat or two. “She does go to Auburn, I want to admit that, but she’s also Miss Alabama, and she’s AJ McCarron’s girlfriend.” (Webb was actually Miss Alabama USA, not Miss Alabama, and has graduated from Auburn.)
“Wow, I’m telling you, you quarterbacks, you get all the good looking women.”
ESPN apologized for those comments, though Webb told AL.com that she thought Musburger’s comments were “complimentary, not creepy,” and that Musburger had been treated unfairly.
Fast forward to present time and the couple, who married in 2014, have three sons, Gunnar Cruz, 8, Cash Carter, 5, and Raymond Anthony McCarron III, aka Tripp, 3.
Webb, who has been running her own real estate company, told The New York Post she “might consider” potential opportunities at New York Fashion Week in February. With her more than 200,000 Instagram followers, Webb also plans to share more beauty and fashion content.
“I’m just I’m going along with the ride and seeing what can happen, and just having fun,” she said.
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Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.