Okay, so I found myself going down a bit of a rabbit hole the other day, thinking about Chip Kelly. You know, the football coach. His name came up, and for some reason, I started wondering about his personal life, specifically his ex-wife, Jill Cohen. It’s weird how curiosity strikes sometimes.
So, I decided to do a little digging. My “practice” for the day, if you want to call it that, was basically just trying to find out what the deal was, what information was out there. I started simple, just typing their names into search engines. Chip Kelly Jill Cohen. Then maybe tried variations like ‘Chip Kelly wife’, ‘Jill Cohen biography’, stuff like that.
Here’s what happened. Finding info on Chip Kelly? Easy peasy. Tons of stuff. His coaching career, where he went, his offensive schemes, stats, controversies, you name it. It’s all plastered everywhere. But Jill Cohen? Man, that was a different story entirely. It felt like searching for a ghost.
I found mentions, sure. Mostly in older articles talking about their marriage or their divorce way back when he was making a name for himself. But finding anything substantial about her, like who she is as a person separate from him, what she’s done since? Almost nothing. It was just brief mentions tied to him.
Hitting a Wall
It was actually kinda frustrating. Not because I felt entitled to know, but because of the sheer imbalance. One person is documented down to the smallest detail because of their public job, and the other person, who was part of that life for a time, just sort of fades from the public record. It felt like digging through old archives where half the pages were missing.
- Tried different search combinations.
- Looked through news archives from the time they were together.
- Scanned forums or discussion boards (usually a dead end).
Basically, the trail went cold real fast. There wasn’t much to find, and honestly, maybe that’s the point. It got me thinking about privacy. Once someone steps out of that direct public glare, their digital footprint can really shrink, especially if they weren’t the famous one in the relationship. Unlike Chip, who stays in the news cycle because of his job, she presumably just went on with her life, away from all that.
So, what did I learn from this little exercise? Well, not much about Jill Cohen, obviously. But it was a good reminder of how skewed online information can be. It reflects public focus, not necessarily the whole picture of a person’s life. And maybe it’s a good thing that people can retain their privacy if they choose to, even if they were once connected to someone famous. My digging practice basically ended with me realizing there wasn’t much to dig for, and respecting that maybe that’s how it should be. Just an interesting observation from falling down an internet rabbit hole.
