Swoboda became a born-again Christian in 1989, and in an interview with Connection Magazine, said that she prayed to God for help on finding a husband. She claims she told God, "If there is somebody that you want me to meet, you’re going to have to bring him to me because I can’t pick them anymore." Swoboda shocked viewers in 1991 when she left her job as a Cleveland news anchor after her husband was cut from the Cleveland Browns and signed with the New England Patriots.
