Aaron Rodgers paints his ex-girlfriends as
NFL star Aaron Rodgers on Wednesday criticized his ex-girlfriends as opportunists and liars who are “seeking relevance,” and while he didn’t name them in the process, many of the famous women Rodgers has dated have certainly had a lot to say about him in the past.
Rodgers addressed his dating history during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” noting that he married last year to a woman he met in 2017, whom he only identified as Brittani.
“I knew there was something incredibly special about this and I wanted to be with her,” Rodgers said of his wife. “And she would make funny comments like, ‘I would never live in Green Bay,’ and ‘I don’t want to be a player’s wife.’ She’s just not a public person.”
Rodgers then issued a plea to his exes to “stop lying” and “move on,” saying that after his now-wife moved away, “I got into crazy town.”
The quarterback has dated many high-profile names, including NASCAR racer Danica Patrick, “Newsroom” star Olivia Munn and Golden Globe nominee Shailene Woodley, most of whom have spoken in not-so-glowing terms about their time with the Pittsburgh Steeler.
Patrick described her past relationship with Rodgers as “emotionally abusive,” while Woodley said it was “beautiful” but “not right,” and Munn openly suggested there was an unhealthy dynamic in the family that contributed to their split.
“I’ve been around people who called paparazzi, who leaked or talked about where I lived, who made me make the proverbial Instagram social media posts,” Rodgers told McAfee. “I never really wanted to live a public life.”
He continued: “I mean, if you look at the saga with my family, for years it was one-sided. They were taking shots at the media, saying nonsense. I never said anything until I got to the point where I thought, okay, enough is enough.”
Rodgers told McAfee that “the narratives have gotten a little ridiculous” about who is to blame for the various breakups in his past. He kept their identities private, but said, “To some of them, I want to tell them to move on. It’s been years and years and years.”
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“And I’ve dealt with clinically bipolar people, I’ve dealt with depressed people who are looking for relevance, I’ve dealt with people who wanted to pursue other possibilities before they could commit to me, and then they go on TV talking about how I ruined their lives and all that shit,” Rodgers said.
He continued, “And I just want to tell you to move on with your life. Stop lying about me.”
Rodgers has openly supported Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., apparently accused Jimmy Kimmel of being on Epstein’s list and came under fire last year for mocking a boy he nearly hit during a celebrity golf tournament.
“I have a very small circle,” he told McAfee about his mystery wife. “She’s getting smaller by the minute. And the people who are in that small circle, they know it, they’ve known her and they love her. And the people who aren’t there, that’s how it is. That’s life.”