Aaron Rodgers is without doubt one of the best-ever quarterbacks to play within the NFL, but it surely’s typically his antics off the sphere that get the most individuals speaking.
Rodgers — who was the Inexperienced Bay Packers famous person quarterback for 18 seasons earlier than becoming a member of the New York Jets in April 2023 — got here below fireplace in November 2021 when it was revealed he misled folks about his COVID-19 vaccination standing when he advised reporters that he was “immunized” when he hadn’t really been vaccinated.
The athlete defended his use of the phrase, calling it “the reality.”
“Had there been a follow-up to my assertion that I’d been immunized, I might have responded with this: I might have mentioned, ‘Look, I’m not some type of anti-vax-flat-Earther. I’m someone who’s a essential thinker,’” Rodgers later defined on the Pat McAfee Present. “I march to the beat of my very own drum. I consider strongly in bodily autonomy, [in the] skill to make decisions in your physique, to not should acquiesce to some woke tradition or crazed group of people who say it’s important to do one thing.”
Flag on the play. From Tom Brady’s Deflategate to Colin Kaepernick’s nationwide anthem protests, the NFL has been on the middle of a number of controversies by means of the years. In 2016, Kaepernick sparked debates amongst each followers and fellow gamers when he didn’t stand for the nationwide anthem earlier than taking the sphere with the San Francisco 49ers. […]
Maintain scrolling for all of Rodgers’ controversies by means of the years:
Household Feud
Whereas a contestant on The Bachelorette in 2016, Aaron’s brother Jordan Rodgers advised future spouse JoJo Fletcher that he and Aaron “don’t actually have that a lot of a relationship.”
“It’s simply form of the way in which he’s chosen to do life and I’ve chosen to remain shut with my household and my dad and mom and my brother,” Jordan defined on the time. “Yeah, it’s not supreme and I like him and I can’t think about what it’s prefer to be in his sneakers and have the strain he has, the calls for from those who he has. Don’t have laborious emotions in opposition to him, it’s simply how issues go proper now.”
The brothers’ estrangement solely grew worse because the years went on, notably after each Jordan and different brother Luke Rodgers referred to as out Aaron for allegedly not being there for his or her household amid the California wildfires in 2018. (Aaron additionally missed Jordan’s wedding ceremony in 2022.)
In Aaron’s 2024 Netflix docuseries, Aaron Rodgers: Enigma, he mirrored on the pressure Jordan’s Bachelorette stint placed on their relationship.
“It wasn’t like I used to be tremendous duper shut with everyone within the household. I used to be shut with my little brother [Jordan],” Aaron mentioned. “However in truth, it goes again to stuff from highschool that form of made me really feel distant. Stuff in faculty, stuff post-college. I used to be quiet about it. I assumed the easiest way to do it was simply don’t discuss it publicly.”
In between ayahuasca and rehab for his Achilles’ harm, Aaron Rodgers spilled some main perception into his household drama in his new Netflix docuseries, Aaron Rodgers: Enigma. All three episodes of the present, which dropped on the streaming service on Tuesday, December 17, explores Rodgers’ makes an attempt to return in the course of the 2023 NFL season after he […]
He recalled that Jordan — and the present producers — did the other of that by making it clear throughout hometowns that Aaron was absent. “And what do they do? They go on a bulls— present and go away two empty chairs,” Aaron mentioned. “All of them agreed this was a very good factor to do, to go away two empty chairs at a silly relationship present that my brother simply went on to get well-known — his phrases, not mine. That he ended up successful. However a dinner that was in the course of the season, I used to be by no means requested to go to. Not that I might’ve gone.”
Aaron additionally alleged within the December 2024 doc that he “discovered numerous resistance” from his household when he stopped working towards the identical Christian faith he was taught as a toddler. As an alternative, the athlete turned to “different religions and plant drugs” which fueled his “different life-style.” The spiritual shift “positively modified the dynamics of my household,” he added.
COVID-19 Vaccine Drama
Aaron — who contracted COVID-19 in November 2021 — was compelled to pay $14,650 for breaking NFL COVID-19 security protocols as an unvaccinated participant. His violations included attending a celebration with different teammates and talking to reporters with no masks on. The Packers have been fined $300,000 for not disciplining him or reporting his violations.
Ayahuasca Journey
In August 2022, Aaron claimed on “The Aubrey Marcus Podcast” that doing ayahuasca helped him win two back-to-back MVP awards in 2020 and 2021.
“I don’t suppose it’s a coincidence. I actually don’t. I don’t actually consider in coincidences at this level,” he mentioned. “It’s the universe bringing issues to occur after they’re speculated to occur and there’s indicators and synchronicities throughout us always if we’re awake sufficient to see them and to take them in and to hearken to our instinct when it’s talking to us or, , pounding us within the head saying, ‘Hey dummy, that is what you’re speculated to be doing.’”
The 9/11 Query
In November 2022, Packers backup QB DeShone Kizer claimed on “The Breneman Present” podcast that Aaron as soon as inspired him to query whether or not the September 11 assaults occurred.
“He shut the door, and the very first thing that comes out of Aaron Rodgers’ mouth was ‘Do you consider in 9/11?’” Kizer recalled, noting that Aaron wished him to “‘learn up on that’” and to “return and look into a number of the conspiracies round it.”
The Fixed Indecision
Throughout a number of offseasons, Aaron saved followers — and the Inexperienced Bay Packers — ready for lengthy intervals of time whereas he publicly hinted at a potential need to be traded or retire altogether. After in the end sticking with the Packers each time, in 2023 he and the workforce lastly pulled the set off when Aaron was traded to the Jets.
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Jim McIsaac/Getty Pictures Pat McAfee has introduced that Aaron Rodgers is not going to make any future appearances on his ESPN present this season amid the NFL star’s controversial feedback. “So Aaron Rodgers Tuesdays season 4 is finished,” McAfee, 36, mentioned in the course of the Wednesday, January 10 episode of The Pat McAfee Present. “There shall be […]
Golf Dishonest Claims
Buffalo Payments QB Josh Allen referred to as out Aaron for allegedly dishonest on the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am golf match in February 2023.
“I like Aaron, however he did [cheat],” Allen mentioned on Barstool Sports activities’ “Pardon My Take” podcast in August 2023. Allen accused Aaron of “sandbagging,” that means he downplayed how good he was at golf earlier than the match with the intention to be afforded further strokes in the course of the match.
“He might have gotten seven or eight strokes too many at Pebble Seaside, or 9,” Allen claimed “different sources” mentioned. Then he joked, “I believe Aaron Rodgers must be in jail.”
Jimmy Kimmel Beef
Jimmy Kimmel discovered himself in a years-long feud with Aaron after he poked enjoyable on the NFL star’s controversial COVID-19 vaccine beliefs in 2021. “Nothing says I heal myself with crystals like this haircut — that little knot on prime,” Kimmel mentioned in a November 2021 Jimmy Kimmel Reside! monologue earlier than flashing to a selfie of Rodgers in a person bun. “Aaron is a Karen, that’s the actual fact of the matter.”
In March 2023, Aaron revealed on The Pat McAfee Present that he was fascinated with seeing the listing of names that have been linked to the late convicted intercourse trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Kimmel shared snippets of Aaron’s interview on his present and implied that he may need a possible head harm.
Aaron didn’t reply on the time, however he stoked the fireplace in January 2024 when he insinuated that Kimmel must be fearful concerning the names on Epstein’s listing popping out — implying that the comic had some connection to the accused intercourse offender. “I’ll let you know what, if that listing comes out, I’ll positively be popping some type of bottle,” Aaron mentioned on The Pat McAfee Present.
Kimmel slammed Aaron by way of X for his remarks, denying any connection to Epstein. “Pricey A——-: for the document, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact by any means with Epstein, nor will you discover my title on any ‘listing’ aside from the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like your self can’t appear to tell apart from actuality,” Kimmel wrote in January 2024. “Your reckless phrases put my household at risk. Stick with it and we’ll debate the info additional in courtroom. @AaronRodgers12.”
After Kimmel went off on Aaron’s reckless accusations and actions on his speak present, the quarterback responded to the backlash. “I want him the perfect. I don’t give a s— what he says about me,” Aaron mentioned on a January 2024 episode of The Pat McAfee Present. “So long as he understands what I really mentioned, that I’m not accusing him of being on an inventory. I’m all for shifting ahead.”
The Notorious Jets Coach Push
Aaron raised eyebrows in September 2024 when he was caught pushing Jets coach Robert Saleh away when he got here in for a hug throughout their recreation in opposition to the New England Patriots. The awkward second brought on some viewers to suppose there was pressure between the participant and coach.
“He’s not a giant hugger normally,” Aaron mentioned of Saleh in his postgame press convention, explaining, “So I didn’t know he was going for the hug. He likes to do the two-hand chest push.” He insisted the second “wasn’t awkward in any respect,” which Saleh echoed himself.
The next month, amid the Jets disappointing begin to the season, Saleh was fired. Rumors started to swirl that Aaron’s relationship with Saleh performed into the franchise’s option to let him go, which he denied. “So far as any of the ridiculous allegations on the market, I’m not going to spend a couple of sentence in response to it,” Aaron mentioned throughout an October 2024 look on The Pat McAfee Present. “I resent any of these accusations as a result of they’re patently false.”
Secret Marriage ceremony
Throughout his first day on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ coaching camp in June 2025, Rodgers shared that he had gotten married “a pair months” earlier. The quarterback didn’t reveal the identification of his partner. Nevertheless, he revealed in December 2024 that he was relationship a girl named Brittani.