Aaron Rodgers is not staying quiet, and honestly, we aren’t surprised. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback appeared on the“Not Just Football”podcast and shut down claims from exes Danica Patrick and Shailene Woodley that he was a toxic partner, calling the“monster”label“just f–king horse s–t.”He disputed Patrick’s account of their 2020 split and said Woodley was the one who ended their engagement in 2021.
The relationship timeline is complicated. Rodgers dated Patrick from around 2018 until 2020, then got engaged to Woodley in December 2020, though she called it off months later in March 2021. Patrick called him“emotionally abusive”in a 2025 interview, while Woodley previously described their breakup as the“darkest”time of her life. Rodgers also had sharp words for both women, saying they should stop talking about him because they’re“not relevant.”Reps for Patrick and Woodley did not immediately comment.
So where does that leave everyone? Rodgers married a woman identified as Brittani last year, and both exes have moved forward with their own lives. But the internet is fully divided on whether his podcast response was a long-overdue clapback or a live demonstration of everything his exes claimed. Either way, this story isn’t fading anytime soon.
Do you think Rodgers handled this the right way, or should he have let it go? Drop your take in the comments.
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