Shailene Woodley just picked up her first Emmy, winning Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Hulu’s Paradise. It’s the kind of career milestone that usually gets a clean news cycle to itself. Instead, her ex-fiancé spent the week on a podcast explaining that she was at the height of her fame when they were together, and that people get clicks when they mention his name.
The timeline is what has everyone talking. Woodley and Rodgers got engaged in December 2020 and split by early 2022. Before any of that, she’d already starred in The Secret Life of the American Teenager, the Divergent franchise, and Big Little Lies. Her fame didn’t need a plus-one. Rodgers also claimed on the podcast that Woodley asked to sleep with someone else after accepting his proposal, a detail she has never confirmed. Woodley has previously described their split as the darkest, hardest time of her life.
Two people, two very different post-breakup approaches. One stayed quiet and just won an Emmy. The other is still doing interviews about the relationship years later. The internet has picked a side, and it wasn’t a close vote.
Who do you think handled the post-breakup era better? Sound off in the comments.
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