Aaron Rodgers Returned To ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ A Day After Host Said NFL Star Was Done For The Season
Aaron Rodgers made a return to The Pat McAfee Show a day after host Pat McAfee said the NFL star had completed his fourth season on the show.
Rodgers made an appearance on the ESPN show to give his take on Bill Belichick moving on from the New England Patriots.
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“Ladies and gentlemen, the last human that Bill Belichick talked to on the field as the New England Patriots head coach — Aaron Rodgers,” McAfee said as he introduced the New York Jets quarterback.
As Rodgers appeared on screen, the Super Bowl champ asked if they could see him, with McAfee telling him he looked “fantastic” and “clearer than wherever you usually call us from.” Rodgers said he was “out here in the woods” as he confirmed his “off-season” had started.
“I’ve been so insulated here… the internet is so spotty out here in the woods,” Rodgers said, catching up with all the NFL news that has come out lately while also hinting he hasn’t read the chatter about himself.
A day before, McAfee said “Aaron Rodgers Tuesday” was done and that Rodgers would no longer be appearing on the show, something that made him “happy.”
“There’s going to be a lot of people that are happy with that — myself included, to be honest,” McAfee said. “The way it ended, it got real loud and I’m happy that that is not going to be my [social media] mentions going forward.”
After Rodgers paid his respects to Belichick, McAfee opened up about the frenzy after the announcement.
“Yesterday, I’m just getting absolutely crushed. I’m like, ‘How do I explain to all these humans that Aaron Rodgers has an off-season too … and this is always how it’s gone with Aaron Rodgers Tuesday,'” McAfee explained.
McAfee said some people accused him of turning his back on Rodgers, reminding viewers that he’s been through a lot with the football star.
“I was not pumped to be in the middle of any of that,” McAfee continued. “We’ve all had friends that put us in situations where we’re like, ‘Did we have to?'”
The ESPN show has been entangled in multiple controversies in the past week, which started when Rodgers insinuated Jimmy Kimmel was associated with Jeffrey Epstein and his name would appear on a list of associates.
McAfee would get into a media storm of his own when he called out ESPN executive Norby Williamson on his show, claiming he was trying to “sabotage” him.
Check out Rodgers’ latest appearance on The Pat McAfee Show in the video below.
In a surprising plot twist, Aaron Rodgers is on The Pat McAfee Show, which is airing on ESPN, to talk football pic.twitter.com/HpYWRRdXOJ
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) January 11, 2024
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