The tea many have been waiting for! Aaron Rodgers is finally talking about the nasty feud between him and Jordan!
As you may know, the family hasn’t been on good terms with the athlete for quite some time. The Bachelorette brought their bitter fighting to the light and further drove the wedge between the brothers, all because Jordan aired out their dirty laundry. Let us take you all the way back to 2016 when Jordan appeared on JoJo Fletcher’s season of the reality dating series. He met and fell in love with the leading lady, and they got engaged by the end of the season. But before the engagement, she met the family during hometown dates — the Rodgers family.
Not everyone was present for the big moment, though. Aaron didn’t show up! And in one of the most dramatic moments ever, there were two empty seats at the table, meant for the NFL player and his then-girlfriend Olivia Munn. So awk! Jordan opened up to JoJo about Aaron’s absence on the show, saying:
“At every step of my life, I was kind of disappointed. No matter what I did, it was never good enough because I was being compared to someone who did it the best. Football didn’t define me and not having a great relationship with my brother Aaron didn’t define me.”
He also shared that the pair hadn’t talked in two years at the time due to “the way he’s chosen to do life.” And their relationship is still strained to this day! Aaron didn’t even attend Jordan and JoJo’s wedding in 2022! What caused the family rift has always been a mystery. However, the theory has been for a while that Olivia caused all the drama. Aaron shut it down before. And now, he’s getting into what he feels really happened between Jordan and him!
During the second episode of Aaron Rodgers: Enigma, which dropped on Netflix Tuesday, the 41-year-old football player shared that he never had a good relationship with his loved ones. However, he was once closer to Jordan than anyone else in the family. Things unfortunately later happened that created distance between the duo. Aaron explained:
“It wasn’t like I was super duper close with everybody in the family. I was close with my little brother. But in actuality, it goes back to stuff from high school that kind of made me feel distant. Stuff in college, stuff post-college.”
For those who don’t know, Aaron wasn’t the only football player in the family. Jordan played as a quarterback in the sport growing up and in college at Vanderbilt. Aaron got drafted in the first round by the Green Bay Packers in 2005. However, the reality star did not have as much success as his brother. Despite having a good career as a quarterback in school, he was released by three NFL teams afterward and ultimately decided to move on from the sport to pursue other opportunities. And, of course, we all know Aaron has continued to play in the NFL. Could jealousy be a big part of the rift here? It seems so…
Whatever happened to cause their issues with each other, Aaron never wanted the public to know about it! He said in the documentary that he “was quiet about” the situation and wanted to keep it that way. But then The Bachelorette happened. He continued:
“I thought the best way to do it was just don’t talk about it publicly. And what do they do? They go on a bulls**t show and leave two empty chairs. They all agreed this was a good thing to do, to leave two empty chairs at a stupid dating show that my brother just went on to get famous — his words, not mine. That he ended up winning.”
Wait, so Jordan wasn’t there for the right reasons all along! He went on the show to gain some fame! Wow! We shouldn’t be so surprised by Aaron’s comment because everyone tends to go on this show — or any reality dating show — to try to become a popular influencer afterward. It’s nothing new! But we have to wonder: Did JoJo know this? The leads tend not to like it when a contestant comes on the series to be famous instead of primarily to find love! Those kinds of suitors usually get sent home! Would things have turned out differently for JoJo and Jordan if this was the case? Did she know all this, either on the show or afterward, and was OK with it? Or is Aaron lying here? Hmm.
According to Aaron, he never received an invitation to the hometown dinner with the family! Whoa! Aaron claimed:
“But a dinner that was during the season, I was never asked to go to. Not that I would’ve gone.”
Not even to meet Jordan’s future wife? Things were that bad? Damn. Although the family has been estranged for years, Aaron doesn’t feel all hope is lost. He thinks a “reconciliation” could happen one day:
“People ask me, ‘Is there hope for reconciliation?’ I say, ‘Yeah of course. Of course.’ I don’t want them to fail, to struggle, to have any strife or issues. I don’t wish any ill will on them at all. It’s more like this — we’re just different steps on a timeline of our own journeys.”
Wonder if Jordan or the rest of the family feels the same way… From the looks of things, after so many years, it’ll take a miracle for Aaron and the fam to fix their broken relationship! They’ve thrown his rose is in the trash at this point!
What are your reactions to the latest details in the Rodgers family feud? Sound OFF in the comments!
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