Aaron Rodgers is formally a married man.
Followers first began to speculate that the NFL star, 41, had secretly tied the knot again in early Might after he was noticed carrying a black band on his left ring finger at a Kentucky Derby occasion.
Rodgers has sported the ring constantly since then, and on Tuesday, he lastly supplied a proof.
“Yeah, it’s a marriage ring,” he informed reporters at a press convention after signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers. “It’s been a few months.”
Not like lots of Rodgers’ well-known former companions, nevertheless, his new bride is an enigma.
The quarterback confirmed he was in a “serious relationship” whereas showing on The Pat McAfee Present in December 2024, however shared only that his partner’s name is Brittani. On the time, he stated Brittani values her privateness and doesn’t use social media. He didn’t affirm on Tuesday whether or not Brittani is his partner.
Rodgers, who spent most of his NFL profession with the Inexperienced Bay Packers, was beforehand engaged to actress Shailene Woodley, 33. The couple grew to become engaged in 2021, however separated the next 12 months. Woodley later referred to their relationship as a “poisonous state of affairs.”
Earlier than Woodley, Rodgers dated actress Olivia Munn, 44, from 2014 to 2017, and race automotive driver Danica Patrick from 2018 to 2020. Patrick, 43, later called their relationship “emotionally abusive.”
“The character of the connection [with Rodgers] was emotionally abusive, in order that wore me all the way down to nothing.” Patrick stated whereas appearing on the podcast “The Sage Steele Show” final month. “Yeah, he leaves a path of blood. I don’t suppose I’m saying an excessive amount of earth-shattering stuff… there’s been sufficient on the market.”
Exterior of his private life, Rodgers additionally underwent a significant skilled transition this 12 months. On Saturday, after being dumped by the New York Jets and spending three months as a free agent, Rodgers inked a $13.65 million one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Although initial rumors implied Rodgers had been dumped by the Jets as a result of he had refused to tone down his rampant anti-vax rhetoric, the group later denied that declare. As a substitute, basic supervisor Darren Mougey maintained the Jets had simply decided to go in “a unique route.”
Addressing his prolonged interval of free company final month, Rodgers told Joe Rogan that he was going by means of “loads in [his] private life that has to take priority” over contract negotiations, clarifying, “I’ve been within the weeds with these people who find themselves near me which have most cancers.”
Rodgers hasn’t shared many extra particulars about his private struggles or his new bride. In his 2024 Netflix docuseries, Aaron Rodgers: Enigma, the previous Packers quarterback admitted he didn’t appreciate the eye to his private life that got here with courting celebrities, explaining, “I loved my non-public life.”
