Aaron Rodgers admits in his upcoming Netflix sports activities documentary that he has misplaced family and friends over his ‘controversial’ views after the New York Jets quarterback questioned the COVID-19 vaccine and hit out at cancel tradition.
The 41-year-old is in a really privileged place the place he’s rich sufficient that he by no means has to interact with, or take into consideration, politics if he would not wish to however that is merely not the trail the Tremendous Bowl champion has taken.
He beforehand accused the ‘woke cancel tradition’ of attempting to cease him from expressing himself in addition to later admitting he misled the general public when he described himself as ‘immunized’ towards COVID-19, earlier than later contracting the illness in November 2021.
While the then-Inexperienced Bay Packer claimed the response to his lack of readability about his vaccination standing was an “tried takedown” of his integrity and phrase, he revealed that a few of his household and buddies have distanced themselves from him.
“Shedding friendships, household. It was heartbreaking,” Rodgers says in a tailer for Aaron Rodgers: Enigma, additionally including that he battled between his naturally introverted character behind closed doorways, and his extroverted persona for followers.
He has misplaced connection to his dad and mom and his two brothers for round a decade, though that is regarded as associated to non-Christian values, resembling intercourse earlier than marriage, reasonably than his coverage in direction of viruses and ‘cancel tradition’.
Rodgers’ ex says she was depressed courting him
Between Rodgers‘ confession about his private life and his ex-fiancee’s feedback about their relationship, it is not been an ideal week so far as his public persona goes.
Shailene Woodley and the quarterback received engaged in 2021, simply days after going public collectively, however they by no means made it to the marriage ceremony as they broke up in 2022.
The 33-year-old beforehand hinted that emotional unavailability was the supply of the cut up, however now she’s appeared to go one step additional by hinting that the injury from their relationship nonetheless hurts her to this present day and even left her depressed.
“I have never shared a lot about my relationship with Aaron as a result of it all the time makes me cry,” Woodley instructed outdoors journal. “It was not proper. However it was lovely.
“I had a extremely terrible, traumatic factor occur in early 2022. I felt like I misplaced my soul, myself, my happiness, my pleasure.
“Empathy type of stored me on this loop of feeling every thing for everybody. I knew I used to be depressed after I checked out a tree and felt nothing.”