Aaron Rodgers didn't hold back in his appearance on ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show" on Monday.
Rodgers, 42, is set to play in his final NFL season this fall. Ahead of his final training camp, Rodgers appeared on ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show." Rodgers, who was previously criticized for misleading the media about his vaccination status during the COVID-19 pandemic, went off on Dr. Anthony Fauci, who recently took the fifth a lot during a U.S. Congressional hearing.
"I'm gonna plead the 5th. Like that absolute coward Tony Fauci. Absolute coward. Are you kidding me? What are you scared of Tony? I thought you were science?" Rodgers said.
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Charlotte Wilder, meanwhile, is accusing Rodgers of major hypocrisy, as she believes he's desperately wanting to stay relevant.
“I think it shows how hypocritical he is. I think it shows how he’s also an unreliable narrator, we can’t really believe anything he says about himself,” she said. “And it’s almost to the point where when he says he’s not going to start a podcast, I’m pretty sure that means he’s gonna start a podcast. I’m pretty sure he’s gonna take meetings with ESPN when he’s done playing to talk about working for [them].”
“I think that this is all about his desperate desire to be relevant constantly, all the time. I don’t believe him that he’s going to go gently into that good night.”
Her co-host, Madeline Hill, sounded off on Rodgers, too.
“I think that some of his anger, probably, if I was his therapist, stems from the fact that he doesn’t have goodwill with the public,” Hill added, per Awful Announcing.
“So then, it’s almost like he’s doubling down on the anger because he’s just so butt-hurt and upset, and this is what you get. When really, he should just be quiet and he could have gone on Pat McAfee and done just a very normal interview … but he didn’t do that.”
ESPN, meanwhile, has yet to respond to Rodgers' public attack during his "The Pat McAfee Show" appearance.
