<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-kimmel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Kimmel</a> slammed Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Wednesday as a &#8220;tin foil hatter&#8221; for wanting to see Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s client list — but Rodgers’ teammate David Bakhtiari defended him.
During &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; on Wednesday, the host reacted to video of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/aaron-rodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rodgers</a> either suggesting or possibly joking that all the flying objects that were recently shot down are simply a distraction from the upcoming release of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/names-of-alleged-jeffrey-epstein-associates-perpetrators-to-be-revealed-through-unsealed-docs-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deceased sex offender&#8217;s client list</a>.
&#8220;Needless to say, all this UFO talk has the tin foil hatters going wild, including wack-Packer Aaron Rodgers who offered this hot take on &#8216;The Pat McAfee Show,’” Kimmel explained before he threw to a clip of Rodgers’ comments.
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&#8220;I believe that this has been going on for a long time,&#8221; Rodgers explained. &#8220;Interesting timing on everything. There&#8217;s a lot of other things going on in the world. … Did you hear about the Epstein client list about to be released, too?&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s some files that have some names on it that might be getting released pretty soon,&#8221; he added.
The host came back on camera and suggested that it &#8220;might be time to revisit that concussion protocol, Aaron.”
David Bakhtiari, left tackle for the Packers, caught wind of Kimmel&#8217;s monologue attacking his QB and hit back, suggesting it was the ABC late-night host who was possibly on the list.
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Tell me you’re on the Jeffrey Epstein client list, without telling me you’re on the Jeffrey Epstein client list…. <a href="https://t.co/jWkL8LfOMT">https://t.co/jWkL8LfOMT</a>
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&#8220;Tell me you&#8217;re on the Jeffrey Epstein client list, without telling me you&#8217;re on the Jeffrey Epstein client list…&#8221; Bakhtiari <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidBakhtiari/status/1631647886332100610?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>.
Kimmel previously labeled the Packers QB a &#8220;Karen&#8221; over his stance regarding the COVID vaccine, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/03/david-bakhtiari-blasts-jimmy-kimmel-for-aaron-rodgers-rip-job/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a> noted.
&#8220;Honestly, the only thing worse than not getting vaccinated when you&#8217;re in close contact with other people is letting them think you&#8217;re vaccinated when you&#8217;re not,&#8221; Kimmel shared at the time. &#8220;It&#8217;s basically the COVID equivalent of &#8216;the condom fell off.&#8217; Aaron is a Karen, that&#8217;s the fact of the matter.&#8221;
Rodgers made headlines in 2021 when he was accused of misleading comments about his vaccination status, saying he was &#8220;immunized.&#8221; However, it was later revealed that he had not been vaccinated.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-says-hes-been-cast-as-the-villain-over-covid-stance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Rodgers Says He&#8217;s &#8216;Been Cast As The Villain&#8217; Over COVID Stance</a>

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Kimmel Slams Aaron Rodgers As ‘Tin-Foil’ Hatter Over Wanting To See Epstein Client List, Teammate Defends Him

Kimmel Slams Aaron Rodgers As 'Tin-Foil' Hatter Over Wanting To See Epstein Client List, Teammate Defends Him

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This article is a companion piece to today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Harvey Weinstein Sentenced
A Los Angeles judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgraced-film-producer-harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-16-more-years-for-sex-crimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison on Thursday after a jury convicted him of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model. The sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years the 70-year-old Weinstein has left to serve for a similar conviction in New York.
E.U. Exuective Branch Bans TikTok
The European Union’s executive branch says that it has temporarily banned TikTok from phones used by employees as a cybersecurity measure. The move reflects widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video-sharing app.
Air Fryer Recall
About two million Cosori air fryers have been recalled after reports claimed the product overheated and caught fire. In a safety notice posted Thursday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission urged consumers to &#8220;immediately&#8221; stop using the recalled Cosori fryers. According to the commission, the wire connection in the air fryers can &#8220;overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.&#8221;
Five Environmental Consultants Killed In Air Crash
Five people were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/five-environmental-workers-en-route-to-ohio-metal-plant-explosion-killed-in-plane-crash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> in a twin-engine plane crash in Little Rock Arkansas this week. All five environmental consultants worked for The Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health and were heading to Columbus, Ohio, to investigate the deadly explosion at a metal manufacturing plant in Ohio.
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Supermassive Black Hole Spotted
For the first time ever, Astronomers have sighted a supermassive black hole traveling through space that appears to have been ejected from its host galaxy. Researchers observing the dwarf galaxy designated RCP 28, roughly 7.5 billion light years away from our solar system, recently noticed an aberrant streak of light via the Hubble telescope.
Alec Baldwin Pleads Not Guilty
Alec Baldwin pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charges against him arising from the shooting death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin was slated to be in court Friday, but waived his first appearance.
Aaron Rodgers Ends His Darkness Retreat
And, NFL Quarterback Aaron Rodgers ended his four days of darkness retreat. The potential Hall of Famer spent 72 hours in a pitch-black room in Oregon at a facility known as “Sky Cave Retreat.” Rodgers has claimed the extreme seclusion has benefitted his friends in the past and he went to the retreat to help guide his decision-making about his future in the NFL.
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GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – JANUARY 08: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers runs onto the field before a game against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on January 08, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Friday Afternoon Update: Aaron Rodgers Ends Darkness Retreat, Harvey Weinstein Sentenced, Air Fryer Recall

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Packers QB Aaron Rodgers accused an ESPN and NFL reporter of &#8220;fake news&#8221; over the Green Bay star&#8217;s start of his &#8220;darkness retreat&#8221; which they said was to figure out his NFL future.
During &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL_HiYwx7sg">The Pat McAfee Show</a>&#8221; on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/aaron-rodgers">Rodgers</a> said ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter and NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport spread &#8220;fake news&#8221; over when the star QB was starting his four-day retreat, which he said hurt his image, <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/sports/they-dont-know-sht-aaron-rodgers-accuses-espns-schefter-nfls-rapoport-of-spreading-fake-news-about-his-four-day-darkness-retreat/">Mediaite</a> reported. Rodgers previously <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/15/sport/aaron-rodgers-darkness-retreat-to-start-intl-spt/index.html">explained</a> that his &#8220;darkness retreat&#8221; is when he goes into total darkness for four days and nights.
&#8220;This thing&#8217;s been planned for about four months, and it was always the same date. Always the end of this week,&#8221; Rodgers shared on the show. &#8220;Anybody with the knowledge to the opposite of that is fake news.&#8221;
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&#8220;There&#8217;s an inner circle, right? And in my inner circle, nobody talks to Ian Rapoport, to Adam Schefter, or to any of those people,&#8221; he added. &#8220;If you’re one of those people who&#8217;s talking to those people, it&#8217;s a great reminder for you; you&#8217;re not in the inner circle.&#8221;
&#8220;Just stop with the fake news,&#8221; Rodgers continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m not upset about it … it&#8217;s classic media you know trying to be first, not trying to be right.&#8221;
The Packers QB then challenged people to pause when they hear anything anyone said including President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Joe Rogan, and &#8220;question it.&#8221;
&#8220;I have no problem with Ian Rapoport, Schefter,&#8221; the Packers QB said. &#8220;I think they&#8217;re really good at their jobs. When it comes to me, they don&#8217;t know s***. They really don&#8217;t. They don&#8217;t have people in my inner circle who are sources; I can promise you that. And anybody who would talk to them is not in my inner circle. It&#8217;s that simple.&#8221;
&#8220;I said, after the Super Bowl, I&#8217;m gonna go on my darkness retreat, and then I&#8217;m probably going to have a better sense about where I&#8217;m at in my life,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t say, &#8216;I&#8217;m going to my darkness retreat just to figure out if I&#8217;m going to play next year or retire.'&#8221;
Rodgers then blasted the fake narratives from the reporters who he accused of &#8220;not even actually&#8221; listening to what he said last Tuesday on McAfee&#8217;s show about his planned retreat.
&#8220;So for [Rapoport] to say something, &#8216;Monday through Thursday I was supposed to be in there,&#8217; that was never the plan,&#8221; the Packers star said. &#8220;It hasn&#8217;t been the plan for four months. So don&#8217;t make s*** up. I don&#8217;t have your number, you&#8217;re not gonna have my number, you do a great job, but not when it comes to my life, so stop talking about it.&#8221;

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Aaron Rodgers Accuses ESPN, NFL Reporters Of ‘Fake News’ Over ‘Darkness Retreat’

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers didn&#8217;t beat around the bush when he called out the sports media and entertainment industry, claiming he&#8217;s &#8220;been cast as the villain&#8221; over his stance on COVID vaccines.
During an appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AnWrv64ewc">The Pat McAfee Show</a>&#8221; on Tuesday, the 39-year-old said his remarks on the shots made him the enemy.
&#8220;There&#8217;s heroes and villains in sports and entertainment, and I think, because of my stance on COVID and maybe some other things, I&#8217;ve been cast as the villain,&#8221; Rodgers explained. &#8220;Especially the last few years.&#8221;
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&#8220;And so, that is the way that a lot of things I say are often interpreted,&#8221; he added, noting that he couldn&#8217;t care less how people feel about his comments.
&#8220;This woke culture wants to be offended by everything,&#8221; the four-time NFL MVP continued. &#8220;You just go online and find something you don&#8217;t agree with. &#8216;I&#8217;m offended! How could you possibly say that?&#8217; I don&#8217;t really care. I don&#8217;t care who it&#8217;s coming from or who said it.&#8221;
Rodgers made headlines last year when he was accused of misleading comments about his vaccination status, saying he was &#8220;immunized.&#8221; However, it was later revealed that he had not been vaccinated.
He then said the same media criticizing him most likely was being supported by ad revenue from vaccine companies like Pfizer and Moderna.
&#8220;And it&#8217;s a station that may or may not have in the past been brought to you by Pfizer,&#8221; Rodgers said. &#8220;Then they gotta make sure that their villain gets cast in the correct light. And whether or not they&#8217;re sponsored by Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson &amp; Johnson, whatever it might be.&#8221;
&#8220;When you go up against some of those powers that be, put yourself in the crosshairs, they&#8217;re going to paint you in a certain way,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And that&#8217;s what the media did to me a couple years ago. That&#8217;s fine; that&#8217;s their prerogative. &#8230; But I think I responded pretty good in those times, and I&#8217;m glad I went through that. Anything that comes after that, it&#8217;s small potatoes, bro.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-your-body-stephen-a-smith-on-athletes-being-unvaccinated-following-viral-clip-slamming-nba-star-for-refusing-to-get-jab">&#8216;It&#8217;s Your Body&#8217;: Stephen A. Smith On Athletes Being Unvaccinated Following Viral Clip Slamming NBA Star For Refusing To Get Jab</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-a-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen A. Smith</a> told Bill Maher he agreed with him that &#8220;it&#8217;s your body&#8221; when it comes to athletes being unvaccinated following a viral clip of Smith slamming NBA star Kyrie Irving for refusing to get the COVID vaccine.
During the ESPN host’s appearance on the “Club Random with Bill Maher&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAu2o2yrV3M" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a> Monday, Maher asked Smith about his <a href="https://fb.watch/go86KyC9si/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">past comments</a> regarding Brooklyn Nets star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kyrie-irving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kyrie Irving</a> &#8220;regress[ing] to an alarming level of self-righteousness&#8221; after Irving spoke out against the vaccine mandate. Smith said it makes Irving look &#8220;stupid.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what you thought of the athletes who didn&#8217;t want to get vaccinated, and I don&#8217;t want to get into a big fight about it, because I will,&#8221; the host said. &#8220;But I was on their side. Because health is a case-by-case basis, and when you&#8217;re a finely-tuned athlete with a body that is perfect, because that’s your living, you put in that body only what you want to put on to keep that instrument, that is your instrument.”
&#8220;The idea that [Novak] Djokovic was going to hurt anybody, or Aaron Rodgers, or, oh my gosh, Kyrie Irving, I mean, clutch my pearls,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I thought &#8216;Bully for you guys for standing,&#8217; especially Kyrie Irving, because he gave up a lot of money, although he&#8217;ll get it back, because he can play now, right?&#8221;
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&#8220;Let me be very clear,&#8221; Smith replied. &#8220;I don&#8217;t disagree with you. … Yeah, it&#8217;s your body, and somebody is trying to tell you what to inject into your body. I didn&#8217;t like it, I was very reluctant and hesitant about getting vaccinated. But obviously it&#8217;s made very clear, you know, you want to work here in these corridors, you need to do this, right?&#8221;
&#8220;Here&#8217;s where I held it against Kyrie,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It had nothing to do with being vaccinated &#8230; or being unvaccinated, in my mind. What bothered me is that you are a superstar on a team that is a championship contender, and everybody is there because of you&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;But it&#8217;s still his body,&#8221; Maher interjected.
&#8220;All I&#8217;m saying is, it&#8217;s your right,&#8221; Smith replied. &#8220;But I’m thinking about it from a competitive perspective. A lot of dudes in the NBA didn&#8217;t want to do it. But you&#8217;re playing for a championship.&#8221;
Maher reiterated that it&#8217;s a person&#8217;s body that the vaccine is now inside of, and &#8220;we just don&#8217;t know that much. Even though they think they do. … Because nobody can realistically look you in the eye and say we are a million percent sure there&#8217;s just no doubt that no harm can come, and I&#8217;m talking about down the road.&#8221;
Smith admitted that despite his hesitancy, he got the vaccine, but then caught a bad case of COVID and ended up in the hospital in December.
&#8220;I had COVID. I was double vaccinated, I hadn&#8217;t taken the booster shot yet,&#8221; the ESPN host said. &#8220;Damn thing almost killed me because I had an endoscopy prior to acquiring COVID. I had double pneumonia. … So I understand where everybody&#8217;s coming from and I get all of that, but I also say this to you — when it comes to professional athletes, you know how much stuff gets put in their body that they have no damn clue whatsoever what it is?&#8221;
The HBO host disputed his claim and said athletes like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers know exactly what they are putting in their body.
&#8220;Well, obviously, it didn&#8217;t work on you,&#8221; Maher added, noting that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/espns-stephen-a-smith-reveals-he-has-covid-19-calls-nets-decision-to-allow-unvaccinated-kyrie-irving-back-disgraceful" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Smith</a> got COVID after two vaccination shots.
&#8220;I&#8217;m acknowledging I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Smith replied. &#8220;But what I&#8217;m saying is that I don&#8217;t know and yet I&#8217;m here in this situation. On one hand, they&#8217;re telling me because I was vaccinated, that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m alive. And in my mind, a part of me is saying, but dammit, I was double vaccinated, should have never got the damn thing.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/espns-stephen-a-smith-reveals-he-has-covid-19-calls-nets-decision-to-allow-unvaccinated-kyrie-irving-back-disgraceful" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN&#8217;s Stephen A. Smith Reveals He Has COVID-19, Calls Nets Decision To Allow Unvaccinated Kyrie Irving Back &#8216;Disgraceful&#8217;</a>

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‘It’s Your Body’: Stephen A. Smith On Athletes Being Unvaccinated Following Viral Clip Slamming NBA Star For Refusing To Get Jab

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-shows-up-for-training-camp-dressed-as-nic-cage-from-con-air/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Rodgers</a> bested fellow future Hall of Fame quarterback <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-brady-blasts-nfl-over-teammates-suspension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Brady</a> Sunday with a little help from technology.
Brady had his Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the brink of a tie with the Green Bay Packers as the final seconds ticked away at Raymond James Stadium. After scoring a touchdown to make it a 14-12 game, Brady and the Bucs got set to go for a game-tying two-point conversion. But Rodgers saw something on the stadium’s Jumbotron and apparently told his coaches what play was coming.
“They showed it on the previous play, too,” Rodgers said after the game, declining to say exactly what he saw. “It was a delay on both plays. But sometimes you see things in the game. Sometimes the Jumbotron shows things they probably shouldn’t show, even at home. I saw something and just passed on the information.”
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Rodgers was seen talking to Packers head coach Matt LaFleur on the sideline as the Bucs lined up to go for two. A delay of game penalty pushed them back to the seven-yard line. Then the Packers’ defense had perfect coverage as Brady’s throw for Russell Gage fell to the turf.
<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/reddit-post-possibly-reveals-what-aaron-rodgers-saw-on-jumbotron-before-packers-key-defensive-stop/ar-AA12htwW" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to a Reddit post</a>, fans at the game said Brady’s tablet, with the play diagrammed on the screen, was shown on the Jumbotron. Brady has been known for smashing the devices in fits of sideline rage, and will now likely be even more unkind to them.
Bucs coach Todd Bowles said he will meet with the team’s football operations department to find out what was displayed on the Jumbotron.
After the conversion failed, Tampa tried an onside kick. But the Packers’ Alan Lazard recovered it and Green Bay iced the game.
The loss was the first of the season for the Buccaneers, who have weathered the drama of a new coach in Bowles and Brady’s off-the-field issues believed to stem from his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen’s desire that he hang up his cleats at age 45. Brady also played the game without his three best wide receivers, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Julio Jones.
Like the Buccaneers, the Packers are now 2-1.

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NFL Mystery: What Did Aaron Rodgers See On Jumbotron To Beat Brady?

NFL Mystery: Did Aaron Rodgers See Tom Brady's Play On Jumbotron?

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers didn&#8217;t beat around the bush when he said California is &#8220;going to s***&#8221; as he slammed the state&#8217;s COVID-related mandates that he says destroyed small businesses.
During a recent appearance on the &#8220;Club Random with Bill Maher&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa_0uI_FMWM">podcast</a>,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-realize-im-in-the-crosshairs-of-the-woke-mob-right-now-unvaccinated-aaron-rodgers-speaks">Rodgers</a> and the host discussed life in the so-called Golden State.
&#8220;State&#8217;s going to s***, but I&#8217;m hanging on,&#8221; Rodgers told Maher.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-maher">The host</a> agreed, and repeated twice, &#8220;It sure is. I b**** about it all the time.&#8221;
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&#8220;I grew up in a small town, very little cases up in Chico, California, but all the small businesses? F***ing gone,&#8221; the four-time NFL MVP said.
&#8220;I mean our favorite restaurants in LA, in New York, and across the country, not just in big cities, but some crazy percentage will never open again,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Why? What are we doing for them?&#8221;
During Rodgers&#8217; recent appearance on Spotify&#8217;s &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience&#8221; podcast, he shared a similar sentiment.
&#8220;Joe [Rogan], they closed the beaches in California,&#8221; said Rodgers. &#8220;They closed the beaches where I live in California and all around the coast.&#8221;
Later, they discussed his claim of being &#8220;immunized&#8221; when the press asked him if he was vaccinated. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-blasts-medias-vaccine-witch-hunt-in-chat-with-joe-rogan-reveals-immunized-strategy">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, Rodgers said he declined the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna because he was allergic to an ingredient in the shots.
&#8220;They [media] were doing this, I called it a witch hunt, where they were asking every single player &#8216;are you vaccinated?'&#8221;  Rodgers shared. &#8220;You know, they were asking a bunch of big quarterbacks and some guys were saying, &#8216;it&#8217;s personal&#8217; or whatever.&#8221;
&#8220;I had come to the conclusion that I was going to say, &#8216;I&#8217;ve been immunized,&#8217; and if there was a follow-up, then talk about my process,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But I thought there was a possibility that, I say I&#8217;m immunized, maybe they understand what that means, maybe they don&#8217;t, maybe they follow up. They didn&#8217;t follow up. So then I go [into] the season, them thinking, some of them, that I was vaccinated.&#8221;
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-admits-using-hallucinogenic-drink-ayahuasca-during-offseason-nfl-responds">Aaron Rodgers Admits Using Hallucinogenic Drink Ayahuasca During Offseason; NFL Responds</a>

‘State Is Going To S***’: NFL Star Slams COVID Restrictions He Says Destroyed ‘All The Small Businesses’

NFL Star Slams COVID Restrictions He Says Destroyed ‘All The Small Businesses’

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Podcast host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-dont-want-to-help-him-joe-rogan-says-he-shot-down-the-chance-to-interview-trump-more-than-once/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan</a> advised Americans who were forced to shutter their doors, close their businesses, and harassed over COVID mandates during the pandemic to &#8220;vote Republican&#8221; this November.
Rogan&#8217;s comments came on Saturday, during an episode with NFL star <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/euphorias-sydney-sweeney-faces-heat-moms-party-featuring-maga-like-hats-blue-lives-matter-shirt">Aaron Rodgers</a>, who infamously declined to get the jab. Over a three-hour conversation, the two jested about legacy media corporations praising vaccination as the solution to the global pandemic and politicians who broke their draconian mandates — primarily in Democrat-ran cities and states.
&#8220;I hope there are lessons learned in this because this is a new thing,&#8221; Rogan said. &#8220;We had never had this before. No one who is alive today has ever experienced a true pandemic, and I&#8217;m hoping — that now that this is over — people are going to recognize that some serious errors were made and not repeat those.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s the best you can get out of it,&#8221; Rogan added.
When Rodgers asked Rogan what he would tell the people who have lost their livelihoods due to the government forcing such mandates, Rogan said to &#8216;vote Republican&#8221; without skipping a beat.
Americans have already begun switching their voter registration status.
According to voter registration data analyzed by The Associated Press, more than 1 million voters across 43 states have politically shifted towards the Republican Party.
The same data showed that about 630,000 of the 1.7 million voters who changed their party affiliation registered Democrats.
The shift has likely come from the Democrat&#8217;s rhetoric and response to the pandemic and the Biden Administration&#8217;s record-high gas prices and open border crisis.
PBS <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/more-than-1-million-voters-switch-to-gop-raising-alarm-for-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel told the Associated Press in June that American suburbs would trend red for future cycles.
&#8220;Biden and Democrats are woefully out of touch with the American people, and that&#8217;s why voters are flocking to the Republican Party in droves,&#8221; McDaniel said.
The Wall Street Journal <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19s-toll-on-u-s-business-200-000-extra-closures-in-pandemics-first-year-11618580619" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that an economic study released in April 2021 showed the pandemic resulted in roughly 800,000 U.S. establishments permanently closing during the first year of the viral outbreak, 200,000 more than in a typical recent year.
Rogan backed up his argument using the response from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has endured relentless criticism from the liberal media talking heads for keeping the state open with &#8220;reasonable&#8221; policies like protecting the elderly and providing medical care for everyone.
&#8220;And everyone else should be able to do whatever you want to do and protect your freedom,&#8221; Rogan added.
Rogan, who also claimed former President Barack Obama was the greatest president in his lifetime during the same episode, argued that the politicians who enacted such detrimental pandemic policies would not face any consequences.
&#8220;Nothing,&#8221; Rogan said, &#8220;And no accountability for these decisions that show there was no science.&#8221;
Greg Wilson contributed to this report.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-hall-of-fame-len-dawson-played-in-first-super-bowl-dead-at-87">NFL</a> superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/aaron-rodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Rodgers</a> blasted the media’s COVID vaccine “witch hunt” in a Saturday appearance on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-rogan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan</a>&#8216;s podcast and explained why he refused to get the jab during last year’s football season.
Rodgers, who ducked questions about his vaccination status last year by describing himself as “immunized” until he got COVID and was forced to miss a game, said he never lied. The Green Bay Packers quarterback and reigning league MVP, who Rogan introduced as “the coolest motherf***er in the world,” said he had a strategy when the press began grilling NFL stars about whether they were vaccinated.
“They were doing this, I called it a witch hunt, where they were asking every single player ‘are you vaccinated?’” Rodgers told the podcast king. “You know, they were asking a bunch of big quarterbacks and some guys were saying, ‘it’s personal’ or whatever.”
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Aaron Rodgers and Joe Rogan teeing off on the covid shot lies is great. Enjoy: <a href="https://t.co/T9VVBoXNyP">pic.twitter.com/T9VVBoXNyP</a>
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Rodgers said he had rejected the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna over an ingredient he said he is allergic to. He was also leery of the Johnson &amp; Johnson version because it had been linked to blood clots. Rodgers said he had been willing to discuss his beliefs regarding the vaccine, but reporters only wanted a ‘yes or no’ answer.
“I had come to the conclusion that I was going to say, ‘I’ve been immunized,’ and if there was a follow-up, then talk about my process,” he said. “But I thought there was a possibility that, I say I’m immunized, maybe they understand what that means, maybe they don’t, maybe they follow up. They didn’t follow up.”
But when Rodgers contracted the virus in late October, while people still thought the vaccines protected against infection, reporters questioned his prior claims of having been “immunized.” Rogan asked Rodgers what it was like when people began calling him &#8220;a plague rat.&#8221;
“That’s when the s***storm hit, because now I’m a liar and endangering the community and my teammates, all these people,” Rodgers said. “The attempted takedown of me and, you know, my word and my integrity began.”
Rodgers, known for his free spirit and health consciousness, said he rejected the mRNA vaccines after learning that they contain polyethylene glycol.
“I went on the CDC website and it specifically said &#8216;if you&#8217;re allergic to PEG, we do not recommend getting vaccinated with the mRNA vaccines,’” he told Rogan. &#8220;The only other one available was Johnson &amp; Johnson. That had just got pulled at the time for blood clots. So, I looked into other options which included an immunization process through holistic doctor. I researched and talked to probably a dozen different MDs. I found a protocol that I felt like was the best available.&#8221;
The NFL did not mandate that players be vaccinated in 2021, although the policy it worked out with the league’s player’s association strongly encouraged it. Unvaccinated players were required to wear masks and be tested daily at team facilities. If any tested positive, they were required to stay away until they had tested negative for five consecutive days. The league has since loosened rules regarding vaccination status.
Rodgers told Rogan that as many as ten of his teammates were unvaccinated last season but said many were “coerced” into getting the jab. The only other publicly known Packer who was unvaccinated during the 2021 season was receiver Allen Lazard. The league fined both Rodgers and Lazard for attending a Halloween party that broke the NFL’s COVID protocol and reportedly led to Rodgers’ infection.
Other high-profile players, including quarterback Kirk Cousins and wide receiver Cole Beasley, were outspoken in their refusal to get vaccinated.

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Aaron Rodgers Blasts Media’s Vaccine ‘Witch Hunt’ In Chat With Joe Rogan, Reveals ‘Immunized’ Strategy

Aaron Rodgers Blasts Media's Vaccine 'Witch Hunt' In Chat With Joe Rogan, Reveals 'Immunized' Strategy

At times like these, the world of sports can seem inconsequential, providing little more than the circus portion of the “bread and circuses” craved by any late-stage empire.
With that said, though, we need to talk about Aaron Rodgers. The four-time NFL MVP might just be the best football player on the planet. He’s also one weird dude.
Rodgers briefly became a beacon of freedom and individualism amidst a lockstep league last <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/11/05/aaron-rodgers-coronavirus-vaccines/">November</a> when he revealed his vaccination status (unjabbed) and then decried the woke mob that subsequently descended upon him with cancellation on their minds. Rodgers had described himself as “immunized” during a 2021 training camp interview. This was technically accurate, given that he had contracted COVID and had a degree of natural immunity. But the mob, sensing an opportunity for a prominent scalp, seized on that assertion as evidence that Rodgers had lied about his vaccination status and pushed for his banishment from polite society. 
In an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Rodgers eloquently responded by stating his case, cleverly appropriating the left’s “my body, my choice” mantra. “I’m not some sort of anti-vax, flat-earther,” Rodgers said. “I believe strongly in bodily autonomy and the ability to make choices for your body, not to have to acquiesce to some sort of woke culture or crazed individuals who say you have to do something.”
The Left promptly pounced and seized &#8211; something they’re always accusing the Right of doing.
An early-November <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/nov/06/aaron-rodgers-covid-interview-vaccine-hesistanccy">article</a> in The Guardian ran the headline: “Anti-vaxxer Aaron Rodgers’ spectacular fall from grace happened in record time.” That article closed with this triumphant assertion: “Rodgers will never compete for the title of most-liked player in the league again and he has nobody but himself to blame. Not all defeats in the NFL happen on the field.”
Three months later, Rodgers was hoisting his second straight NFL MVP award and fourth overall, even as the vaccine’s reputation for efficacy was imploding like a condemned Vegas casino. Some fall from grace.
Many on our side, so desperate for like-minded souls, adopted the Packers quarterback as one of us after seeing Rodgers’ brave stance as an oasis of sanity in a common-sense desert. And the passage of time proving the poor performance of the vaccine — embodied by our vaxxed, boosted and COVID-ridden commander in chief — have largely vindicated Rodgers’ stance.
But Rodgers is anything but a conservative standard-bearer. On the contrary — the guy is currently letting his freak flag fly. And as usual, conservatives’ knee-jerk embrace of a controversial figure on the basis of some minuscule slice of common ground has backfired.
Rodgers’ personal life, always a source of intrigue due to his estrangement from his family of origin, has taken a turn for the exotic and esoteric.
A serial dater of celebrities — such as Olivia Munn, Danica Patrick, and Shailene Woodley— Rodgers has, for the moment, eschewed the celebrity dating game in favor of a mystic woman named “Blu of Earth.” Blu is the founder of a “modern mystery school for women to reclaim the magical, radically authentic, wise, wild, unapologetic you.
He showed up to training camp looking like Nicolas Cage from “Con Air” and sporting a wildly elaborate left-arm <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/31/packers-qb-aaron-rodgers-elaborates-on-his-offseason-tattoo/">tattoo</a> that could be generously described as “mysterious” and less generously as “bizarre” or even “Satanic” — complete with Zodiac symbols and an all-seeing eye. To add a cherry to this eccentricity sundae, Rodgers recently <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/08/03/aaron-rodgers-opens-up-about-psychedelic-use-ayahuasca-mental-health-podcast">opened up</a> about his experiences with the psychoactive drug ayahuasca, citing it as an important component in his journey of healing and self-love. Alrighty then.
So what to make of Rodgers? Icon of freedom or self-absorbed weirdo?
First of all, there’s no denying that Rodgers is great at what he does. He makes throws that no other quarterback can make. While he may suffer in comparisons with Tom Brady due to a relative lack of postseason success, he has labored for his entire career in the NFL’s smallest market (by far) with a franchise that hasn’t exactly broken the bank to surround him with weapons. His excellence has allowed him to pile up the honors — he’s one MVP award shy of Peyton Manning’s record of five — while earning the undying respect of his peers and opponents.
And yes, he did take a stand for freedom at some degree of risk to his professional and personal reputation.
My suggestion: Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater when people like Rodgers are concerned. Embrace those points of agreement where they exist, but don’t fall into the Left’s trap of equating common ground with total endorsement.
Aaron Rodgers is a phenomenal football player and a supporter of personal freedom. That’s enough for me. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Daily Wire.

Wells – NFL’s Aaron Rodgers Is One Weird Dude

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Packers QB Aaron Rodgers recently shared that during the 2020 offseason, he tried the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca, and the NFL has since weighed in on whether the star violated the league&#8217;s drug policy.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/aaron-rodgers">Green Bay star</a> made the comments during his appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px3_lDaXHJM">The Aubrey Marcus Podcast</a>&#8221; last week, saying that he went on an ayahuasca retreat to Peru in 2020, <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34371733/nfl-says-green-bay-packers-qb-aaron-rodgers-use-ayahuasca-violate-drug-policy">ESPN</a> reported. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=Ayahuasca&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Ayahuasca</a> is defined as a &#8220;psychoactive brew used both socially and as a ceremonial spiritual medicine&#8221; in South America.
In a statement from the NFL, the league&#8217;s spokesperson Brian McCarthy shared that the drink &#8220;wouldn&#8217;t have triggered a positive test result on either the substance abuse or performance-enhancing substance policies collectively bargained by the NFL and its players&#8217; association,&#8221; ESPN noted.
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When pressed by the media earlier Monday about Rodgers&#8217; comments about the hallucinogenic tea, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur admitted that he hadn&#8217;t “much thought” about the league&#8217;s possible disciplinary actions against his QB.
During the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px3_lDaXHJM">podcast</a>, Rodgers talked about how the retreat gave him &#8220;a deep and meaningful appreciation for life,&#8221; and added, &#8220;I came back and knew I was never going to be the same.”
&#8220;I really feel like that set me on my course to [be] able to go back into my job and have a different perspective on things and to be way more free,&#8221; the professional football player <a href="https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/aaron-rodgers-attributes-success-to-hallucinogenic-tea-green-bay-packers-aubrey-marcus-podcast-nfl-banned-substances">added</a>. &#8220;At work, as a leader, as a teammate, as a friend. I really feel like that experience paved the way for me to have the best season of my career.&#8221;
In February, reports surfaced that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-aaron-rodgers-and-superstar-actress-call-it-quits-again">Rodgers</a> and actress Shailene Woodley had reportedly called off their one-year engagement, but were spotted together at a wedding the following month — but that reunion apparently didn&#8217;t last long.
A source close to the actress told <a href="https://people.com/movies/shailene-woodley-and-aaron-rodgers-break-up-again-source-exclusive/?did=771871-20220426&amp;utm_campaign=people-news_newsletter&amp;utm_source=people.com&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=042622&amp;cid=771871&amp;mid=85757978241">People</a> magazine that the two reportedly broke up after the &#8220;Divergent&#8221; star said their rumored rekindled relationship &#8220;wasn&#8217;t making her happy.&#8221;
Before his romance with Woodley, Rodgers was with racing star Danica Patrick for two years before the couple called it <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/04/aaron-rodgers-recalls-psychedelic-journey-to-peru-with-danica-patrick/">quits in July 2020</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-realize-im-in-the-crosshairs-of-the-woke-mob-right-now-unvaccinated-aaron-rodgers-speaks">&#8216;I Realize I&#8217;m In The Crosshairs Of The Woke Mob Right Now&#8217;: Unvaccinated Aaron Rodgers Speaks</a>

Aaron Rodgers Admits Using Hallucinogenic Drink Ayahuasca During Offseason; NFL Responds

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Reigning league MVP <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-signs-massive-new-contract-with-green-bay-packers-report/">Aaron Rodgers</a> showed up to training camp on Tuesday, and his look prompted a number of fans — and even ESPN — to compare him to actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nicolas-cage-did-a-reddit-ama-here-are-the-weirdest-questions-and-answers/">Nicolas Cage</a> in the late-nineties action move &#8220;Con-Air.&#8221;
The Green Bay Packers quarterback, who spent part of the off-season cementing a contract extension — which included a guaranteed $101.5 million — arrived unshaven with his hair down to his shoulders. He wore a white tank top, jeans, and work boots.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s do this,&#8221; the Green Bay Packers captioned a video of Rodgers&#8217; arrival.
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Let&#39;s do this. <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronRodgers12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AaronRodgers12</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PackersCamp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PackersCamp</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoPackGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoPackGo</a> <a href="https://t.co/gEgqBhyzJP">pic.twitter.com/gEgqBhyzJP</a>
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&#8220;The reigning MVP showed up as Nick Cage in Con Air,&#8221; @ESPNNFL tweeted in response, sharing a photo of Rodgers alongside Cage as Cameron Poe, his character in the film.
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The reigning MVP showed up as Nick Cage in Con Air 😭 <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronRodgers12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AaronRodgers12</a> 
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&#8220;Put … the bunny … back … in the box&#8230;,&#8221; Hal Sparks <a href="https://twitter.com/HalSparks/status/1551978967938191360">tweeted</a>, quoting one of the movie&#8217;s most famous lines.
&#8220;In which Aaron Rodgers morphs into the real-life version of Cameron Poe &#8230;,&#8221; Fox News contributor Joe Concha <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1551970521474015233">added</a>.
NBA reporter Chris Fedor asked, &#8220;Was he going for the Cameron Poe look? Because if so, he NAILED it.&#8221;
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Was he going for the Cameron Poe look? Because if so, he NAILED it. <a href="https://t.co/n7TfhmClPY">https://t.co/n7TfhmClPY</a> <a href="https://t.co/ThcPyKYR3H">pic.twitter.com/ThcPyKYR3H</a>
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&#8220;The Con Air reboot looks terrible,&#8221; @theclem report <a href="https://twitter.com/TheClemReport/status/1551945795779403778">complained</a>.
&#8220;You have to respect the dedication,&#8221; Trey Wingo <a href="https://twitter.com/wingoz/status/1552016987727044620">commented</a>.
&#8220;Halloween came early at Packers camp when the GB QB arrived as Cameron Poe in &#8216;Con Air&#8217; — undershirt, jeans, beard, hair longer than ever. Don&#8217;t think Aaron Rodgers wasn&#8217;t going exactly for that Nic Cage look. After all, he&#8217;s the greatest regular-season QB ever. (Playoffs: 11-10),&#8221; Skip Bayless was certain that the resemblance was entirely intentional.
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Halloween came early at Packers camp when the GB QB arrived as Cameron Poe in &quot;Con Air&quot; &#8211; undershirt, jeans, beard, hair longer than ever. Don&#39;t think Aaron Rodgers wasn&#39;t going exactly for that Nic Cage look. After all, he&#39;s the greatest regular-season QB ever. (Playoffs: 11-10)
&mdash; Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/status/1552053820594696192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Ringer&#8217;s NFL editor Lindsay Jones added, &#8220;It&#8217;s not even noon here and we&#8217;ve already gotten Aaron Rodgers going full Nic Cage, Tom Brady hawking shake-and-dry swim suits and Joe Burrow losing his appendix. Pretty fun day for my first Ringer NFL Show. Let&#8217;s get weird.&#8221;
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It&#39;s not even noon here and we&#39;ve already gotten Aaron Rodgers going full Nic Cage, Tom Brady hawking shake-and-dry swim suits and Joe Burrow losing his appendix. 
Pretty fun day to record my first Ringer NFL Show. Let&#39;s get weird.
&mdash; Lindsay Jones (@bylindsayhjones) <a href="https://twitter.com/bylindsayhjones/status/1551975520371216384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m usually not a fan of these dorky camp arrival videos, but man! Aaron Rodgers pulled off the perfect Cameron Poe! Just nailed it&#8230;.. Makes me wonder if Nic Cage could&#8217;ve been a multiple time NFL MVP,&#8221; Hans Olsen <a href="https://twitter.com/975Hans/status/1551962068818898944">quipped</a>.
Barstool Sports went a different direction with the video, <a href="https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1551948995035123713">adding</a>, &#8220;Aaron Rodgers looks ready to enter his Brett Favre Wrangler era.&#8221;

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