Aaron Rodgers Rants About Desire to Keep Private Life Private

Ryan Phillips | Jun 24, 2025

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be playing his 21st NFL season in 2025. / Philip G. Pavely-Imagn Images

Aaron Rodgers went on Tuesday's episode of the Pat McAfee Show and lamented living life in the public eye. You'd be forgiven for focusing on the irony of that.

Rodgers was discussing how his wife is a private person and has no desire to be in the public eye, yet the public remains interested in who she is and what her life with Rodgers is like. Then the newly minted Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback went on a rant about how much he dislikes public attention... while on a nationally televised ESPN show.

The four-time NFL MVP lamented how the media has attempted to find out who his wife is and has publicized elements of his life that he wishes remained private. Then he went on a rant that some will find pretty shocking given who Rodgers is.

His full quote is below.

"The entitlement to information about my private life is so f------ ridiculous and embarrassing. Like, hey, do what you've got to do, but try and leave me out of a conversation, sports world, for a month. Try and just leave me out, my personal life, my professional life, try not to talk about me... for the next six weeks, five weeks, whatever it is. Just see if you can do that."

We certainly know we are a part of the problem…@AaronRodgers12 sounds off on living life in the public eye #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/qCkAzk36JX

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) June 24, 2025

While his desire for privacy is completely understandable, Rodgers has to know he created much of this situation for himself. He had a string of incredibly pubic relationships with famous women like Olivia Munn, Danica Patrick and Shailene Woodley, and has chosen to go on numerous shows while expressing his personal beliefs.

Rodgers is the one who chose to publicize his vaccine skepticism and political beliefs while appearing regularly on McAfee's show to talk about topics that extended far beyond football. Plenty of other big-name athletes manage to live largely private lives.

It feels like Rodgers is attempting to diffuse a bomb that's already gone off. One that he lit the fuse on.

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