Rumors had percolated early in Aaron Rodgers’ career that he might be gay.
Aaron Rodgers has explained why he gave an interview on a Milwaukee radio station in 2013 in which he declared he was not gay.
Years before he had a weekly spot on “The Pat McAfee Show”, Rodgers used to do a “Tuesdays With Aaron” segment with Jason Wilde on ESPN Milwaukee in which the former Packers quarterback was often candid and unguarded. As Rodgers himself alluded to in a spot with Wilde more than a decade ago, rumors had percolated early in his career that he might be gay.In the radio spot, Rodgers was talking about the downsides of being a celebrity and the “crazy rumors that swirl around from time to time that get silly.”Fired ESPN analyst cryptically promises 'answers' as wife deals with 'whirlwind of emotions'After a quick laugh, Rodgers confirmed that this was what he was referring to.
“I think I was upset at the framing because it was meant to shame the idea of being gay, and I have so many friends that are gay in the community,” Rodgers told O’Connor. “And right before that, and I actually have talked about this multiple times, and I said, ‘I want to go after them, the people saying this.’ Not in relation to me, because I could give a shit what they thought about me, but that they’re using this to shame, like it’s a bad thing to be gay. Like it’s a negative.“That’s what I wanted to go after. And said, ‘You should just let it go and just say no.’ I wish I had done the former because that’s how I really felt.
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