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USA Today via Reuters

USA Today via Reuters

Protecting Aaron Rodgers from his blind side is a job that Packers o-lineman David Bakhtiari takes extremely seriously. Both on and off the field. Be it the fierce pass rushers in the NFL or a celebrity talk show host going after A-Rod on a late-night segment.

Bakhtiari has slammed comedian Jimmy Kimmel for his take on what Aaron Rodgers said about the Jeffrey Epstein client list. The quarterback discussed the controversial issue with Pat McAfee in one of McAfee’s podcast episodes. However, David didn’t care for Kimmel’s low blows.

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Jimmy Kimmel brought up Super Bowl XLV MVP Aaron Rodgers’ theory surrounding UFOs and Jeffrey Epstein’s client list. “All this UFO talk has the tin foil hatters going wild, including Green Bay wack-Packer Aaron Rodgers who offered this hot take on The Pat McAfee Show,” Kimmel said before showing the clip from February.

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I believe that this has been going on for a long time. Interesting timing on everything. There’s a lot of other things going on in the world. Did you hear about the Epstein client list about to be released? There are some files that have some names on it that might be getting released pretty soon,” Rodgers told McAfee. And Kimmel’s response to that casual clip? “It might be time to revisit that concussion protocol, Aaron.

2x First Team All-Pro Bakhtiari retweeted with a shot at Kimmel. “Tell me you’re on the Jeffrey Epstein client list, without telling me you’re on the Jeffrey Epstein client list,” David wrote.

This isn’t the first time Kimmel has targeted A-Rod

David Bakhtiari and Rodgers’ friendship is no news to the NFL world. Aaron Rodgers even called him a glue guy in the Green Bay Packers locker room and listed him as one of the guys the Packers must retain if they want no. 12 to return for another season. However, David wasn’t at Aaron’s aid when Jimmy Kimmel called the quarterback a “Karen” during the COVID anti-vaccination episode in 2021.

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Aaron is a Karen, that’s the fact of the matter,” Kimmel had said after Rodgers admitted to lying about getting vaccinated.

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Rodgers had made the Epstein comments on The Pat McAfee Show a week before going into his ‘darkness’ retreat. The 4x league MVP has since emerged from his self-reflection and isolation therapy trip. And he continues to ponder on his future in or outside the NFL.