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PHOENIX, AZ – JANUARY 31: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and actress Olivia Munn attend the 2015 NFL Honors at Phoenix Convention Center on January 31, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
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PHOENIX, AZ – JANUARY 31: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and actress Olivia Munn attend the 2015 NFL Honors at Phoenix Convention Center on January 31, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
Aaron Rodgers is an enigma in the NFL world. The fans know little about the star QB’s family and his history with them. What most people do know is that Rodgers is not on speaking terms with them. But what exactly happened and what triggered the fued? According to an old report, it has something to do with the QB’s ex-girlfriend Olivia Munn.
Rodgers and Munn dated each other for three years a long time ago. Although the couple has long parted ways, the rift between him and his family still exists. But how is it connected to Munn?
Olivia Munn the reason for Aaron Rodgers family feud?
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Aaron Rodgers and actress Olivia Munn started dating each other in 2014. And according to many, that may have been the start of the family feud that goes on to this day. Soon after the relationship between the Green Bay Packers QB and ‘The Newsroom’ star began, the Rodgers family reportedly tried to warn him about his new girlfriend.
“His family told him they didn’t trust her and thought she wasn’t with him for the right reasons. That made him furious, and he ended up choosing Olivia over his family,” an insider told ‘Us Weekly’ in 2017.
Rodgers hasn’t spoken much about the estrangement publicly and has repeatedly said that he doesn’t like to talk about his personal life to the press. But according to a report, it wasn’t Munn who caused the rift. “It had nothing to do with her rather it was an issue entirely in the Rodgers family,” celebrity-based website Nicki Swift reported back in 2021 quoting ‘People’ magazine.According to more recent reports, Rodgers might have started speaking again with his brother Jordan Rodgers, whose appearance on ‘The Bachelorette’ first brought up the issue. So while the QB figures out a way to leave the Packers, he has already taken steps to mend some bridges in the family.
The Jets drama
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Aaron Rodgers is leaving the Packers after serving the franchise for 18 seasons. But his move to the New York Jets is still up in the air. The Jets want him in their bid to compete in the postseason for the first time since the 2010 season. Rodgers too has accepted the Jets challenge, but the move is still not final.
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The Jets and the Packers are still ironing out the details of a trade deal involving the four-time NFL MVP. Green Bay wanted a first-round pick to come their way in the deal but that is no longer the case. Also, both the franchises haven’t put a timeline on the deal, making the lives of every Jets fan that bit more anxious.
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The Packers have already announced Jordan Love as QB1 from next season. That means the Rodgers trade probably will go through. Will he live up to the expectations? And will he ever get back to his family?
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