Anyone who follows the NFL admires Aaron Rodgers for his prowess on the field. But he also has a stellar dating record. He spent a considerable amount of time with Danica Patrick. They were like Lightning McQueen and Sally Carrera if we are to judge by a movie note. The NASCAR superstar once talked openly about his first encounter with A-Rod.

Aaron Rodgers got people clawing their heads during the offseason as retirement and trade rumors swirled. But he will keep himself a lifelong Packer and retire that way. However, 2022 appears to be a challenge because he now has fresh faces in the mix instead of Davante Adams.

In 2019, Danica Patrick appeared in ‘The Corp With A-Rod and Big Cat.’ The hosts spoke with the NASCAR Phenom, who opened up about his first meeting with Aaron Rodgers. Patrick called him a funny guy who used movie lines and had their first chat in 2012.

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She mentions, “I met Aaron a long time ago… We met in 2012, so, we met at the ESPY’s. I remember it was some kind of afterparty… We were at the bar getting some drinks and, ‘oh hey!’ we started talking. He was throwing in some movie lines. I mean, this guy is really funny! We kind of randomly kept in touch from that point on and that’s it.”

As per TMZ, Rodgers referred to lines from the 1994 comedy film “Dumb and Dumber,” which piqued Danica’s interest. A-Rod should also thank Jim Carrey for it. It laid the groundwork for their relationship. But there was one strange thing that happened.

Aaron Rodgers and Danica Patrick didn’t exchange phone numbers at the first meeting

The first meeting at ESPY was just the foundation for Rodgers and Patrick’s relationship. However, they began at a much slower speed than one might expect. During her appearance on the Jenny McCarthy Show, Patrick admits that she and Rogers did not exchange phone numbers at the first meeting. Instead, she got his e-mail address. Throughout the years, the two would converse on and off. And it ended up taking them a long time to exchange numbers.

Rodgers ended his three-year relationship with actress Olivia Munn last spring. Patrick, a lifelong Bears fan, who split with longtime partner and fellow racecar pilot Ricky Stenhouse Jr. late last year. The couple finally announced their relationship in 2018, but parted ways in 2020. Aaron, hopefully, did not yell ‘I Still Own You‘ at her when they parted ways, and things went down on an optimistic note.

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