Welp, Aaron Rodgers’ Enigma Netflix documentary is finally here and the tea is boiling. I know I’ve had a lot of questions about this man for a while now, so it’s a relief to finally get some answers. Literally eight years after his brother, Jordan Rodgers, went on The Bachelorette and aired their dirty laundry on national television, Aaron’s giving his hot take on that situation. Plus, he’s opening up about why he and his family became estranged in the first place and what the future holds for them. (The origin of his conspiracy theories about school shootings, vaccines, and 9/11 remain a mystery, but if I had to guess, I’d say they probably stem from male podcasts.)
Here are Aaron Rodgers’ Enigma revelations about The Bachelorette drama and his family estrangement.
Aaron Rodgers’ Revelations In Netflix’s Aaron Rodgers: Enigma: Family Drama, Bachelorette
Aaron Rodgers Quotes About The Bachelorette Drama
You may recall that when Jordan made it to hometowns on season 12 of The Bachelorette, there were two empty chairs at the dinner table. The producers were obviously feeling sassy and wanted to stress that Aaron and his then-GF, Olivia Munn, were not there. On the show, Jordan told JoJo Fletcher (his now-wife): “At every step of my life, I was kind of disappointed. No matter what I did, it was never good enough because I was being compared to someone who did it the best. Football didn’t define me and not having a great relationship with my brother Aaron didn’t define me.” He revealed that he and Aaron hadn’t spoken in two years.
Surprise, surprise… Aaron wasn’t thrilled about that. In the doc, the football player reflects on his relationship with his brother and the whole Bachelorette situation. “I was close with my little brother,” he said. “But in actuality, it goes back to stuff from high school that kind of made me feel distant. Stuff in college, stuff post-college.”
He called The Bachelorette a “bullshit show,” and honestly, I can’t argue with him there. “They all agreed this was a good thing to do, to leave two empty chairs at a stupid dating show that my brother just went on to get famous — his words, not mine,” Aaron said. “But a dinner that was during the season, I was never asked to go to. Not that I would’ve gone.”
Aaron Rodgers Family Estrangement, Explained
In January 2017, Aaron’s dad confirmed to The New York Times that he and his wife hadn’t spoken to the quarterback since December 14. “Fame can change things,” Ed said at the time.
In the doc, Aaron attributes his family estrangement to differing beliefs and values as well as fame. He explained that he grew up in a “white, dogmatic church” that “didn’t serve” him. “I’m not a rigid person,” he said. “It was like, ‘We have the truth, our way or the highway, our way is heaven, your way is hell.'” Aaron noted that his conversations with his parents felt too “black and white.” When he moved to Berkeley and stopped going to church regularly, his beliefs changed and he “began to question more things.”
The NFL player also reflected on how fame impacted his relationship with his family. “When I became real famous, family members said, ‘Your life is too big,'” he recalls in the doc. “‘We need you to be smaller. Be smaller, like, don’t talk about your life.'” He explained that those sentiments “hurt” him because he didn’t feel seen.
Aaron did emphasize that there is “of course” a possibility of a “reconciliation.” He added, “I don’t want them to fail, to struggle, to have any strife or issues. I don’t wish any ill will on them at all. It’s more like this: We’re just different steps on the timeline of our own journeys.” Hmmm. I wonder what the fam thinks about that comment.
