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Future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers has yet to officially decide whether to retire or return for his 22nd NFL season, but Rodgers officially returned to The Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday.
The four-time NFL MVP evaded questions about his football future, but he was more willing than usual to talk about his mysterious wife, whose name may or may not be Brittani.
"I want my wife to want to [expletive] me all the time," Rodgers said in response to a question about his motives for rigorously working out at 42 years old. Elsewhere in the conversation, Rodgers addressed the public's interest in his wife's identity.
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After joining the Pittsburgh Steelers last June, Rodgers wore his wedding ring to a press conference and publicly confirmed he had gotten married sometime in early 2025.
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"The obsession is [expletive] bizarre," Rodgers said. "That's the only way to put it. The obsession is really bizarre. You guys know — you laughed about this many times and showed pictures of it — but we're not living at the beach anymore. Part of it is, I have legitimate stalkers, and I don't say that lightly or flippantly. I had been stalked at my house for about a year and a half when I was living there."
Rodgers explained that he would also be stalked at his favorite coffee shop and gym. Eventually, he said, paparazzi flew drones over his former house and had "a bounty on getting a picture of my wife."
Rodgers continued:
"I understand the attention that comes with somebody who has accomplished what I have accomplished, and so, in no way am I making this a woe-is-me. But when it comes to your personal safety — and now, it's not just me; it's me and her — it's really [expletive] bizarre.
You know, when we met back in 2017, I knew that there was something crazy special about this, and I wanted to be with her. She would make funny comments like, 'I would never live in Green Bay' and 'I don't want to be a player's wife.' She's not a public person."
The Super Bowl champion explained that his now-wife moved "back across the pond," which led him to start running in the wrong circles. He felt he was surrounded by people selling him out to paparazzi and pushing him to be active on social media, but, as he told McAfee, "I never really wanted to live a public life."
Rodgers asserted, "She didn't sign up for this [expletive]. She signed up because she loves me. She supports me, and she wants to spend the rest of our lives together and start a family together. She didn't sign up to be an out-front, social media WAG. She doesn't want any of that [expletive], and I don't, either."
Ultimately, Rodgers said he will not pursue television or any public-facing role once he retires from the NFL. "When this is done, it's Keyser Söze," he said. "You won't see me."
Time will tell whether Rodgers' disappearance is imminent or delayed for at least one more year.
According to NBC Sports' Matthew Berry, Rodgers is "leaning towards coming back, but that while you never know with Rodgers, the current expectation is that if he comes back, it would be to return to Pittsburgh."
With McAfee, Rodgers spoke very highly of the Steelers' new head coach, Mike McCarthy. McCarthy and Rodgers spent 13 years together in Green Bay, where they won a Super Bowl 15 years ago. Pittsburgh hired McCarthy after Mike Tomlin stepped away in January.
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