NFL player Aaron Rodgers’ history of scandals and conspiracies

Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback for the New York Jets, has been mentioned as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s possible running mate for his independent presidential campaign.

Mr. Kennedy Jr. revealed to The New York Times last week that he is considering Mr. Rodgers or retired professional wrestler Jesse Ventura for his prospective vice presidential choice.

He informed the newspaper that he had been in contact with Mr. Ventura since being introduced by Mr. Rodgers at an event in Arizona last month and that they spoke “pretty continuously.”

Although Mr Kennedy Jr is reportedly also considering other options his announcement has put the New York Jets player back in the spotlight, with many labelling him a conspiracy theorist and an anti-vaxxer.

Over the years, Mr Rodgers has had his fair share of controversies, including a public feud with Jimmy Kimmel and he has also been accused of pushing various conspiracy theories related to the Sandy Hook school shooting, 9/11 and the Covid-19 vaccine.

Here is a complete list of all the controversies and conspiracies involving Aaron Rodgers:

Mr Rodger’s estrangement from his family has been the subject of much media attention. He allegedly stopped talking to his family a few months after he began dating Olivia Munn in 2014, according to his father, Ed Rodgers.

“Fame can change things,” he told The New York Times in 2017.

In 2018, a year after the pair split, Ms Munn denied that she was to blame for the feud, claiming that Mr Rodgers had not spoken to his family for eight months before they started dating.

This came after rumours of a family feud emerged in 2016 when Mr Rodger’s brother Jordan Rodgers told future wife JoJo Fletcher that he and Aaron “don’t really have that much of a relationship” while a contestant on The Bachelorette.