Aaron Rodgers, the highly skilled quarterback, has recently concluded his participation on a well-known sports talk show due to a series of contentious remarks.
On Wednesday, the revelation was delivered on air by Pat McAfee, the show’s host.
“In our nation, we enjoy the right to freedom of speech, but it is important to acknowledge that exercising this right may result in facing the repercussions,” he stated.
Mr. Rodgers has utilized his platform on the show to express disapproval towards Jimmy Kimmel, health officials, and his detractors.
During a recent appearance, Mr. Rodgers insinuated, without substantiation, that talk show host Mr. Kimmel had a connection with the deceased sex criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. Kimmel, who was not included in recent court records pertaining to Epstein, issued a warning to pursue legal recourse.
During his weekly monologue on Monday, Mr. Kimmel dedicated a significant portion of his time to criticizing the quarterback, referring to him as a “mentally feeble junior college student” and ridiculing his stance against immunization.
The American football luminary reignited the verbal conflict the next day on The Pat McAfee Show, refuting any allegations of implicating Mr. Kimmel in illicit actions.
In addition, he reiterated widely circulated conspiracy theories regarding Covid vaccinations, referenced numerous unreliable sources, and asserted that he was under “cancellation” and “censorship” due to his independent study.
In prior years, Mr. Rodgers made regular appearances on the show during the entire NFL season, and there was uncertainty regarding his future participation.
However, during the Wednesday program, Mr. McAfee, a former NFL punter, announced that the quarterback’s appearances on the show have been discontinued, at least temporarily.
“There will be a substantial number of individuals who will be pleased with that, including myself, to be candid,” stated Mr. McAfee.
ESPN refrained from providing any comments. According to the network, Mr. McAfee’s show has an audience of approximately 900,000 viewers each episode on a daily basis, across all platforms.
Mr. Rodgers, a former Green Bay Packers player who achieved victory in a Super Bowl, frequently discusses alternative health and therapies.
He has consumed the hallucinogenic substance ayahuasca while on visits to Peru during the offseason, and also engaged in a four-day period of isolation in a “dark retreat” last summer.
Mr. Rodgers, aged 40, was transferred to the New York Jets in the previous year. However, he suffered a torn Achilles tendon shortly after the season-opening game in September and has been inactive ever since.