Aaron Rodgers breaks silence on brother's “The Bachelorette” victory, calls show 'stupid'

Aaron Rodgers is finally sharing his thoughts about brother Jordan Rodgers' run on The Bachelorette, which he calls "a stupid dating show."

To be clear, the 41-year-old Super Bowl champion is talking about a lot of things right now because the three-part documentary series Aaron Rodgers: Enigma just premiered on Netflix. There's much to discuss (such as the Achilles tendon injury that Rodgers suffered during his first game of the 2023 NFL season in his debut for the New York Jets), but in the second episode, the subject turns to The Bachelorette.

Jordan competed on season 12 of The Bachelorette in 2016, and actually ended up winning the heart of Joelle "JoJo" Fletcher; they married in 2022. At the time, he made headlines for revealing that Aaron (who did not show up for the visit to Jordan's hometown) was estranged from the rest of the family.

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A week before the finale, Aaron was asked about his family, but avoided the question: "I haven't seen the show, to be honest with you, so it hasn't really affected me a whole lot."

These days, he's a little more candid.

"I was quiet about it because I thought the best way to do it was to just, don't talk about it publicly," Aaron said. "And what do they do? They go on a bull---- show and leave two empty chairs. They all agreed this was a good thing to do, leave two empty chairs at a stupid dating show that my brother just went on to get famous. His words, not mine, though he ended up winning."

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Aaron clarifies that "I was never asked to go to" the hometown dinner, "not that I would've gone."

He goes on to hint at some of the reasons for the estrangement, which has never been fully explicated by the family. Aaron suggests that it has to do with his pursuit of alternative medicine.

I found a lot of resistance to doing things that, compared to what I grew up in, would be considered an alternative lifestyle. They're living the best they can, still engulfed in organized religion — which works for them, that's great. So as much as they might not like what they see, [I have] love, respect, and gratitude for how I was raised because it turned me into who I am today."

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Asked if there's any hope of a future reconciliation, Aaron says "yeah, of course."

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 like this: We're just at different steps on the timeline of our own journeys."

Aaron Rodgers: Enigma is streaming now on Netflix.

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