Aaron Rodgers Says He Doesn’t Have ‘Ill Will’ Towards His Family and Is Open to a ‘Reconciliation’

Aaron Rodgers is open to reconnecting and reconciling differences with his family, the NFL star says in his new Netflix docuseries.

Rodgers, 41, and his immediate family have had a long-estranged relationship, which the quarterback says dates back to incidents that occurred when he was in high school.

The docuseries, Aaron Rodgers: Enigma, began streaming Tuesday and the three hour-long episodes detail the four-time NFL MVP’s career and controversies — from his opinions on vaccines and psychedelic medicines to the drama within his family.

After recapping the tension through the years, Rodgers says that he’d be open to making amends with his parents Ed and Darla, and his brothers Luke and Jordan.

“People ask me, like, is there hope for a reconciliation? I say, ‘Yeah, of course, of course,’ “ Rodgers says. “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.”

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The Rodgers family feud first came to light in 2016 when his younger brother Jordan was a contestant on JoJo Fletcher’s season of The Bachelorette.

In one of the season’s final episodes, which featured a hometown date with the remaining contestants' families, Jordan brought JoJo, his future wife, home to have dinner with his parents and siblings. However, two empty chairs for Rodgers and his then-girlfriend Olivia Munn sat at the table, and Jordan and his oldest brother Luke explained they and their parents have had a long-running rift with their middle brother.

“I was quiet about it, because I thought the best way to do it was don’t talk about it publicly,” Rodgers says in the same episode. “And what did they do? They go on a bulls--- show and leave two empty chairs. They all agreed, like, 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 — that he ended up winning. But like, a dinner that was during the [NFL] season, that I was never asked to go to — not that I would’ve gone.”

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In the new doc, the New York Jets star says fame “can definitely change the people around your circle, because it can be intoxicating,” adding that his own newfound celebrity left many of his relationships with friends and family changed.

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Rodgers’ rift with his family has continued in the years after the Bachelorette revelation.

In 2017, the quarterback’s father made headlines when he spoke with The New York Times about their family dynamics, telling the newspaper “fame can change things.”

In the years since, Rodgers' relationship with his family has continued to ebb and flow: He irked his family with his comments on religion in 2020, two years after appearing to reconnect with his parents around his 35th birthday. A source then told PEOPLE in early 2022 that Rodgers "started talking a little bit” with Jordan, though he did not appear to attend his brother's wedding later that year.

Most recently, though, Rodgers said a 2023 darkness retreat allowed him time to reflect on “things that happened in my childhood that I was able to sit with and heal," appearing to open the door once more for the reconciliation referenced in the docuseries.

All episodes of Aaron Rodgers: Enigma are now streaming on Netflix.

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