Shailene Woodley Wasn’t the only ex aaron rodgers Was talking about on a podcast recently. The NFL’s oldest active player had some things to say about their breakup danica patrick Six years after the former couple separated.
© DiversityIn the interview, Rodgers expressed frustration that his past relationships were constantly being exposed before they could make headlines. He said of teammates, “I dated two women that no one told about unless they dropped my name.” Cam Hayward’s “Not Just Football” Podcast.
First, Aaron revisited his relationship with the retired NASCAR driver, where he pushed hard against the details of Patrick’s 2020 split.
Rodgers said he has seen his former girlfriends tell “their version of history” and claimed the stories portrayed him as a “monster” of a partner. “And number one, why are you still talking about me? It’s been years,” Rodgers said.
© GettyHis comments come after Patrick opened up about their breakup last year The Sage Steel ShowDescribing the relationship as “emotionally abusive” and saying that the split caused her the most pain she had experienced.
Patrick said that this relationship became his entire life as they lived together and shared practically everything. He said the experience “disheartened me” and famously said that Rodgers “leaves a trail of blood.”
The professional driver added, “People could never have imagined that I would… lack confidence or belief in simple things about who I am. Everything was torn to pieces.” “Yes, he left a trail of blood.”
Rodgers now says he doesn’t remember it that way. Rodgers said, “She tells a story that left me very stunned by you, and there’s a trail of blood that she left.” “I’m like, what are you talking about?”
According to Rodgers, the relationship had already deteriorated significantly before they officially separated. The couple began dating in 2018, after being introduced through mutual friends. Their relationship soon became one of sports’ greatest power couples, with Patrick regularly sharing glimpses of their life and Rodgers supporting him after his retirement.
But Rodgers says Patrick’s retirement and mental health have changed the dynamic between them. “She was recently retired. She was depressed and not fun to be with,” he said. “But I didn’t leave him because I was trying to be there and be a good partner.” He said that their relationship eventually reached a point where “there was no intimacy” and “there was nothing.”
Rodgers remembers one moment in particular that involved a Malibu home he was considering buying. Patrick bluntly asked if they should buy it together. “And I said, ‘No,'” Rodgers recalled.
© GettyAccording to Rodgers, Patrick understood what this meant for their future and suggested they go to couples counseling. He said, ‘Okay, let’s get counseling.’ So then we got counseling,” he said.
Then the COVID-19 pandemic came, “and we were stuck together,” Rodgers said. The couple eventually separated in July 2020 after being together for over two years. Their rep confirmed at the time that they were “no longer together.”
His latest comments also suggest that something was happening internally during the relationship: He had already met the woman he now considers the love of his life.
Rodgers said he met his future wife, britainIn 2017, before her relationship with Patrick. According to Rodgers, Brittany eventually returned to Europe, and he regrets not asking her to stay or proposing at that time.
That separation, he said, put him in an “unfortunate situation” and contributed to him being emotionally unavailable in subsequent relationships. “I think for those seven or eight years I was emotionally unavailable,” Rodgers said in the same interview. “I met the guy who changed my life. And after that, I put everything I had into football.”
So while Patrick describes feeling emotionally exhausted, he is also acknowledging that he was already struggling to show up emotionally.
Patrick has since moved on with his life, while Rodgers eventually reunites with Brittany. The couple married privately in 2025.