Aaron Rodgers has certain feelings about The Bachelorette, eight years after his estranged brother Jordan Rodgers won Season 12 of the ABC show and married JoJo Fletcher.
In the newly released Netflix docuseries “Aaron Rodgers: Enigma,” the Jets quarterback opens up about his strained relationship with his family, revealing that during a date in Fletcher's hometown in 2016, the family met on “The Bachelorette.” I remember when it was featured on.
“I wasn't really close with my whole family. I was really close with my brother,” Aaron, 41, said of Jordan, 36, in the second episode of the series, which premiered on Tuesday. Ta.
“But really, it goes back to something in high school that made me feel so far away. In college, and even after college.”
Rogers said she had “kept quiet” about her family because “I felt it was best not to talk about it publicly.”
When Fletcher's season of “The Bachelorette” aired, Rodgers attended a family gathering during a hometown date, with his parents Ed and Darla and eldest sibling Luke Rodgers and his girlfriend also in attendance. As a result, his conspicuous absence became a hot topic.
Scenes shot at Rodgers' family home in Chico, California, show the family sitting together at a table with two open chairs for Rodgers, who played for the Packers, and his then-girlfriend, actress Olivia. I was sitting. Mmm.
“So what do they do? They go to the Bulls show and leave two chairs empty,” Rodgers said.
Fletcher acknowledged the family rift in his confession at the time.
“[Jordan] “I come from a great family with so much love and character, but I know that when I sit down at that table there are two empty seats and they probably want Aaron to sit in one of them,” Fletcher said. spoke.
“It's difficult because it's Jordan's brother, Luke's brother, Ed and Darla's son. I have no idea or can't even imagine why Aaron wouldn't want to be in their lives.”
Jordan and Fletcher, a former Vanderbilt quarterback who briefly played in the NFL before moving into sports broadcasting, married in 2022.
Mr. Rogers went on to explain that he was open to reconciling with his family.
“People ask me, 'Is there any hope for reconciliation?' I say, 'Yes, of course.' Of course,” Rogers said on the Netflix show. “I don't want them to fail or struggle or have conflicts or problems. I don't want them to have any ill will at all. It's more like this: It’s just a different step on the timeline of the journey.”
The three-part documentary series is currently streaming on Netflix.
