Aaron Rodgers learned new detail about his grandfather – a WWII pilot – in upcoming biography but says stories on his own life ‘are not based on fact’

Aaron Rodgers revealed he isn’t sure whether he’ll read Ian O’Connor’s hotly-anticipated biography about his life, however there’s one chapter the quarterback is definitely planning to peruse. 

The New York Jets star discussed the book – Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers – which is slated for release later this month, on WFAN’s morning show hosted by Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti. 

‘I think he reached out to 500 people and talked to maybe half of those people,’ Rodgers said during the interview on Tuesday. 

‘I commend him for the time he spent on it, but it’s not a book I asked him to write for me.’ 

However, the signal caller explained that he learned new facts about his paternal grandfather, Edward Rodgers, a decorated World War II combat pilot who is the subject of the first chapter. 

Edward Rodgers, a World War II pilot, is the subject of a chapter in Ian O’Connor’s new book

‘[O’Connor] sent me a copy [of] a war crimes tribunal that got together [where] my grandfather got to testify in front of the war crimes commission,’ Aaron said. 

‘The cool part is that he had to give a bunch of information about his past and so I got to learn stuff about my grandfather like where he was living at,’ the athlete went on, noting that he never realized his grandfather attended the University of Texas at Austin.

‘I appreciate that kind of research,’ he added. 

O’Connor previously revealed that Edward completed 43 successful missions against Hitler’s war machine before being shot down by the Germans. 

He was then captured and beaten as a Prisoner of War in horrifying conditions. 

He is also remembered for saving his crew of 10 men in their burning, bullet-ridden B-24 by flying it back to his base in Italy on St. Patrick’s Day 1944.

Edward recalled that he was piloting his damaged planes ‘all alone over Germany. It was the loneliest feeling in the world.’ 

‘It’s not a book I asked him to write for me,’ the Jets quarterback said of the author 

Aaron also admitted some of the stories about his life may not be ‘based on a lot of fact’

After he was liberated in 1945, he welcomed his son, Ed Jr., 10 years later. 

Although Aaron said he looks forward to reading that particular chapter, he isn’t too sure about the rest of the book.

‘There are some interesting stories I’m sure that will come out of it,’ he said of the biography. 

‘And ones that are not based on a lot of fact, to be honest.’

He went on, ‘There’s stories in there that I’m sure are true, there’s stories that are exaggerated over time. There’s stories that are perspectively true to people,” Rodgers said. He [O’Connor] was trying to do a really good job in getting the entire picture, but you have to put everything into context. I don’t know what kind of book he’s gonna write.’