Aaron Rodgers has finally expressed some regret for how he handled himself in regards to the coronavirus vaccine.
Rodgers has long stated his anti-vaccination stance and spouted conspiracy theories about the vaccine, the disease itself, and more since lockdown commenced in 2020.
The end of Aaron Rodgers 18-year tenure with the Green Bay Packers was dominated by his unwillingness to take the coronavirus vaccine.
However, his time in Green Bay going from ideal to contentious hit a tipping point during his ‘immunization’ comments.
Rodgers told reporters three years ago he was ‘immunized’ for coronavirus. The NFL and public assumed he meant he was vaccinated until he tested positive for the disease and had to be withheld from practice and games longer than vaccinated players.
Aaron Rodgers has expressed regret for how he handled his ‘immunization’ comments in 2021
‘If there’s one thing I wish could have gone different, it’s that, because that’s the only thing [critics] could hit me with,’ Rodgers said in an upcoming autobiography, per ESPN.
‘But if I could do it again, I would have said (in August), ‘F*** the appeal. I’m just going to tell them I’m allergic to PEG, I’m not getting Johnson & Johnson, I’m not going to be vaxxed,”‘ Rodgers continued.
Rodgers said he is allergic to polyethylene glycol, which is one of the ingredients in the coronavirus vaccines, soon-to-be released autobiography, ‘Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers’.
The former Packer had shared his anti-vaxx beliefs in regards to PEG before, sometimes on ‘The Pat McAfee Show’.
McAfee had Rodgers on most weeks during the 2023 NFL season after he tore his Achilles four offensive snaps into his New York Jets career.
During those appearances, Rodgers shared conspiracy theories about the pandemic and more.
Those appearances led to some steam about Rodgers being the vice-presidential candidate for third-party Robert F. Kennedy Jr., before he was not chosen.
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