Because he said mean things about Jimmy Kimmel and conspiracy theories, Aaron Rodgers will not be on ESPN’s “Pat McAfee Show” this season.
For the rest of the NFL season, Aaron Rodgers will not be a guest on Pat McAfee’s ESPN show. McAfee quickly said sorry for what he did, but Rodgers did not.
McAfee made the statement on his show on Wednesday. He has been under a lot of scrutiny for letting the hurt New York Jets quarterback go on his show and go on long conspiracy theory rants.
“Aaron Rodgers Tuesday,” season four, is over, McAfee told the crowd. “That might make a lot of individuals happy.” To be honest, that includes me. It got really loud at the end.”
Someone who knows about the situation informed CNN that recent behavior, not the end of the NFL season, caused Rodgers’ usual Tuesday appearances to be cut short.
A representative for ESPN refused to say anything. Rodgers was on McAfee’s show as late as March during the last two NFL seasons.
Rodgers caused a stir last week when he falsely said that Jimmy Kimmel, the late-night comedian on ABC, might have ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted child molester who had a large group of powerful friends before he killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
People disliked Rodgers’ comments about Kimmel because they lacked evidence, were filled with hints, and were allowed to be aired on ESPN by McAfee. Disney owns both ABC and ESPN.
Somebody on ABC’s sister station said something mean about Kimmel. He responded by saying that his family was “in danger” because of the “reckless words” and that if he kept it up, they would “debate matters further in court.”
Kimmel talked about the issue for seven minutes in his opening speech on Monday night. He predicted that Rodgers wouldn’t eventually apologize for what he said.
Rodgers reacted to Kimmel on Tuesday during his regular visit to McAfee’s show. He didn’t say sorry for what he said, but instead went into a conspiracy-theory rant in which he spread false medical information, attacked the news media, and at one point named an ESPN executive.
Rodgers’s repeated use of harmful anti-vaccine statements made people wonder if Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, would step in and stop him.
Guests spreading false medical information are always questioned during long speeches on reputable news outlets.
McAfee has a nice relationship with Rodgers and has said that he pays him seven figures to be on his show.
On Wednesday, he said that he was “happy” that Rodgers’ visits would no longer be controversial because that’s “not what we are here for.”
McAfee said, “Over the last week, we’ve given a lot of people who were waiting for us to fail a lot of things they can use to attack us.” “And we’d love to get back to the point whereby we can just move on.”
“A lot of people don’t like some of Rodgers’ ideas and thoughts,” McAfee said. “I’m thrilled that it won’t be every Wednesday anymore, like it has been for the past few weeks.”
McAfee also wrote on X on Wednesday that he wasn’t happy with what was going on. McAfee also said that Aaron Rodgers could come back to the show.
“I don’t love that something a guest said on our program has gotten me into political fights and public spats… I’ve come to understand, though, that it’s just going to be part of this effort. “Now we’re far more aware of that,” he said.
“He’ll be on the show again,” McAfee said. “I never said that.” “I hope he still wants to talk to us.
The last four years have been great because we’ve been able to enjoy a season featuring the four-time NFL MVP (two of those times during “The ART Era”) and hear his thoughts in real time.