Eight years later Jojo Fletcheris season of The Bachelor, Aaron Rodgers finally addressing how Bro Jordan Rogers depicted their breakup on the show — and the NFL quarterback isn’t happy.
“It wasn’t like I was super close with everyone in the family. I was close with my little brother,” Aaron, 41, began of Jordan, 36, in episode 2 of Aaron Rodgers: Enigma, which began airing on Tuesday, December 17. “But really it goes back to things from high school that made me feel distant. College stuff, post-college stuff.’
Both Aaron and Jordan played football growing up and in college, with Aaron being a first-round pick by the Green Bay Packers in 2005. While Jordan had a successful career as a quarterback at Vanderbilt, he was released by three NFL teams before pursuing other opportunities.
Aaron told the Netflix cameras that he’s been “keeping quiet” about their marital problems, explaining: “I thought the best way to do it was just not talk about it publicly.”
His plan worked until 2016, when Jordan signed up for an ABC dating series and succeeded to the birthplaces. Aaron was noticeably absent from the family dinner, which included theirs parents, Ed and Darlaand the oldest sibling Luke Rogers.
“And what are they doing? They go to a bull show and leave two empty chairs, Aaron continued.
Aaron Rodgers, Jojo Fletcher, Jordan Rodgers.
Getty Images (3)Fans may remember a slight accent from A maiden child editors that two table seats are supposed to represent Aaron and his then-girlfriend Olivia Munn.
“Everyone agreed it was a good thing, leaving two empty chairs on a stupid dating show my brother just became famous for – his words, not mine. That in the end he won,” Aaron said with a smile. “But to a dinner that was in season I was never invited to go. Not that I would go.
On the show, Jordan addressed Aaron’s absence, telling JoJo, “Every step of my life I’ve been kind of disappointed. No matter what I did, it was never good enough because I was being compared to someone who was doing it best. Football didn’t define me and not having a great relationship with my brother Aaron didn’t define me.” At the time, he noted that the siblings hadn’t spoken in two years because of “the way he’s chosen to live.”
Aaron was asked about Jordan’s concert by the media when the series aired. “I haven’t seen the show, to be honest with you, so it hasn’t affected me much,” he said in the summer of 2016. “When it comes to these things, I’ve always found it a bit inappropriate to talk about some family matters in public, so I’m just… I’m not going to talk about these things.
The four-time NFL MVP ended with a dig that went viral on Bachelor Nation, saying, “But I wish him well in the competition.”
While the relationship between Aaron and Jordan continues to be strained, Jordan married Jojo in 2022
“People ask me, ‘Is there hope for reconciliation?’ I say, ‘Yes, of course. Of course,” Aaron said on the Netflix show. “I don’t want them to fail, to struggle, to have any strife or problems. I don’t wish them harm at all. It’s more like, we’re just different steps in our timeline. own journeys.’
All three episodes of Aaron Rodgers: Enigma currently streaming on Netflix.
