nfl star aaron rodgers credits wife for family estrangement ending
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aaron rodgers poses with his mom darla
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it appears nfl quarterback aaron rodgers’ long-time estrangement with his family is over.
and it’s his mystery wife, brittani, whom he credits for ending it, reports the new york post’s page six.
“there’s been a lot of conversation about it outside of my own conversations for so many years,” rodgers told nfl network’s kyle brandt.
“you know, a big part of it was getting married, and having those conversations with my wife that allowed me to kind of open up to the possibility of coming together. it’s been a couple-year process now, the conversations.”
while rogers confirmed he was married in june 2025, after being spotted with a wedding ring, he’s kept quiet on revealing any personal details about his wife.
“i lived in the public eye for 20 years. i had public relationships. how did that work out?” he pointed out during his appearance on the pat mcafee show last june.
“and now i’m with somebody who’s private, who doesn’t want to be in the public eye,” he continued. “didn’t sign up to be a celebrity. doesn’t want to be a part of it.”
in short, rodgers said her involvement was very helpful in mending fences with his family.
“i’m happy to be reunited and that part of my life is a really beautiful addition, and i gotta give my wife a lot of credit for — not that she was pushing me because she never was — but just the way she loves and supports me, having her by my side throughout this process has been really special and i miss those relationships,” he said.
rodgers says the reconnection with his family has been ‘beautiful’
the 42-year-old athlete also said he wanted to “shut down” a narrative that dragged on too long.
“it’s been really beautiful to reconnect with them — all of them,” he said of his parents, edward and darla, and his older brother, luke.
aaron rodgers and his dad edward pose for a photo (aaronrodgers12/instagram)
aaronrodgers12/instagram
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“i got to spend a long weekend recently with my parents … my brother and his sweet wife and their incredible two kids. i got to be an uncle.”
earlier this month, aaron posted instagram pics with both his parents as well as a shot of him with luke putting together a child’s toy and hanging out with his niece and nephew.
however, aaron’s younger brother, jordan who is married to bachelorette star jojo fletcher, was not shown in his instagram posts.
the couple have a 6-month-old daughter, romy.
in 2016, jordan said on season 12 of the bachelorette that aaron had removed himself from their family.
rodgers, however, doesn’t want to talk about the reasons for the estrangement.
“there were reasons for it that don’t need to be talked about, but i’m thankful that that’s come back all the way around.”
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