Rodgers argued that Woodley was the one who dumped him for another man after accepting his marriage proposal.
By Kehinde Okeowo
National Football League (NFL) quarterback Aaron Rodgers has disputed claims that he was responsible for Hollywood actress Shailene Woodley’s reported depression following their breakup, insisting she was the one who left him for another man just days after accepting his proposal.
The American football star made this known on Thursday, September 9, while appearing as a guest on the latest episode of Cam Heyward’s Not Just Football.
According to the 42-year-old Green Bay Packers player, Woodley initially accepted his marriage proposal but later told him she didn’t want to be his wife and preferred to be with another man.
Speaking about the failed engagement, Rodgers said: “I dated Shailene, I proposed and she said yes. She maybe felt like she was forced to make a decision; she could have said no. But not a couple of days after that, she told me, before we got married, like, ‘I got to go fuck this guy.’”
He went on to say the movie star took off her engagement ring by March, adding that they later tried several times to reconcile.
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Rodgers, while disputing claims that he was responsible for Woodley’s reported depression following their breakup, added: “Because her story is, I ruined her life and gave her crazy depression because I left her, but in actuality she told me that and took off the ring by March.”
Explaining why he decided to discuss the relationship publicly, the NFL star said several accounts of what happened were inaccurate.
“There’s just a lot of narratives out there that are just not true, and they portray things a certain way because they can get away with it,” he said.
Rodgers also took a swipe at his former girlfriends during the podcast, saying: “The height of their fame was when they were with me.”
