Aaron Rodgers Fires Back at Exes' Claims, Calls 'Monster Partner' Story "Horse S--t"

Aaron Rodgers is not staying quiet about his breakups. The Steelers quarterback appeared on the“Not Just Football”podcast this week and rejected claims from exes Danica Patrick and Shailene Woodley that he was a bad partner, calling the“monster”narrative“horse s–t.”He also disputed Patrick’s account of their 2020 split and said Woodley was the one who ended their engagement in 2021. Patrick, the former race car driver who dated Rodgers from around 2018 until 2020, called him“emotionally abusive”in a 2025 interview. Woodley has described their breakup as the“darkest”time of her life.

Rodgers didn’t stop there. He said both women remain relevant only because they keep mentioning his name, a line that’s already got folks online buzzing. The quarterback married a woman identified as Brittani last year. Representatives for Patrick and Woodley did not immediately comment on Rodgers’podcast remarks.

Here’s the reality: celebrity breakups are messy whether you’re an NFL star or a farmer in a small town. Two people tell their side, one fires back, and the rest of us are left sorting through headlines and hot takes. There’s no scoreboard for this one, and nobody’s handing out trophies for who was right.

What do you think? Was Rodgers right to defend himself publicly, or should he have kept it private? Drop your take in the comments.