Aaron Rodgers feels a sort of approach about “The Bachelorette” eight years after his estranged brother, Jordan Rodgers, gained Season 12 of the ABC actuality present and went on to marry JoJo Fletcher.
During his newly launched Netflix docuseries, “Aaron Rodgers: Enigma,” the Jets quarterback opened up about his strained relationship together with his household — and recalled after they have been featured on “The Bachelorette” throughout Fletcher’s hometown dates in 2016.
“It wasn’t like I used to be tremendous duper shut with all people within the household. I used to be shut with my little brother,” Aaron, 41, stated of Jordan, 36, on episode two of the collection, which began streaming on Tuesday.
“But actually, it goes again to stuff from highschool that sort of made me really feel distant. Stuff in school, stuff post-college.”
Rodgers stated he “was quiet about” their household as a result of, “I assumed the easiest way to do it was simply don’t speak about it publicly.”
When Fletcher’s season of “The Bachelorette” aired, Rodgers made headlines as a result of he was noticeably absent from a household gathering that befell in the course of the hometown dates — and included their dad and mom, Ed and Darla, and oldest sibling Luke Rodgers and his girlfriend.
In a scene that was filmed at Rodgers’ dad and mom’ house in Chico, Ca., the household sat collectively at a desk with two open chairs, which have been meant for Rodgers, who was enjoying for the Packers, and his then-girlfriend, actress Olivia Munn.
“And what do they do? They go on a bulls–t present and depart two empty chairs,” Rodgers stated.
Fletcher acknowledged the household rift in a confessional on the time.
“[Jordan] comes from such a tremendous household with a lot love and a lot character — however sitting down at that desk, there are two empty seats and I do know that they most likely want Aaron was sitting in one among them,” Fletcher stated.
“It’s arduous as a result of that’s Jordan’s brother, that’s Luke’s brother, that’s Ed and Darla’s son. I do not know, nor may I even think about why Aaron wouldn’t need to be part of their lives.”
Jordan — a former quarterback at Vanderbilt, who had a brief stint within the NFL earlier than transferring on to sports activities broadcasting — and Fletcher married in 2022.
Rodgers went on to elucidate that he’s open to a reconciliation together with his household.
“People ask me, ‘Is there hope for reconciliation?’ I say, ‘Yeah in fact. Of course,’” Rodgers stated on the Netflix present. “I don’t need them to fail, to wrestle, to have any strife or points. I don’t want any sick will on them in any respect. It’s extra like this — we’re simply completely different steps on a timeline of our personal journeys.”
The three-part docu-series is presently streaming on Netflix.
