Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been estranged from his family for several years and know we might know exactly why that is.
According to PEOPLE, Rodgers is keeping his distance because the relationship is very complicated.
“He loves them very much, and he wants nothing but good things for them all,” a source told PEOPLE. “The fact that he doesn’t talk to them doesn’t mean that he hates them. They just have a very problematic relationship that sometimes can be toxic. For the good of everyone, there’s some distance there.”
It was just recently that Rodgers appeared on the Pretty Intense podcast with his girlfriend, Danica Patrick, and he questioned his belief in God, which led to his family being “dismayed” over Rodgers’ remarks about religion.
“They were dismayed,” one insider said to PEOPLE. “The family is very dedicated to their Christian faith. “To them, his comments are basically a slap in the face to the fundamentals of who they are. It’s basically him turning his back on everything they have taught him.”
Rodgers stated he grew up in a Christian household but later started to question Christianity as he got older.
“I don’t know how you can believe in a God who wants to condemn most of the planet to a fiery hell,” he said. “What type of loving, sensitive, omnipresent, omnipotent being wants to condemn his beautiful creation to a fiery hell at the end of all this?”
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It was widely reported that Rodgers completely stopped communicating with his family as soon as he started dating actress Olivia Munn back in 2014.
“He hadn’t spoken to the parents and one brother for like eight months before we started dating,” Munn said.
“They’re all in sports and Aaron is one of the best if not the best quarterback to ever play the game,” Munn said “Their work has a direct connection to what he does. At the end of the day, there’s a lot of complications. I don’t think either side of the road is clean, but I do think it’s not OK when you try to stand on someone’s shoulders and then throw dirt in their face, which is what they did for him.”
Rodgers finished his 2019 campaign by leading his Packers squad to a 13-3 record and an appearance in the NFC Championship game.
