Aaron Rodgers, the NFL legend, needs no introduction. Having donned the jersey of the Green Bay Packers, Rodgers has been phenomenal for his team. Leading the Packers to a Super Bowl championship, Rodgers has the honor of clinching the NFL MVP on 4 separate occasions. Unfortunately, his personal life, his ratio with his parents to be exact, hasn’t been as shining as his NFL career. While there has been a widespread rift between Rodgers and his parents, here’s detailed information about the NFL icon’s father and mother.
Who Are Aaron Rodgers’ Parents?
Rodgers was born to Darla Leigh and Edward Wesley Rodgers. His mother, Darla, worked as a part-time journalist at the Chicago Enterprise-Record. On the contrary, Edward is presently a chiropractic practitioner. However, it was his father’s inclination for football that fueled Rodgers’ interest in pursuing the sport. Born in Texas, Rodgers’ father played for the Chicago State Wildcats. Playing as an offensive lineman, Edward continued his run as an athlete from 1973 to 1976.
However, Edward had to cut his football career short due to his drinking habits. Edward cited his example to a young Rodgers, asking him not to follow his path if he wanted to make it big in the sport. Aaron Rodgers surely heeded the advice and became one of the best. Apart from Aaron, Edward, and Darla also gave birth to Luke and Jordan Rodgers, who are 42 and 35 years old at the moment.
"He [Aaron] feels like the family unit revolved too much around his success and it was something that he rebelled against." @Ian_OConnor discusses some of the things that led to Aaron Rodgers' estrangement from his family that began with concerns about pre-marital sex with… pic.twitter.com/BbtTYdjC8k
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Rodgers’ parents follow Christianity. In fact, according to the British Media, Edward and Darla are “devout Christians.” This virtue contributed to much of the discontent regarding Aaron Rodgers and his parents.
What Happened Between Aaron Rodgers And His Parents?
The entire fiasco started when Aaron Rodgers was involved in a romantic relationship with Olivia Munn. According to Edward and Darla, it was Munn who deliberately “made things up” to create a distance between Rodgers and his family. In fact, the chaos was so intense that Rodgers had not spoken with his parents for almost 9 years!
🚨REPORT: #NFL icon Aaron Rodgers' devout Christian parents CUT TIES a decade ago with Aaron after his ex-girlfriend Olivia Munn said the two had s*x on game day
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His mom was mortified that her 30-year-old son was having premarital relations including oral s*x
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Surprisingly, Rodgers’ parents disapproved of his relationship with Mu, which had a lot to do with their ‘devout Christian’ status. “Given her devout religious views, Aaron’s mother disapproved of premarital sex and was opposed to her middle child sharing a hotel room with his girlfriend even as an NFL player… Darla did not appreciate how Munn joked about oral sex in an interview, or how she publicly talked about her sex life with Aaron just before that loss at Buffalo,” stated author Ian O’Connor in his book, ‘Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers.’
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