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Rodgers.

Aaron Charles Rodgers (December 2, 1983–) is an American football quarterback, ayahuasca user, anti-vaxxer, and potential 9/11 truther.

Football career

Rodgers has had a storied career as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). First drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 2005, he served as the backup for future Hall of Famer Brett Favre before taking over the starting job in 2008. In 2010, he led the Packers to a Super Bowl victory and won Super Bowl MVP. The following season, he was voted League MVP by the Associated Press, an award he would win again in 2014, 2020, and 2021. He is a ten-time Pro-Bowler, five-time All-Pro, two-time passing touchdowns leader, and four-time passer rating leader. However, in recent years, he grew increasingly frustrated with the Packers and was ultimately traded to his current team, the New York Jets.

Unfortunately, being a great NFL quarterback does not make one immune to woo, and Rodgers is living proof of that.

New Age woo

“”To me, one of the core tenets of your mental health is that self-love. That's what ayahuasca did for me, was help me see how to unconditionally love myself. It's only in that unconditional self-love, that then I'm able to truly be able to unconditionally love others. And what better way to work on my mental health than to have an experience like that?

—Rodgers in 2022 about his use of psychedelics.

Around the early 2020s, Rodgers began to use psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin and ayahuasca. By his own account, Rodgers was first introduced to ayahuasca while on a trip to Peru and felt "the sensation of feeling a hundred different hands on my body." Rodgers also claimed that ayahuasca made him a better teammate and lover because of course it did.

During the 2023 off-season, after the Packers barely missed the play-offs, Rodgers - who, by that point, had been flirting with leaving the Packers for a while - decided to enter a "darkness retreat" to determine the future of his career. Rodgers spent four nights in a pitch-black cabin in Oregon with no natural or artificial light and lived off the grid in order to gain a deeper awareness of himself. The worst part is, Rodgers booked it four months in advance. Apparently, Rodgers' inner self told him to play for the Jets, as when he finally saw the Sun, he said that he wanted to play for New York.

Rodgers has also done meditation retreats, yoga retreats, and even silent meditation retreats. We can only imagine what Rodgers' next "retreat" will be.

COVID-19 vaccines and woo

During a 2021 press conference, Rodgers said that he was "immunized" against COVID-19. In November 2021, however, Rodgers tested positive for the virus, and it was revealed that he lied about his vaccination status. Rodgers claimed that he wasn't comfortable taking the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and was allergic to an ingredient in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Because of that, Rodgers purportedly took part in an "immunization process through a holistic doctor." He also took ivermectin, thinking it would boost his immunity.

The Packers fined Rodgers for attending a Halloween party with 18 of his teammates that were vaccinated. Rodgers also violated the NFL's policy on face masks by refusing to wear one during in-person press conferences. During his quarantine, Rodgers claimed that he was a victim of the "woke mob" and was allegedly in its "crosshairs."

During an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Rodgers revealed that his "immunized" statement was intentionally done to mislead. So much for the holistic immunization process.

Other woo

Rodgers claims to have seen a UFO.

Although he has never openly endorsed any 9/11 conspiracy theories, former teammate and backup quarterback DeShone Kizer said that Rodgers would encourage "free thinking," and the "thought-provoking" first meeting involved a conversation about 9/11. And note, this came to light after he was traded to the Jets.

Despite all of his nutty pseudoscientific beliefs, Rodgers managed to guest-host the popular quiz show Jeopardy! for two weeks. Then again, so did another woo-meister.