Aaron Rodgers-Olivia Munn Update: Will Green Bay Packers Quarterback's Family Drama Distract His Game?
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers' ongoing family drama will not reflect in his game, his ex-teammate Greg Jennings told TMZ on Saturday.
Problems in Rodgers' family gained spotlight after his father, Ed, said in a New York Times interview last week that he stopped talking to his son shortly after he started dating Olivia Munn. Rodgers has been dating the Hollywood star since 2014.
Following the interview, many fans are wondering that the troubles in Rodgers' family might become a "distraction" during his game. However, Jennings said that the drama won't affect Rodgers because "he's an expert at tuning out off-the-field drama."
Jennings also told TMZ that the family issues didn't just pop up now but had been ongoing for a while. He added that it has not affected his performance.
"Football for Aaron on Sundays specifically gives him that escape," Jennings said.
The 33-year-old has not responded to his family problems, as he doesn’t want it to escalate.
“Aaron has never wanted want to air this out in a public forum. He’s going through great precautions not to make things worse,” an insider told People magazine Tuesday. “You’re not going to see him on Oprah crying about all of this. He will deal with his family issues privately.”
The first time tensions in Rodgers' family were highlighted when his brother, Jordan, appeared on Season 12 of “The Bachelorette” with JoJo Fletcher.
“It’s just the way he’s chosen to do life,” Jordan said, on the show about the estrangement. “I chose to stay close with my family and my parents and my brother [Luke].”
Rodgers didn’t watch his brother on reality television, and because of this "it hasn’t really affected me a whole lot,” the quarterback told ABC’s WISN-TV in July. “As far as those kinds of things go, I’ve always found that it’s a little inappropriate to talk publicly about some family matters, so I’m just — I’m not going to speak on those things, but I wish him well in the competition.”
Most recently, Munn praised her boyfriend on Instagram by sharing a picture of him, captioning it: “Leader of the Pack.” The post came after the Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys last Sunday in the NFL Divisional Round at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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