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Aaron Rodgers HATED having brother Jordan on Bachelorette and got 'f***ing tired' of people hanging on his coattails amid rift with family, new biography reveals
Is Aaron Rodgers sick of providing for his relatives, or does the Super Bowl winner deserve some blame for his estrangement from his family?
The long mysterious rift between Rodgers and his family is a central focus in Ian O'Connor's new biography about the New York Jets quarterback. But while Rodgers' parents blame the friction on his ex-girlfriend Olivia Munn (something both he and the Hollywood actress deny), there are other alleged culprits.
In a selection from 'Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers,' edited and republished by O'Connor's New York Post, it's other members of the family that take some of the blame for the quarrel that reportedly began in 2014.
Without naming anyone specifically, Rodgers' former junior college football coach Craig Rigsbee pointed at perceived moochers in the quarterback's life. 'They just can't be hanging on your coattails their whole lives.'
Rigsbee also told a revealing story about Rodgers' frustrations over younger brother Jordan's role on ABC's Bachelorette.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers looks on during training camp during a training camp practice
Jordan Rodgers (right) married JoJo Fletcher (left) as part of ABC's The Bachelorette
The year was 2016 and Rodgers was taking part in a celebrity golf tournament near Lake Tahoe when someone in the crowd referenced Jordan, a former CFL quarterback-turned reality television star.
'Hey, are you Jordan Rodgers's brother?' Rigsbee recalled. 'F***ing [Aaron] looked over there and he was legitimately pissed off and shook his head.'
The problem, according to Rigsbee, was some people in Rodgers' orbit didn't know how far they were pushing him.
'People try to take advantage of you and pretty soon they do other s***, and then you get pissed off, and it's a tough thing,' Rigsbee said, again, without mentioning anyone by name. 'Then they talk bad about you like, 'Oh, he's stuck up,' or, 'Oh, he abandoned me.' No, he's f–kin' tired of taking care of your ass.'
And it's here that Rigsbee brings Rodgers' brothers, Jordan and Luke, back into the conversation.
'The only thing I ever did is, I kind of got on [Aaron's] brothers' asses when they were down-talking him one time when they were in town,' Rigsbee told O'Connor. 'I said, ''That's enough of that s***. Do not say that s*** in public, and don't talk about it now.'''
A representative for Jordan Rodgers did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment on Tuesday.
Olivia Munn and Aaron Rodgers arrive at the 88th Annual Academy Awards
Rodgers and his younger brother did begin speaking again, a source told People in 2022. However, that source noted there was 'still a division' at the time.
The elder Rodgers, father Ed, has also been in touch with the Green Bay Packers legend.
It was 2017 at that aforementioned celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe where the two first reconnected.
The book, which comes out on August 20, explains that the four-time NFL MVP found his father in the crowd while the quarterback was searching for a bathroom. But despite the friction between the two, Aaron decided against snubbing the man who taught him to play football.
'I could do a lot of things,' Rodgers is quoted as saying in the book. 'But I just thought, ''What's best in this moment, and what kind of gift could I give him?'' Because I do love him. I don't have animosity toward him, even with all the stuff that's been said and done.'
A northern California chiropractor, Ed had attended the event in Tahoe in hopes of seeing his son.
'It had been so long since we even looked at each other,' Ed told O'Connor. 'I just kind of froze.'
Aaron kept it simple.
'Hi Pops,' he said before embracing his father, according to O'Connor.
'I love you,' Aaron said.
'I love you too,' Ed replied.
Rodgers was playing at a celebrity golf tournament in Nevada in 2023 when he ran into Ed
Aaron Rodgers' father Ed (left), brother Jordan (center) and brother Luke (right)
Aaron obviously had a round of golf to finish so the reunion was short lived, but according to Ed, 'it was amazing.'
Aaron agreed that it 'was a special moment.'
Later Aaron told his friend and caddie Jordan Russell: 'I think that was what needed to happen.'
The source of the friction between Rodgers and his parents remains unclear, although the Ed and Darla blame Aaron's ex-girlfriend, Olivia Munn, for the animosity.
However, both Munn and Rodgers have denied that she caused any issues between him and his parents.
A Munn spokesman declined to comment when contacted by DailyMail.com.
To O'Connor, Rodgers emphatically denied that Munn's presence led to a rift between him and his parents.
In fact, the Super Bowl champion suggested that the issues with his parents predated the start of his relationship with Munn in 2014, telling O'Connor that she 'has nothing to do with all the years before.'