News came last week that Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and actress Shailene Woodley had called off their engagement after nearly a year together.
“It was an amicable break; it just didn’t work,” a source told People† “They are very different people with busy careers and there were obstacles they couldn’t overcome. They remain friendly; there is no bad blood and no drama. It just didn’t work for them.”
Well, on Monday night, Rodgers seemed to confirm that he and the… big little lies actress remains on relatively good terms, sharing a post on Instagram dedicated to her and his Packers teammates (despite being a Super Bowl favorite en route to the playoffs, led by Rodgers’ MVP season , the team was upset 13-10 by the San Francisco 49ers in the Division Round).
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“Here’s what… #MondayNightGratitude to some of the incredibly special people in my life, with a few photos from the past beautiful year,” Rodgers captioned a series of Instagram images, including one of him snuggling up with Woodley on a bank.
“@shailenewoodley, thank you for letting me come after you for the first few months after we met, and for finally letting me catch up and be a part of your life. Thank you for always standing behind me, for the incredible kindness you showed me and everyone you met, and for showing me what unconditional love looks like, I love you and am grateful for you,” he wrote.
“To the men I got to share the QB room with every day, Matt, Nathaniel, Luke, @jordan3love and @kurtbenkert, you guys made every day so much fun and I’m so grateful for the daily smiles and stress relief you brought me every week of the year. I love you.”
Rodgers, of course, caused a stir earlier in the season when he revealed he would mislead the public, the press and members of the league about his vaccination status, and replied that he had been “immunized” against COVID-19 when asked about his vaccination status during a presser, when in reality he had not been vaccinated and had only received homeopathic treatment from his personal doctor. The world discovered Rodgers’ status when he tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on a 10-day protocol for unvaccinated players.
The NFL eventually found Rodgers guilty of multiple violations of the league’s COVID-19 policy, including exposing himself at post-game press meetings and attending team events without a mask. He was eventually fined $14,650 for his violations, while the Packers were awarded a $300,000 hit, though he was not banned from games in a controversial move.
Rodgers then redoubled his anti-vax stance, railing against the “awake crowd” and for some reason appealing to Martin Luther King Jr. during a bizarre podcast appearance. All the while, Woodley made a number of posts on Instagram defending her then-fiancé, while lashing out at the media for their coverage of him, saying they “need the fuck to calm down” and “grab straws to discredit Aaron.” “.
It is not known whether Rodgers’ anti-vax stance – or the ensuing controversy over it – contributed to the demise of their relationship.
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