Aaron Rodgers Apologizes to Ex-Fiancee Shailene Woodley for COVID-19 Controversy: ‘I am Very Sorry’

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Feeling remorse. Aaron Rodgers reflected on his controversial COVID-19 vaccine comments and how they affected his ex-fiancée, Shailene Woodley.“One thing that I am sad about and definitely apologetic is I didn’t realize in the midst of the COVID conversations how much my situation was affecting my loved ones and my people,” the 38-year-old athlete said during the Tuesday, February 22 episode of The Pat McAfee Show. “I didn’t realize the kind of shrapnel that was being flaked off of what I felt like were the bullets coming at me because I was too locked in on me and defending myself and trying to get a message out.”The Green Bay Packers quarterback — who announced his engagement to Woodley, 30, in February 2021 before splitting one year later — expressed sadness for how everything went down regarding his aversion to getting vaccinated.“I never wanted to be divisive in this whole thing, I really didn’t,” he claimed on Tuesday. “The issue is polarizing, I get that, and I know there’s a lot of fear involved around that, but my intention was never to be divisive.”The four-time NFL MVP gave the Big Little Lies alum a special shout-out during the interview, saying, “I am very sorry to those people, Shai and my loved ones.”Rodgers added: “I didn’t realize the kind of shrapnel they’d be taking. … Understanding kind of the entire gravity of the situation I was thrust into and decided to speak on multiple times had an effect on a lot of people.

To those people, I just say, ‘I’m sorry.’”The professional athlete came under fire in November 2021 when he tested positive for COVID-19 after previously telling reporters that he was “immunized.”Following his positive diagnosis, Rodgers claimed he underwent his own protocol and treatments