Aaron Rodgers Appears on ‘Pat McAfee Show’ One Day After Host Said NFL Star Would Not Return Amid Jimmy Kimmel Feud

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Ethan Shanfeld One day after Pat McAfee announced that Aaron Rodgers would not return on his sports talk show for the rest of the season, the football star made a surprise appearance to discuss NFL developments including Nick Saban’s retirement and Bill Belichick’s departure from the New England Patriots.

Rodgers ignited a media firestorm when, on a Jan. 2 episode of ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show,” he suggested that Jimmy Kimmel was among those named in the now-unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents. “There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hoping that doesn’t come out,” Rodgers said.

Kimmel responded to Rodgers’ false claim on X/Twitter, writing, “Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court.” He further piled on Rodgers during his late-night TV show, calling him a “hamster-brained man” who “thinks he knows what the government is up to because he’s a quarterback doing research on YouTube and listening to podcasts.” The following week, Rodgers said on McAfee’s show, “I’m glad Jimmy is not on the list.

I really am. I don’t think he’s the P-word.” A day after that, McAfee announced on-air that Rodgers, who typically guests on the show on Tuesdays, would not return this season. “So ‘Aaron Rodgers Tuesday’ Season 4, is done,” McAfee said at the beginning of Wednesday’s episode. “There could be a lot of people that are happy with that.