Aaron Rodgers Wasn’t ‘Focusing’ on Shailene Woodley Relationship Before Split: They Had ‘Differences’

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Not meant to be. Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley‘s whirlwind romance may have moved a little too quickly before the duo’s split.“They certainly had their differences and ultimately their relationship didn’t work,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly of the former couple. “They thought were a good match for each other in the beginning but the more they got to know each other they realized their careers, their interests [and] their political views weren’t aligned.”The Green Bay Packers quarterback, 38, “is very passionate about his football career,” and the NFL ended up driving him apart from the Big Little Lies alum, 30, prompting them to end their engagement.“He was focusing more on the sport than on future plans with Shailene,” per the insider.Rodgers and the Secret Life of the American Teenager alum were first linked in July 2020 following his split from Danica Patrick.

Us confirmed in February 2021 that the California native and Woodley were an item, shortly before news broke of their engagement.

At the time, the actress told Jimmy Fallon that she had “yet to go to a football game” in support of her then-fiancé.“I didn’t really grow up with sports, especially American sports,” she said on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “It was never really on my radar.

When we met, also, I knew he was a football guy, but I didn’t know, like, what kind of a football guy he was. And I’m still constantly learning.”Woodley teased that she “never thought” she would fall for an athlete “who throws balls for a living,” but gushed, “He’s really just so good at it.”Though the coronavirus pandemic sped up their romance, the pair spent time apart during the 2021 NFL season.