Kimmel took additional swipes at Rodgers’ so-called credentials. “Because he had success on a football field, he believes himself to be an extraordinary being. He genuinely thinks that because God gave him the ability to throw a ball, he’s smarter than everybody else. The idea that his brain is just average is unfathomable to him. We learned during COVID somehow he knows more about science than scientists.
“A guy who went to community college, then got into Cal on a football scholarship, and didn’t graduate—someone who never spent a minute studying the human body—is an expert in the field of immunology. He just put on a magic helmet and that ‘G’ made him a genius,” Kimmel continued. “Aaron got two As on his report card. They were both in the word Aaron, okay? And can you imagine that this hamster-brained man knows what the government is up to because he’s a quarterback doing research on YouTube and listening to podcasts?”
Kimmel granted that Rodgers has the right to express his opinion. “But saying someone is a pedophile isn’t an opinion, nor is it trash talk—sorry, Pat McAfee,” he said, a reference to the podcaster’s defense of his frequent guest. “And when I do get something wrong, which happens on rare occasions, you know what I do? I apologize for it. Which is what Aaron Rodgers should do. Which is what a decent person would do.
“But I bet he won’t. If he does, you know what I’ll do? I’ll accept his apology and move on. But he probably won’t do that,” he continued. (When asked about the controversy during a press conference on Monday, Rodgers teased his next appearance on McAfee’s show this Tuesday, imploring the press to “tune in.”)
Before moving on, Kimmel managed one last jab at Rodgers, “who has done the impossible: He made the New York Jets look even worse.”
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