Rodgers, 40, stopped speaking with his parents, Ed and Darla Rodgers , after they visited the then-Green Bay Packers quarterback when he was living with his girlfriend at the time, actress Olivia Munn , before a December 2014 home game against the Buffalo Bills. The four-time NFL MVP posted a career-worst 34.3 quarterback rating during the weekend of his final meeting with his parents.
Munn reportedly blindsided Ed and Darla with an angry phone call rant about their plans to see their son when the Packers faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a road game just before Christmas, having already planned a family trip to Disney World. The actress reportedly told the couple that she didn't want them meeting with their son or attending the game, with Ed and Darla responding that they didn't need her permission to do so.
“The only thing I said was, ‘You haven’t been on the scene very long. You’re just his girlfriend. We’re his parents,’” Ed said via the New York Post .
Ed and Darla reportedly attended the Buccaneers game but didn't see there son, with Aaron reportedly sending an email to family members that said, "Don't attack the woman I love." The book does, however, acknowledge that Munn may not be solely to blame as Rodgers had alienated others close to him in the past, having temporarily removed best friend Jordan Russell from his life prior to dating the actress.
“You get on his bad side, you cross him once, you are dead to him,” a source who knew Rodgers for many years during his time in Green Bay said via the New York Post .
The book also acknowledged Rodgers' fallout with his older brother, Luke , which took place eight months before he began dating Munn and younger brother, Jordan , who acknowledged their estrangement while competing on The Bachelorette in 2016. Jordan, a former Vanderbilt University quarterback, took his future wife, JoJo Fletcher , on a hometown date with his family in Chico, having previously acknowledged that "Me and Aaron don't really have that much of a relationship" during the show.
The television date featured Jordan and JoJo, Ed and Darla, Luke and his girlfriend and two empty seats, which were not meant to suggest that neighbors were arriving rate, rather imply that Aaron and Munn were choosing not to show up, despite not actually being invited. The four-time MVP was reportedly irritated by his family's decision to film the scene, as well as Jordan using their personal issues to increase his visibility and propel an eventual television career.
Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers is scheduled to be released on August 20.
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