AARON Rodgers has been given a label by a close pal amid marriage rumors and Pittsburgh Steelers links surrounding the NFL icon.
The 41-year-old sparked marriage rumors thanks to his appearance at the Kentucky Derby last week.
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Rodgers attended the 2025 Barnstable Brown Gala on the night before the Kentucky Derby as he rocked a black suit.
However, the four-time NFL MVP turned heads with what looked to be a wedding band on his left ring finger.
Thursday’s edition of ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show discussed the Rodgers situation as a recent TMZ report revealed that Rodgers was spotted without a ring.
The former NFL punter-turned-sports media personality Pat McAfee and AJ Hawk, both co-hosts who are friends with Rodgers, reacted to the Rodgers situation.
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“He’s the best. … Such a menace,” McAfee said about Rodgers’ marriage rumors.
McAfee then brought up the fact that Hawk was with Rodgers at the gala on May 2 and asked him about his thoughts on the drama.
“I’m not surprised by anything to be honest with you,” Hawk said.
Hawk, who was a Green Bay Packers teammate of Rodgers, previously said the day before on the ESPN show that there is “no update” about the ring situation and that the future Hall of Fame quarterback is “very private and mysterious when it comes to things like that.”
The former NFL linebacker Hawk did say on Thursday that he did spot the ring early on at the gala, which was also attended by former Packers Randall Cobb, Davante Adams, and Jimmy Graham.
“Pretty early on. I noticed. I assumed it was a sleep tracker at first though,” Hawk said about seeing the ring at the festivities.
Rodgers previously shared in December 2024 on The Pat McAfee Show that he was in a new relationship with a mystery woman named Brittani.
During an appearance last month on the same program, he revealed that he’s in a serious relationship with the same woman.
Unfortunately for fans who speculated that Rodgers is engaged, a source close to him played down those rumors to The Daily Mail.
But the same source didn’t deny that Rodgers popped the big question to his significant other and has kept it behind closed doors, as they also admitted he wants to marry Brittani and begin a family.
“If Aaron is married, he isn’t telling anyone about it, all he has mentioned is that he wants to marry Brittani and wants to be a father,” the insider told the outlet.
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“But if he has, that’s still the million dollar question. But the moment he will be a father is when he is done playing football.
“One thing that has slowed down him signing with the Steelers is because he wanted to find a way to somehow sign with the Vikings, but since that isn’t happening, he could still be convinced to retire, and that is if Brittani were to get pregnant.
“Aaron is a very particular person, and he will make his playing decision within the next few weeks, and if he is married, he will mention that on a future Pat McAfee appearance.
“People close to him think that he isn’t officially, and it might be a promise ring.”
Nonetheless, Rodgers remains without an NFL team since being released by the New York Jets in March, and has been linked with the Steelers.
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It’s believed that he will eventually sign with the franchise led by Mike Tomlin.
But retirement isn’t out of the question for the 41-year-old Rodgers, who shared last month that issues in his personal life have kept him away from thinking about football.