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Jimmy Kimmel began his late-night show by taking another shot at New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers after the player's last appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.”
Rodgers was clear early Tuesday, saying he never called Kimmel a pedophile and wondering whether the comedian had actually listened to what he said last week when he said people like Kimmel don't want the Jeffrey Epstein's client list is published.
Kimmel criticized Rodgers' intelligence during Monday's monologue and had some more of it on Tuesday.
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Jimmy Kimmel, left, and New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers. (Invision for the Television Academy/AP)
“Things have calmed down. We had a turbulent week and clashed with delusional people,” he said. “Last night I was watching people play football. I watched the college championship game. The University of Michigan beat the University of Washington – the result was 34-13. Do you believe the mainstream media?”
Kimmel then joked that doctors say the U.S. is in a “tripledemic.”
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“The tripledemic is that flu-COVID and RSV team up like the three friends of mucus,” he said. “Doctors urge Americans to reach out to their doctor or their trusted NFL quarterback for preventive advice.”
Rodgers also took issue with people allegedly trying to “cancel” him.
Speaking about ESPN Senior Vice President, Production Mike Foss' statement on his initial comments about Kimmel last week, Rodgers said the publication just fell into the media trap.
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Aaron Rodgers hits back at Jimmy Kimmel and denies calling the late-night host a “pedophile.”
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers attends an introductory press conference at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, New Jersey on April 26, 2023. (Elsa/Getty Images)
“They're trying to cancel and it's not just about me, it's far from just about me,” Rodgers said. “I mean, if you look at all the different people that have been censored on the internet, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, the cancellations, the censorship, the use of the government to censor people – that's what happened.”
“And if that doesn’t work, they get insulted. And I mentioned many of the insults that were thrown at me. And they don't stick because I'm not an anti-vaxxer. This is who I am.” I’m interested in informed consent and doing the things that are in the best interest of my body.
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Rodgers said he never supported former President Trump or the “Make America Great Again” movement. The quarterback is a known supporter of Robert Kennedy Jr.
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He said he wouldn't mind being called a conspiracy theorist because of his track record in recent years, but he scoffed at being called an anti-Semite or anything else.
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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, #8, throws during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the New York Giants, Saturday, August 26, 2023, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
“That’s their game plan,” he said. “They use these words to cancel people and they've gotten away with it because it's the 'crazy anti-vaxer lunatic' who's talking about accusing someone of being a pedophile again. Of course, that's the game plan they're using. Incorrect.” . But that is the environment we find ourselves in.
“There are a lot of people who have been captured by various entities, government entities, whether we're talking about the pharmaceutical industrial complex or whether we're talking about the government, I think that's in the best interest and we're playing different puppets.” Stories.
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“At the end of the day, if you’re not someone whose opinion aligns with the mainstream narrative, that’s what they’re going to do to you. That's not me. I am not a victim. I don't give a shit. . Say whatever the fuck you want from me, that's fine. Like the people who know and love me, you know what I'm all about. My teammates know what I’m about.”
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