Aaron Rodgers will not seem on “The Pat McAfee Present” this NFL season, McAfee stated Wednesday. The New York Jets quarterback, a weekly visitor on the present in the course of the NFL season, has come underneath scrutiny during the last week concerning feedback he made about late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
Rodgers urged final week that Kimmel’s identify would seem on paperwork linking him to convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein. Kimmel threatened to sue in consequence and ESPN has since referred to as Rodgers’ phrases “dumb and factually inaccurate.” On Tuesday, Rodgers disputed the notion that he had accused Kimmel of being a pedophile.
McAfee stated Wednesday he “would love” to maneuver on from this case.
“Aaron Rodgers is a Corridor of Famer. He’s a four-time MVP. He’s a large piece of the NFL story everytime you return and inform it. He can be an enormous a part of it,” McAfee stated. “We’re very fortunate to get an opportunity to speak with him and be taught from him. A few of his ideas and opinions do piss off lots of people. I’m pumped that that’s not each single Wednesday of my life, which it has been for the previous few weeks.
“On Friday I clearly threw us into the hearth as properly. I eternally stand by that. Every part else, although, simply can’t do this and never what we need to be identified for.”
Why McAfee, ESPN made this resolution
As McAfee himself famous, the host can be joyful for issues to settle down.
“The way in which it ended, it acquired actual loud, actual loud,” McAfee stated of Rodgers’ final couple of appearances. “I’m joyful that isn’t going to be my mentions going ahead, which is nice information.”
It’s been a really loud couple of weeks for ESPN and McAfee, together with his very public feedback of Norby Williamson, a very long time ESPN govt. The excellent news right here for all events is that the 24/7 content material machine will quickly be onto different story. If Rodgers returns for a fifth season on the present, clearly the information cycle begins once more. However for now I count on McAfee to slowly dial again from the middle of sports activities content material universe. – Richard Deitsch, media reporter
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