Aaron Rodgers was pictured out hiking with fellow anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr on Tuesday.
Kennedy, running in the presidential election as an independent candidate, hailed the New York Jets quarterback’s ‘amazing Achilles’ as they posed for a picture on social media.
Rodgers suffered a devastating Achilles injury on the first drive of the Jets’ season that saw him miss the entirety of his first year in New York.
The veteran would have been in contention to feature in the playoffs, had the Jets made the postseason, but their dismal form ensured they missed out.
Rodgers is now continuing to enjoy the offseason and was pictured hiking with Kennedy Jr, although their location remains unclear.
Aaron Rodgers was pictured hiking with fellow anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr on Tuesday
Rodgers has attracted plenty of criticism in recent months for his off-field antics.
He implied during a January 2 appearance on Pat McAfee’s ESPN show that Jimmy Kimmel might appear on a list of associates of Jeffrey Epstein, the millionaire accused of sex trafficking involving underage victims before he died by suicide.
That escalated a long-running feud between ABC’s late-night star and Rodgers. It also proved embarrassing for Disney, the parent company to both networks.
Kimmel, who has denied any association with Epstein, threatened Rodgers with a lawsuit for the comment and said the NFL star was putting his family in danger.
On another episode, he also embarked on a huge monologue, ranting about a series of topics including Covid-19 vaccinations and the spread of misinformation.
In October last year he also called Travis Kelce ‘Mr Pfizer’ after Taylor Swift’s boyfriend starred in a commercial about getting vaccinated.
The former Packers quarterback misled the public in August 2021 when he said he’d be ‘immunized’ against coronavirus – which fans and the media alike took to mean that he was vaccinated.
However, his vaccination status was revealed months later when he tested positive for COVID.
The Jets quarterback has attracted plenty of criticism in recent months for his off-field antics
Kennedy launched an independent presidential bid in October after challenging Joe Biden
Kennedy, meanwhile, was slammed in July 2023 for making remarks that were widely condemned as anti-Semitic, as he floated that Covid-19 had been targeted to spare Chinese and Ashkenazi Jewish people.
Kennedy is the son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968, and the nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963.
He first announced a White House run in April 2023 – saying then that he planned to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination.
But, in October, he announced he wanted independence from the two political parties and launched an independent presidential bid.
Earlier this month he issued a public apology after his super PAC backers aired a $7million Super Bowl advert reminiscent of JFK’s 1960 commercial.
A DailyMail.com report last week also revealed how 14 disillusioned staffers have quit his campaign citing lavish spending and poor management.
