Speaking on the Pat McAfee show about rumors that he might be traded and then using that as an opening to get some stuff off of his chest, namely how he has been unfairly painted as a villain and how woke culture is utterly ridiculous, leading people to try and be offended by just about everything.
Beginning, that sound off with commentary on how sports media has cast him as a villian, he said:
“Usually, you would think they would wait until maybe the off week before the championship week and Super Bowl to drum up storylines because there’s two great games this Sunday and obviously four really deserving teams will be playing,” Rodgers told McAfee.
“I have some people that love to track that stuff so I’ve been made aware of it. But listen, there’s heroes and villains in sports and entertainment. And I think because of my stance on COVID and maybe some other things I’ve been cast as a villain, especially the last few years.
“And so that is the way a lot of things I said are often interpreted. I’m not upset by that, I don’t feel like a victim in any way. I don’t have that mentality. That’s fine. I actually embrace that role a little bit, if that’s how you want to cast me.”
That wasn’t all. Continuing, Rodgers went on to rip into woke culture and the ridiculousness of it all, saying:
“I did see there were some comments that I’m only playing for MVPs and stuff like that. Didn’t maybe quite see the entire clips of the stuff that I said. I don’t care about that stuff. That doesn’t offend me.
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“This culture, this woke culture wants to be offended by everything. You just go online and find something you don’t agree with. ‘I’m offended! How could you possibly say that?’ I don’t really care. I don’t care who it’s coming from or who said it. They’re entitled to have an opinion.
“It might not be right. I don’t think you have to get on the air and say, hey, you know, ‘This is not true, let’s just tone it back a little bit.’ Most of the time you just gloss over it. Who cares? It doesn’t really matter.
“Because it honestly doesn’t matter. It doesn’t affect my day-to-day …I don’t agonize about, ‘Oh, you know, Gronk said I’m worried about MVP.’ I know Gronk. I love Gronk. He’s a fun energy to be around. But what do they do? If you take the right sound byte from the right thing, and it’s a station that may or may not in the past been brought to you by Pfizer, then they’re going to make sure their villain gets cast in the correct light.”
“And whether or not they’re sponsored by Pfizer or Moderna or Johnson and Johnson, whatever it might be, when you go up against some of those powers that be, you put yourself in the crosshairs,. They’re going to paint you in a certain way.
“And that’s what the media did to me a couple of years ago. That’s fine. That’s their prerogative if that’s what they want to do. But I think I responded pretty good in those times. I’m glad I went through that. And anything that comes after that, small potatoes, bro.”
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— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) January 24, 2023
By: Will Tanner. Follow me on Twitter @Will_Tanner_1