{"id":12676,"date":"2026-07-21T15:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12676"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:42:04","slug":"aaron-rodgers-reveals-reconciliation-with-estranged-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12676","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers Reveals Reconciliation With Estranged Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>NFL legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/aaron-rodgers\/\"><strong>Aaron Rodgers<\/strong><\/a> reunited with his family after at least a decade of estrangement, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/inside-jordan-rodgers-and-aaron-rodgers-feud\/\">one member of the Rodgers clan<\/a> was seemingly missing.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, July 20, Aaron, 42, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbCPvMJFL2x\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared an Instagram carousel<\/a> of himself posing with his parents, <strong>Ed<\/strong> and <strong>Darla Rodgers<\/strong>, and older brother, <strong>Luke Rodgers<\/strong>. While the family was all smiles in these new photos, Aaron\u2019s younger brother, <em>The Bachelorette<\/em> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jordan-rodgers\/\"><strong>Jordan Rodgers<\/strong><\/a>, was noticeably absent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother bonding week,\u201d Aaron captioned the carousel.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron\u2019s rift with his family reportedly dates back at least a decade. When Jordan, 37, competed on future wife <strong>Jojo Fletcher<\/strong>\u2019s season of <em>The Bachelorette<\/em>, he revealed to her that he wasn\u2019t in touch with Aaron.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbCPvMJFL2x\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLike I said, I have a great relationship with my brother Luke. Me and Aaron don\u2019t really have that much of a relationship,\u201d he said in the 2016 episode. \u201cIt\u2019s just kind of the way he\u2019s chosen to do life and I\u2019ve chosen to stay close with my family and my parents and my brother. Yeah, it\u2019s not ideal and I love him and I can\u2019t imagine what it\u2019s like to be in his shoes and have the pressure he has, the demands from people that he has. Don\u2019t have hard feelings against him, it\u2019s just how things go right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Bachelorette<\/em> memorably left two empty chairs for Aaron and his then-girlfriend <strong>Olivia Munn<\/strong> at a family dinner \u2014 which the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback took issue with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey go on a bulls*** show and leave two empty chairs,\u201d Aaron said on his 2024 Netflix series <em>Enigma<\/em>. \u201cThey all agreed this was a good thing to do, to leave two empty chairs at a stupid dating show that my brother just went on to get famous \u2014 his words, not mine. That he ended up winning. But a dinner that was during the season, I was never asked to go to. Not that I would\u2019ve gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aaron was not in attendance when Jordan and Fletcher, 35, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/aaron-rodgers-didnt-attend-jojo-fletcher-jordan-rodgers-wedding\/\">tied the knot<\/a> at the Sunstone Winery in Santa Ynez, California, in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In another <em>Aaron Rodgers: Enigma scene<\/em>, Aaron briefly touched on the origins of his rift with Jordan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/aaron-rodgers-was-pissed-when-called-jordan-rodgers-brother\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Aaron-Rodgers-Was-Pissed-When-He-Was-Called-Jordan-Rodgers-Brother.jpg?crop=0px%2C57px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Aaron Rodgers Was Pissed When He Was Called Jordan Rodgers Brother\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/aaron-rodgers-was-pissed-when-called-jordan-rodgers-brother\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Aaron Rodgers Was \u2018Pissed\u2019 When He Was Called \u2018Jordan Rodgers\u2019 Brother\u2019<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMegan Briggs\/Getty Images; Kareem Black\/USA Network Given the very public estrangement with his family, Aaron Rodgers certainly hasn\u2019t been eager to share the spotlight with his brother.\u00a0 While Aaron, 40, was competing in the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe in 2016 \u2014 which coincided with his younger brother Jordan Rodgers, 35, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t like I was super duper close with everybody in the family. I was close with my little brother,\u201d Aaron said of his brother. \u201cBut in actuality, it goes back to stuff from high school that kind of made me feel distant. Stuff in college, stuff post-college.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to his \u201crigid\u201d religious upbringing as a point of contention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up in a very white, dogmatic church and that just didn\u2019t really serve me,\u201d he recalled in <em>Enigma<\/em>. \u201cIt was very rigid in structure. I\u2019m not a rigid person. Shame, guilt, judgment. It was like, \u2018We have the truth. Our way or the highway. Our way is heaven; your way is hell.\u2019 Even talking to my parents, it was very black and white. Like, somebody has to be wrong, somebody has to be right. I just slowly uncoupled from that in high school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/sports\/news\/aaron-rodgers-calls-out-his-family-for-bulls-narratives\/\">Aaron blasted his family<\/a> for speaking publicly about their rift for years before he finally decided to address the situation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/aaron-rodgers-addresses-family-drama-while-discussing-his-mystery-wife\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Aaron-Rodgers-Addresses-Family-Drama-While-Discussing-His-Mystery-Wife-.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Aaron Rodgers Addresses Family Drama While Discussing His Mystery Wife\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/aaron-rodgers-addresses-family-drama-while-discussing-his-mystery-wife\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Aaron Rodgers Addresses Family Drama While Discussing His Mystery Wife<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAs Aaron Rodgers celebrates his new marriage, he revealed the hostility within his immediate family continues to rage on. Rodgers, 41, appeared on ESPN\u2019s The Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, June 24, where he discussed his wife, Brittani, for the first time since he announced they had tied the knot recently. In doing so, Rodgers [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the saga with my family, for years it was one-sided,\u201d Rodgers said on <em>The Pat McAfee Show<\/em> in March. \u201cThey were making shots in the media saying bulls***.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI never said anything until it got to the point where I\u2019m like, \u2018Alright, enough is enough.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear whether anyone in Aaron\u2019s family was in attendance when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/sports\/news\/aaron-rodgers-gives-curious-details-about-timeline-with-wife\/\">married wife Brittani<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL legend Aaron Rodgers reunited with his family after at least a decade of estrangement, though one member of the Rodgers clan was seemingly missing. On Monday, July 20, Aaron, 42, shared an Instagram carousel of himself posing with his parents, Ed and Darla Rodgers, and older brother, Luke Rodgers. 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