Aaron Rodgers is a quarterback who plays for the National Football League NFL team, the New York Jets. He is one of the greatest players to have graced the league and has won the NFL Most Valuable Player award four times in his eighteen-year career so far. Rodgers has received ten Pro Bowl honors and four first-team All-Pro honors as well.
Shailene Diann Woodley, more popularly known as Shailene Woodley, is an American actress. She is well known for her roles in movies like ‘The Fault in Our Stars‘, ‘The Spectacular Now‘, and ‘The Descendants‘. Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers were engaged before calling it quits in 2022.
Rumours about the two dating started surfacing in early 2021, and then Aaron Rodgers announced that they were engaged in February. While accepting his NFL MVP (2020) award, Aaron Rodgers made the big announcement and thanked his fiancee. A few days later, the news broke that the unnamed finance executive was Shailene Woodley.
All looked good, happy with the duo making innumerable public appearances together and taking trips. However, exactly a year later, in 2022, the couple decided to go their separate ways as they were too busy with their careers and couldn’t make time for each other. But a week later, they again posted pictures together, with Rodgers referring to Woodley as his ‘partner‘. Finally, on April 26th, 2022, Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers officially broke up.
Shailene Woodley opens up about the mental toll on her after break-up with Aaron Rodgers
The actress was filming the television series ‘Three Women’ immediately after her separation from Aaron Rodgers. Woodley has spoken about that period being extremely difficult for her and one of the darkest moments in her life. However, she was grateful that she could work on the series, and it helped divert the bad thoughts.
“It was hard to film because I was going through the darkest, hardest time in my life; it was winter in New York, and my personal life was s—-, so it felt like a big pain bubble for eight months,” she said. “I was so grateful that at least I could go to work and cry and process my emotions through my character.”
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— Embarrassed Chicago Bears Fan (@coleyhiles1) April 26, 2022
Shailene Woodley talked about the fact that she didn’t expect so many people would be keeping tabs on their relationship. This was her first popular relationship, and it got vastly publicized. The breach of her privacy was a lot to take, and she felt violated by it.
“It was the first time that I’d had a quote-unquote ‘famous’ relationship, and I watched scrutiny, opinions, and the desire for people to know my life, his life, and our lives—it just felt violating in a way that, before, it was fun.”
During the interview with ‘Net-a-Porter‘, Woodley also revealed that she is a very private person. Hence, it is understandable why she felt uncomfortable during her time with Rodgers. She thought she was oversharing with a lot of unnecessary people whenever she posted on social media.