New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers expressed his full support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid before echoing conspiracies about the politician’s family deaths in a recent interview.
Rodgers, 40, who was once running for Kennedy’s vice presidential pick, appeared on the I Can Fly podcast Tuesday.
During the more than two-hour interview, Rodgers discussed his relationship with Kennedy while criticizing the last two presidential administrations.
At one point, Rodgers claimed that Kennedy was “in danger” because of his views and a series of apparently suspicious deaths in the family.
“They killed his uncle, they killed his father,” Rodgers said. ‘We know the CIA was involved. I mean, they can’t declassify it because it’s so damning. We know the FBI was involved.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers pushed conspiracy theories about the Kennedy family deaths during an April 9 appearance on the I Can Fly podcast.
Rodgers, who was once considered for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s running mate, claimed the independent politician was “in danger” because of his views and family history.
The NFL player insisted that the CIA and FBI were involved in the deaths of Kennedy’s father and uncle.
He then claimed that former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover “hated the Kennedys” before going on a rant.
‘Then Bobby loses his uncle, JFK, and his father, RFK. “His cousin dies in a plane crash when he was competing against Hillary Clinton,” the quarterback professed.
‘I’m not saying it’s a conspiracy, but it’s kind of a strange coincidence. Bobby is in danger. He is taking a risk. Because? Because he believes in this country.
Rodgers then compared the independent presidential candidate to fictional characters from franchises like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings.
“That is, as I said before, the archetype of everything we love about Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, everything we love about Frodo, Sam, Eragon, Gandolf, Merry and Pippin,” he said.
“Everything we love about Gamora, Groot, Rocket and Drax… these people believe in something.”
Tuesday’s interview was not the first time Rodgers promoted conspiracy theories.
The NFL player questioned the safety of Covid-19 vaccines and called immunologist Anthony Fauci “one of the biggest spreaders of misinformation.”
Kennedy himself has staunchly opposed Covid vaccines and was criticized for positing that Covid-19 could have been “ethnically targeted” to save Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.
The Jets quarterback has pushed other conspiracy theories, including those about the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rodgers sparked a firestorm of criticism after contracting Covid-19 in November 2021, despite insisting months earlier that he was “immunized” against the virus.
However, during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Rodgers claimed that he was not “some kind of anti-vax flat-earther” but rather a “critical thinker” who believed in “bodily autonomy.”
However, during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Rodgers claimed that he was not “some kind of anti-vax flat-earther” but rather a “critical thinker” who believed in “bodily autonomy.”
Rodgers then nodded to Joe Rogan, whose history of airing false claims about the pandemic made him the target of similar criticism.
“I consulted with a now good friend of mine, Joe Rogan, after I contracted Covid, and I’ve been doing a lot of the things he recommended,” the football player said, claiming he was allergic to ingredients in two of the Vaccines approved by the FDA.
However, NFL experts found no evidence that the treatments used by Rodgers were effective. He was ultimately ordered to pay $14,650 for violating the NFL’s Covid-19 safety protocols.
The controversial quarterback has also been accused of pushing conspiracy theories about mass casualty events, including 9/11.
In November 2022, Packers backup quarterback DeShone Kizer claimed that Rodgers had encouraged him to question whether the attacks on the Twin Towers were real.
“He closed the door and the first thing out of Aaron Rodgers’ mouth was, ‘Do you believe in 9/11?'” Kizer recalled during an appearance on The Breneman Show podcast.
He said Rodgers wanted him to “go back and investigate some of the conspiracies around this.”
The quarterback, photographed during a February appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, claimed he spoke with Rogan about alternative treatments for Covid-19.
Rodgers is also alleged to have questioned whether 9/11 really happened.
Most dangerous were his claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, which mirrored similar conspiracies pushed by Alex Jones.
Most damaging, Rodgers was accused of sharing deranged conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.
Last month, CNN jJournalist Pamela Brown reported that Rodgers considered the shooting a government “inside job” that the media was intentionally ignoring.
He allegedly asked Brown if he thought it was strange that men dressed in black were in the woods near the school, falsely labeling them as government agents.
The network cited another source who claimed that Rodgers said years ago that “Sandy Hook never happened,” adding, “All those kids never existed.” They were all actors.
Following the explosive revelation, Rodgers denied ever believing the massacre did not take place.
‘As I have said on record in the past, what happened at Sandy Hook was an absolute tragedy. “I am not and have never been of the opinion that the events did not take place,” he said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter.
‘Once again, I hope we learn from this and other tragedies to identify the signs that will allow us to avoid unnecessary loss of life. “My thoughts and prayers continue to go out to the affected families along with the entire Sandy Hook community.”
The conspiracies bore a striking resemblance to claims pushed by serial fabulist Alex Jones, who was ordered to pay more than $1 billion to the grieving families of Sandy Hook victims after years of insisting that his murdered children They were “crisis actors.”