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Why The Office star Brian Baumgartner is defending Aaron Rodgers amid controversies over vaccine and more

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The Office actor Brian Baumgartner came to the defense of his friend Aaron Rodgers in a new interview. Photographed in 2013 in Los Angeles.

The Office actor Brian Baumgartner came to the defense of his friend Aaron Rodgers in a new interview.

“He has a big heart and is very loving,” says Baumgartner, 52. said Us weekly Rodgers Thursday. “I’m proud to say he’s a friend.”

Baumgartner has been friends with the four-time NFL MVP since the summer of 2008, when the two crossed paths in Lake Tahoe, California, at an American Century Championship golf tournament.

The Atlanta-born actor, who played the role of Kevin Malone on the NBC hit for nine seasons, then welcomed Rodgers, 41, to his 2014 wedding to Celeste Ackelson, 42.

“He has a tremendous heart… he really does,” said Baumgartner, who won a pair of Daytime Emmy Awards in 2007 for his performances in The Office webisodes. Us weekly Rodgers Thursday.

Baumgartner, speaking with the magazine, said the public has an inaccurate perception of the quarterback over past controversies, including his anti-vaccine views and his bias toward conspiracy theories.

The Office actor Brian Baumgartner came to the defense of his friend Aaron Rodgers in a new interview. Photographed in 2013 in Los Angeles.

Baumgartner said of Rodgers (pictured earlier this month in New Jersey):

Baumgartner said of Rodgers (pictured earlier this month in New Jersey): “The way he’s misunderstood, I think people tend to think of him as a disaffected or unhappy person.” He’s not that.’

Baumgartner said of Rodgers: “The way he is misunderstood, I think people tend to think of him as a disaffected or unhappy person.” He is not that’

Rodgers, a native of Chico, California, was a four-time NFL MVP as the Green Bay Packers’ starting quarterback for 15 years, winning the Super Bowl in 2011.

He recently concluded his first full season with the New York Jets, with the team going 5-12.

Baumgartner noted that Rodgers saved the best for last on the field, as he was present at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Jan. 5, to see Rodgers lead the Jets to a 32-20 victory over the Miami Dolphins with four touchdown passes.

Baumgartner said he didn’t “know what (Rodgers) was going to do” in his on-field career, but feels the game earlier this month showed he can still put together elite performances.

“I’ll tell you, that last game against the Dolphins was a lot of fun to watch,” Baumgartner said. “I don’t know if ‘back’ is the right word, but it was fun to see him play at such a high level: enjoying it, making all the shots, fighting.

‘I’m not going to make excuses. He doesn’t need me to do that for him. But it was very clear that he was injured at the beginning of the year. “I wish we could have seen a healthier Aaron Rodgers during the first part of the season before things slipped away.”

Baumgartner said he hopes to see Rodgers continue his NFL career: “If he doesn’t play anymore, the league won’t be as fun.” I would certainly love to see him play more. “I don’t know if it will happen or where it might happen.”

The Atlanta-born actor played the role of Kevin Malone on The Office for nine seasons, photographed in 2020 in Pomona, California.

The Atlanta-born actor played the role of Kevin Malone on The Office for nine seasons, photographed in 2020 in Pomona, California.

Rodgers left the possibility of returning for a 21st season in the league, with the Jets or elsewhere, while appearing on The Pat McAfee Show on Thursday.

“I think everyone understands that it’s all going to depend on the (Jets) general manager, the coach and myself, and whether we all want to dance together, or whether it’s not in the cards,” Rodgers said.

Rodgers said how the Jets staff their top positions — the team fired general manager Joe Douglas and head coach Robert Saleh during the disappointing season — will go a long way toward determining whether he will return for another year with the franchise.

“As far as my own decision, I told them it would take a while,” Rodgers said. “They haven’t even made a decision on the general manager or the coach yet.

“Once that happens, it will take us to the next step, which is a conversation, I guess, with whoever that individual is.”

Rodgers left the possibility of returning for a 21st season in the league, with the Jets or elsewhere, while appearing on The Pat McAfee Show on Thursday. Pictured on January 5

Rodgers left the possibility of returning for a 21st season in the league, with the Jets or elsewhere, while appearing on The Pat McAfee Show on Thursday. Pictured on January 5

Rodgers says he's looking forward to watching another famous friend, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., spar with politicians who might try to question him at his upcoming confirmation hearing for his leadership role at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Rodgers says he’s looking forward to watching another famous friend, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., spar with politicians who might try to question him at his upcoming confirmation hearing for his leadership role at the Department of Health and Human Services.

On Thursday’s show, Rodgers said he was looking forward to watching another famous friend, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Department of Health and Human Services, spar with politicians who might try to question him. his next confirmation hearing.

“For example, someone trying to chase him down and seeing him wipe the floor with any of these senators,” Rodgers said. ‘You better come prepared, senators, come prepared and try to see if you can fool my boy Bobby, because Bobby is fucking smart, man.

“And no note, improvised, can handle his quite well, I’m so excited for him to do it…and honestly, everyone should.”

Rodgers said of Kennedy’s public service aspirations: “He just wants to make sure that everything that is given to our children is safe, that everything that we ingest on a day-to-day basis is safe, and he’s going to ‘make it America ‘Healthy Again’ or Die Trying.

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