Aaron Rodgers’ love life has taken him from Hollywood romances and a broken engagement to a secret wedding years in the making.
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After high-profile romances with Olivia Munn, Danica Patrick and Shailene Woodley, the NFL star ultimately found his way back to the woman he says he regretted letting go years earlier.
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The now 42-year-old football star's dating life began drawing celebrity-media attention in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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Actress Jessica Szohr was among his earliest well-documented Hollywood connections, but his relationships became substantially more public once he began dating Munn in 2014.
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The "Gossip Girl" star and Rodgers had an on-and-off relationship in the early 2010s.
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Szohr and the quarterback were first linked in 2011, after being spotted publicly together.
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The former couple initially ended things because of their busy schedules.
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The two reportedly rekindled their relationship in 2014 before calling it quits again.
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Their romance preceded Rodgers’ more heavily publicized relationships, and the pair appeared to remain on friendly terms afterward.
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While there aren't many public details about the couple's rumored relationship, People reported Szohr later attended Rodgers’ birthday party in 2017.
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Rodgers met Olivia Munn while presenting the Song of the Year award at the ACM Awards in 2014.
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Their relationship quickly became one of his most high-profile romances.
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While both had busy schedules, Munn explained how the two made it work.
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"There’s a lot of traveling, a lot of driving, and then you’re just really happy with the decisions that you make.
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And for me, it comes at a time in my life when I end up having to say no to some work because I gotta be somewhere else.
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It doesn’t make me sad or anything, because I want my life to be full and have all those experiences, so you kind of figure it out as you go," she told E! News in 2014.
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Engagement rumors between the two began to surface in 2016 and Munn even stepped out with a ruby on her ring finger.
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However, the two called it quits just a few months later.
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"When you are living out a relationship in the public eye, it’s definitely … it’s difficult.
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It has some extra constraints, because you have other opinions about your relationship, how it affects your work and, you know, just some inappropriate connections," Rodgers told ESPN shortly after the breakup.
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During their relationship, it became public that Rodgers was estranged from his family, and many of his fans blamed Munn for the rift.
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"There's this whole big narrative that stayed with me for so many years, but there was just this dynamic in the family that had nothing to do with me.
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It became this whole big thing, and people were like, "I can't with her, she's keeping this family apart,'" Munn said during a 2025 appearance on the "Armchair Expert" podcast.
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In Ian O'Connor’s 2024 biography "Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers," Rodgers shared that the cause of the schism was "deep-rooted."
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He also clarified that Munn "had nothing to do all the years" of prior estrangement.
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Rodgers traded Hollywood glamour for racing royalty when he began dating Danica Patrick.
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The former IndyCar and NASCAR star confirmed their romance in January 2018, years after the two had initially crossed paths at the ESPYs.
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The two had actually kept in touch via email before sparks flew.
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"We kept in touch a little bit, and there were some years we didn’t talk to each other, and then some every now and again, but it wasn’t until obviously recently that we actually had phone numbers.
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We referred to each other as Chicago and Green Bay – it was very cute," Patrick told Jenny McCarthy on her SiriusXM show.
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The relationship quickly became serious and highly visible, with the pair making public appearances and Rodgers openly discussing their life together.
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"We’re just two people who enjoy being around each other and love each other," he told Artful Living in 2018.
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"We’re really into each other … we’re really attracted to each other … we really enjoy traveling …
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She’s up for anything travel-wise, which is fun.
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She’s a good travel partner because she’s so laid-back and low-maintenance.
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And she’s a hell of a cook, so we love just staying in, too.
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She eats really healthy.
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She’s inspired me in that way.
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But there would be no trip down the aisle: after more than two years as a couple, Patrick's representative confirmed their split in July 2020.
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In a 2025 appearance on "The Sage Steele Show," Patrick spoke about her time with Rodgers, claiming that "the nature of the relationship was emotionally abusive."
"He leaves a trail of blood," she said, later adding, "It gave me the greatest gift, the greatest gift, which is myself.
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