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Aaron Rodgers off of ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ for rest of season

Even Pat McAfee has had enough of the Aaron Rodgers drama.

The ESPN host announced at the start of “The Pat McAfee Show” on Wednesday that the Jets quarterback has made his final appearance of the season.

“There will be a lot of people who are happy with that, myself included to be honest with you,” McAfee said. “The way it ended, it got really loud. I am happy that he’s not going to be in my mentions going forward, which is great news.”

Rodgers was originally scheduled to appear throughout the playoffs, The Post’s Andrew Marchand reported.

Wednesday evening, McAfee posted on X, formerly Twitter, saying the end of the segment was planned and that he hopes Rodgers will return in the future.

“Our fans know that ART [Rodgers’ segment] ends shortly after Aaron’s team’s season ends.. that’s how it’s been. He’ll make random surprise welcomed pop ins during big events or offseason adventures but, it’s always been a season thing. I never said he’ll never be on the show again. I hope he chooses to still chat with us.”

Last year, Rodgers was on every week in January after the regular season and even appeared the Tuesday after the Super Bowl and beyond before leaving for his darkness retreat at the end of February.

Rodgers’ fourth season as a guest of the show ends amid a feud with Jimmy Kimmel after suggesting the ABC late-night host could be on a list of Jeffrey Epstein associates.

Rodgers’ final appearance came Tuesday, and he spent most of it discussing the Kimmel feud and his controversial thoughts on COVID.

McAfee has remained loyal to Rodgers throughout the drama.

Pat McAfee announced Aaron Rodgers has done his last interview of season.
Pat McAfee announced Aaron Rodgers has done his last interview of season. Pat McAfee Show/YouTube

“Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Famer, a four-time MVP, a massive piece of the NFL story whenever you go back and tell it he will be a huge part of it,” McAfee said. “We are very lucky to get the chance to chat with him and learn from him. Some of his thoughts and opinions do piss off a lot of people.

“I am pumped that will no longer be every single Wednesday of my life, which it has been the past few weeks. On Friday, obviously, I threw us into the fire as well. Forever, stand by that. Everything else, though, just can’t do that and not what we want to be known for.”

Friday is when McAfee called ESPN executive Norby Williamson “a rat” and accused him of sabotaging the show after The Post published a story featuring the show’s struggling ratings.

“I am never going to act like people are out to get people, but throughout my life there has definitely been a lot of people who have wanted to see me not do good because I am an uber-confident human being,” McAfee said Wednesday. “I’m loud, and if I think you’re trying to hold me and my guys back, I am an a–hole.”

Rodgers, who gets paid seven figures a season to appear with McAfee, ignited the firestorm last week after he referenced Kimmel’s name when discussing court documents containing a list of individuals with ties to the convicted pedophile.

“There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, who are really hoping that doesn’t come out,” Rodgers said at the time.

The former Packers quarterback said Monday during his year-end availability for the Jets he would address the matter Tuesday.

“I’m going to talk about it tomorrow on the show. Tune in,” Rodgers said.

Aaron Rodgers during his appearance on Jan. 9, 2024.
Aaron Rodgers during his appearance on Jan. 9, 2024. ESPN

Kimmel, whose beef with Rodgers dates back to 2021, added during Monday’s monologue that he would accept an apology from the Jets star but wasn’t holding his breath.

“When I do get something wrong, which happens on rare occasions, you know what I do? I apologize,” Kimmel said. “Which is what Aaron Rodgers should do, which is what a decent person would do. But I bet he won’t. If he does, you know what I’ll do?

“I’ll accept his apology and move on. But he probably won’t do that. My guess is he won’t apologize.”