NFL star's fiance slams fake photo in media storm

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NFL prima Aaron Rodgers has been header quality successful the US the past week since quality blew up astir his vaccination status.

The reigning MVP missed the Packers' nonaccomplishment to the Chiefs connected the play aft investigating affirmative for COVID-19, and it was antecedently reported the backmost was successful quarantine astatine his location successful Green Bay hopeful of suiting up for his squad this Monday (AEDT) against Seattle.

However, rumours started circulating this greeting that Rodgers broke isolation rules and was spotted buying a cupful of java successful his autochthonal California. The Daily Mail published a photograph of a masked antheral with a java extracurricular a cafe, alleging it was Rodgers breaking quarantine.

That led to the star's histrion fiance, Shailene Woodley, to instrumentality to societal media, giving an ultra elaborate mentation to beryllium wherefore the antheral successful the photograph isn't Rodgers.

"Literally y'all request to calm the f--- down," Woodley wrote, with a screenshot from the Daily Mail piece.

"This is consecutive up HILARIOUS. News outlets inactive grasping astatine straws to disparage Aaron. Finding random f------ men connected the streets of L.A. and saying it's him."

Woodley delved deeper into wherefore the antheral successful the photograph could ne'er beryllium the Packers' awesome caller.

"I cognize Aaron's assemblage VERY well. First off, his feet, ahem and nary discourtesy to this rando dude, are a LOT bigger.

"Also, for those of america who cognize Aaron beyond the worlds of obsessed athletics and s----y media, it's nary concealed that helium has the hairiest hands connected the f------ planet. This oblivious homie, clearly, does not. (Go ahead, zoom in.)"

In addition, Woodley said Rodgers would "never" thrust the car the unnamed antheral was driving.

It was aboriginal confirmed that Rodgers was inactive successful Wisconsin, with ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio citing "a root with cognition of the situation" that helium was astatine his Green Bay location and was successful video connection with the team.

The Daily Mail has since deleted the java store allegations and the photos from its article.

Rodgers spoke connected 'The Pat McAfee Show' this morning, 4 days aft discussing connected the aforesaid outlet his reasons for avoiding a vaccine.

"I shared an sentiment that's polarising," Rodgers said. "I get it. And I misled immoderate radical astir my status, which I instrumentality afloat work of, those comments. But successful the end, I person to enactment existent to who I americium and what I'm about. I basal down the things that I said."

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