Jimmy Kimmel goes off on Aaron Rodgers in new monologue
Aaron Rodgers might not want to continue to pick a fight with Jimmy Kimmel, a comedian who makes millions from mockery and sarcasm.
The feud between Rodgers and Kimmel, the host of his own ABC late-night show, continued into a second week as Kimmel opened his Monday night monologue addressing Rodgers’ recent comments connecting Kimmel to late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein last week on The Pat McAfee Show. While Rodgers declined to talk about his fuss with Kimmel during a Monday press conference, he teased his appearance Tuesday on Pat McAfee as to when he’ll address the situation.
Comedian noted his name wasn’t on the Epstein list
In fact, Jimmy Kimmel used a lot of words on Aaron Rodgers during his monologue for his first show back from the holidays.
“Did you hear this story about me and Aaron Rodgers, the former quarterback for the Packers?” Kimmel said. “All right, so, what happened is he’s a Jets quarterback now. He went on a show on ESPN, The Pat McAfee Show, and out of the blue insinuated that I was nervous because the Jeffrey Epstein list was coming out. He said I was hoping it wouldn’t, and that he was going to pop a bottle of something to celebrate when he did.
“And then it did come out and of course my name wasn’t on it and isn’t on it and won’t ever be on,” Kimmel said. “I don’t know Jeffrey Epstein, I’ve never met Jeffrey Epstein, I’m not on the list, I wasn’t on a plane or an island or anything ever and I suggested that if Aaron wanted to make false and very damaging statements like that that we should do it in court so he could share his proof with like a judge. Because, you know, when you hear a guy who won a Super Bowl and did all the State Farm commercials say something like this, a lot of people believe it.”
Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Aaron Rodgers has very high opinion of himself’
Kimmel didn’t stop there.
“And I know this because I hear from these people often. My wife hears from them. My kids hear from them. (And) my poor mailman hears from these people,” Kimmel added. “And now we’re hearing from lots more of them, thanks to Aaron Rodgers, who I guess believes one of two things. Either he actually believes my name was gonna be on Epstein’s list, which is insane. Or the more likely scenario is he doesn’t actually believe that, he just said it because he’s mad at me for making fun of his top knot and his lies about being vaccinated. He’s particularly upset I think because I made fun of the fact that he floated this wacko idea that the UFO sightings that were in the news in February were being reported to distract us from the Epstein list. That was Aaron’s theory that he said, and I mocked [him].”
And there’s more, far more. Jimmy Kimmel surmised that Aaron Rodgers made the random comment about the comedian to retaliate after Kimmel mocked him, on air, almost a year ago. That was when Rodgers suggested that the UFO sitings that were making news were planned to distract from the Epstein files.
“So he saw that and maybe to retaliate, he decided to insinuate that I am a pedophile,” Kimmel said. “This is how these nuts do it now. You don’t like Trump, you’re a pedophile. It’s their go-to move, and it shows you how much they actually care about pedophilia.
“But here’s the thing, I spent years doing sports. I’ve seen guys like him before. Aaron Rodgers has a very high opinion of himself. Because he had success on a football field, he believes himself to be an extraordinary being. He genuinely thinks that because God gave him the ability to throw a ball, he’s smarter than everybody else. The idea that his brain is just average is unfathomable to him. We learned during COVID somehow he knows more about science than scientists.”
ESPN, Pat McAfee apologized for Rodgers initial comments
There was far more to the Jimmy Kimmel monologue and his opinion of Aaron Rodgers. You can check out the video above or read parts of the transcript here
McAfee apologized for Rodgers, as did ESPN. Kimmel said he’d accept an “I’m sorry” from Rodgers, but doesn’t believe he’ll receive one.