Aaron Rodgers. California native, but not a California guy.
The Green Bay Packers quarterback made an appearance on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, and pretty much ripped his home state to shreds.
Or at least California’s government officials.
He admitted:
“State’s going to shit but I’m hanging on.”
While on the podcast, he was very vocal about how he was against the strict lockdowns that forced a number of businesses to close their doors due to COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021:
“I grew up in a small town, very little cases up in Chico, California but all the small businesses? Fucking gone.”
He also responded to the new bill that has yet to be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, called AB 2098, that would punish doctors for spreading COVID-19 misinformation, according to the New York Post.
Rodgers added:
“Based on whose standard of misinformation?”
He then talked about how everybody should have their own opportunity to choose if they should get the COVID vaccine or not, instead of forcing it upon people:
“I think there’s a lot of people that believe that you should have your own decision-making on your own medical decisions. My thing is I have an issue with the hypocrisy in society in general and I know you do as well, but abortion has been a hot topic, right.
And especially after Roe v. Wade got overturned and sent back to the states, or whatever. I don’t believe the government should have any control over what we do with our bodies.
As much as I might lean more pro life, I don’t want the government to tell me I can’t smoke a cigar, I can’t have a drink of alcohol, I can’t choose my own medical decisions.
And if I’m a woman, don’t fucking tell me what to do. Like whether or not I agree with what you decide to do, who cares? And the government should not have a decision that infringes upon my own personal freedoms.”
Rodgers also made an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast fairly recently, and talked about the whole situation about him deciding to choose his own way of COVID immunization, instead of taking the COVID vaccine. He admitted that the NFL pretty much tried to terrify players into getting it, since it could result in them losing their chance to play.
Rodgers kicks off his 2022 season against the Minnesota Vikings today.
