Rodgers returned to ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday for his weekly appearance and addressed comments he made the week before that appeared to suggest Kimmel’s name might appear on a list of associates of Jeffrey Epstein, a millionaire accused of sex trafficking involving underage victims before he died by suicide. “Any type of name calling is ridiculous and I’m not calling him (a pedophile), and neither should you,” Rodgers said on the show Tuesday.
Rodgers, the Jets quarterback, suggested during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show that Kimmel had a connection to Jeffrey Epstein, leading Kimmel to threaten legal action.
Jimmy Kimmel has responded to Aaron Rodgers‘ comments about the latenight host’s potential connection to the list of Jeffrey Epstein‘s associates. During an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, the New York Jets quarterback suggested that Kimmel was among those named on the Epstein list, saying, “There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hoping that doesn’t come out.” Kimmel took to X to dismiss Rodgers’ claim about his connection to Epstein, writing, “Dear Aasshole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any ‘list’ other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality. Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court.”