Everyone Aaron Rodgers has dated since 2017 after he admitted to being 'emotionally unavailable'
Aaron Rodgers has been causing quite a stir over the past couple of weeks and it isn't because of his performances on the pitch.
The Pittsburgh Steelers quarter-back has quite the dating history but it seems as if his heart wasn't truly in it for much of the past decade, as he admitted that he met his future wife in 2017 and that his biggest regret wasn't asking her to stay when they first met.
Little is known about his current wife, other than that she's reportedly called Brittani, but he has an illustrious list of ex-girlfriends which is almost comparable with Pete Davidson.
But the former partner who has helped thrust Rodgers into the wider media spotlight in recent weeks is Divergent actress Shailene Woodley, after he suggested that she asked him to sleep with another man shortly after he proposed to her in December 2020.
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Rodgers, 42, spoke to the Not Just Football podcast on YouTube where he spent some time reflecting on his engagement to Woodley.
He said: “She said yes. … A couple days after that she tells me, ‘Before we get married I gotta go **** this guy'.”
Later in the interview, he dropped the bombshell claim that he hadn't really been invested in any relationships after meeting Brittani back in 2017, which hasn't exactly been music to the ears of his exes.
He said of his now-wife: "At the time, she was leaving the states and going back to Europe. My biggest regret is not begging her to stay or just like proposing right there."
Rodgers went on to say that he was 'emotionally unavailable, I think, for those seven or eight years because I met the person that had changed my life'.
"And after that, I just poured everything I had into football, and I think I got a lot out of that for sure, but I knew I was supposed to be with this one person, but we were separated by an ocean for a lot of it," the 42-year-old went on.
So, who are the lucky women to have dated Rodgers during that period you might be wondering? Fear not, because we've got them all here.
Danica Patrick
Rodgers and race car driver Danica Patrick were first linked in 2018 and it wasn't long after that when Rodgers confirmed that the two athletes were officially an item.
“We’re just two people who enjoy being around each other and love each other. We’re really into each other … we’re really attracted to each other … we really enjoy traveling … She’s up for anything travel-wise, which is fun. She’s a good travel partner because she’s so laid-back and low-maintenance. And she’s a hell of a cook, so we love just staying in, too. She eats really healthy. She’s inspired me in that way,” he told Artful Living in October 2018.
The pair even bought a house together in 2019 but they called it quits in the early months of 2020 after less than two years together.
Shailene Woodley
It wasn't long after Woodley and Rodgers were rumoured to be dating that we got news of an engagement, but it seems as if neither party was ready to get married.
Of course, we have Rodgers' recent admission, which is perhaps par for the course given the sort of swapping that goes on in some celebrity relationships these days, but he clearly didn't take the news well.
Speaking on Jimmy Fallon at the time, Woodley said: “Yes, we are engaged. We are engaged. But for us, it’s not new news, you know. So it’s kind of funny. Everybody right now is freaking out over it, and we’re like, ‘Yeah, we’ve been engaged for a while!"
However, it seems as if they didn't see eye-to-eye on a number of things including politics and the former president's approach to the Covid vaccine, and the engagement was officially called off in April 2022.
Mallory Edens
In January 2023, Rodgers was confirmed to be dating long-time friend and model Mallory Edens, but again it seems as if the pair had different ideas about their relationship status.
An insider told People at the time: “It’s more than friends, but it’s casual. Nothing serious at all. He’s not looking to rush into anything. It’s low-key for now.”
This was perhaps understandable given his previous engagement had been called off less than a year prior, but Edens clearly felt otherwise, given her recent comments in response to Rodgers' podcast appearance.
On Instagram, she wrote: "My ex is currently on a press tour talking about how he never loved anyone he dated after 2017. Unfortunately for him, I am also on a press tour, for a movie inspired by how down bad I was. Really exciting time for competing narratives!!"
It's unclear when the two officially split up.
Brittani
Unlike his exes, which also include actress Olivia Munn, Rodgers' wife Brittani isn't a recognisable name and has no social media.
In fact, it was only when he appeared at a press conference in June 2025 wearing a wedding ring that people clocked onto the fact that he might be married, as he confirmed that the couple had eloped a few months prior.
“We eloped. It was quick, but I had a little something set up when I was over there, a surprise for her, but that’s about all I’m going to say about that,” he said on the podcast.
He's since suggested that his wife is pregnant but it seems as if he's planning on keeping her identity private for now, and perhaps it's a good thing that he's ended up with the woman who clearly stole his heart back in 2017.
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James Moorhouse