Shailene Woodley responds to Aaron Rodgers' claims she wanted to sleep with someone else before marriage
Actress Shailene Woodley had a very telling reaction when quizzed about bombshell comments from her ex-fiancé, NFL star Aaron Rodgers.
Speaking to the Not Just Football podcast on YouTube, Rodgers, 42, claimed Woodley had asked to sleep with someone else after they got engaged - though he didn't say who.
“She said yes. … A couple days after that she tells me, ‘Before we get married I gotta go **** this guy'," he told the podcast.
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Rodgers went on to say that his engagement to Woodley, who is known for her roles in the Divergent film series and The Fault in Our Stars, would not last long as she 'took off the ring' in March 2021, four months after he proposed.
Now, Woodley has been asked about the interaction, giving a reaction that speaks volumes.
Shailene Woodley's response to the question about her ex
Woodley had been going to a fundraiser before the Emmys on Sunday (13 September) when she was questioned by a reporter about Rodgers' comments on the podcast.
“Any comment about Aaron Rodgers?” the reporter asked in a video shared by TMZ.
Woodley heard the question, stopping dead before turning to where the voice was, laughing.
You can see her reaction below:
Rodgers did not hold back in the podcast interview, speaking about his past relationships, including Woodley, saying: “Her story is that I ruined her life and gave her a crazy depression because I left her.
“We had a couple of times where we tried to, you know, get reunited, and nothing ever happened.”
Describing the engagement, he said: “I propose, and she says yes. She maybe felt like she was forced to make a decision. She could have said no.
"She literally told me, 'I don't want to be with you' after we tried to have some sort of reconciliation in 2021.
"There's a lot of narratives out there that are just not true."
'I lost my soul, my self, my happiness, my joy'
For her part, Woodley has previously spoken about the relationship and the separation in an interview with Outside, where she described it as 'traumatic'.
“I felt like I lost my soul, my self, my happiness, my joy,” she said. “I really understood depression and anxiety and, like, complete soul detachment.”
Woodley recently took home the award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series at the primetime Emmys for her performance in Paradise.
Accepting the award at the ceremony, Woodley thanked her mum, and told the assembled audience: "I just feel so lucky to do what we do and be part of the circus with all of you amazing, travelling storytelling clowns. I love it."
She added: "Thank you so much, this is such an honour and I just really love doing our art. Thank god for artists."
Some of Rodgers' comments on Not Just Football directly contradict what we previously thought about the couple's relationship.
A timeline of Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers' tumultuous relationship
July 2020
Rodgers splits from his girlfriend of four years Danica Patrick during the Covid-19 pandemic. Shortly afterwards, he begins dating Woodley.
December 2020
Rodgers proposes - this doesn't become public knowledge until later.
January 2021
Rodgers thanks 'my fiancée' while accepting that year's Most Valuable Player award.
February 2021
Woodley tells Jimmy Fallon she and Rodgers have been engaged for 'a while'. She adds: "He’s, first off, just a wonderful, incredible human being. But I never thought I’d be engaged with somebody who threw balls for a living."
March 2021
Though Rodgers would later claim this is when Woodley removed her engagement ring, the couple are spotted out in public together several times looking affectionate.
May 2021
Woodley and Rodgers go on a joint vacation with Miles Teller and his wife Sperry.
January 2022
After Rodgers slammed then-president Joe Biden in an ESPN interview, sources told People the couple had decided to 'agree to disagree' on politics, with Woodley previously supporting Bernie Sanders.
February 2022
Sources tell People the pair have split 'amicably', but shortly after, Rodgers says of Woodley on Instagram: "Thanks for always having my back, for the incredible kindness you show me and everyone you meet, and for showing me what unconditional love looks like. I love you and am grateful for you."
The couple are later spotted in public together on multiple occasions.
Despite this, Rodgers later says on the Not Just Football podcast: "There wasn't even a relationship in '22 to break off."
April 2022
A source tells People the couple have split again.
December 2024
Woodley says in an interview with Outside magazine: "I haven't shared much about my relationship with Aaron because it always makes me cry.
"It was not right. But it was beautiful."
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Kit Roberts