Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers appeared on The Pat McAfee Show on March 4 and made a proclamation about his post-NFL life while discussing his mysterious wife, Brittani, and their shared desire for privacy.
“We’re not living a public life,” Rodgers, 42, said. “We’re not going to now, not in the future, not ever. When this is done, it’s Keyser Söze, and you won’t see me. You won’t see me. I’m not doing TV.”
On Friday, Rodgers appeared with Adam Schein on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio and doubled (tripled, quadrupled) down on his repeatedly expressed plan to vanish. The four-time NFL MVP stated in May that the imminent 2026 season will be his last.
“I’m hopefully going to be supporting my pregnant wife, because we’re going to start a family.”#Steelers future HoF QB @AaronRodgers12 tells @AdamSchein his plans for life after football ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/EjYYc9ymQN
— Mad Dog Sports Radio (@MadDogRadio) September 4, 2026
“Post-NFL career, I would love if you were still talking football,” Schein said. “I think we need it. Obviously, you’ve got a lot of different interests. You once were in the mix to host Jeopardy!, and you would’ve been great in terms of doing that. Have you thought about what you want to do after football? Have you thought about what you’re gonna be doing at this time next year?”
“I’m hopefully going to be supporting my pregnant wife because we’re going to start a family,” Rodgers said. “And I am not gonna be making a lot of appearances or statements. I’m looking forward to a life of quiet after 22 years in the pros and three in college. Getting my body healed up and working on a family.”
Rodgers explained that he’s “definitely excited” about the prospect of becoming a father and briefly mentioned his recent reconciliation with his estranged family.
“I’m having a lot of fun being Uncle Aaron,” Rodgers said. “I mean, I have a few godkids that I’m involved with, but being Uncle Aaron to my brother’s kids has been a lot of fun. The more I’m around them, the more I get excited — and so does the wife — about having some of our own.”
Rodgers looks forward to “sleepless nights, crying babies, and changing diapers,” he said. He and his wife aren’t expecting yet, but he’s hoping to “have a pregnant by next [year], this time.”
While many people don’t buy it, Rodgers seems pretty adamant about disappearing from the mediasphere after his swan-song season in Pittsburgh. Time will tell whether he beats those “desperate for attention” allegations and actually follows through on exiting the public eye. Until then, the media will exhaust Rodgers coverage this season.
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