Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel briefly discussed the “tumultuous” week he has had with New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers following a non-apology the football player gave Tuesday.
The latest chapter in the feud between Rodgers and Kimmel started on Jan. 3 when Rodgers joked that Kimmel was nervous about the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s list, prompting Kimmel to threaten legal action against Rodgers. Since then, Kimmel joked about the situation for a notable duration of his show on Monday night, briefly touching on the subject again during Tuesday’s episode.
“Things have settled down,” Kimmel said on Tuesday. “We had a tumultuous week butting heads with delusional people. I was actually watching people actually play football last night.”
Kimmel’s most recent remark about the feud between him and Rodgers comes after former NFL reporter Michele Tafoya shared her thoughts on the situation, siding with Rodgers and describing the feud as “the culture issue at its core.”
“Kimmel thinks that because he and Rodgers disagree about stuff, that he is smarter than Rodgers and that Rodgers is somehow dumb because he went to community college for two years,” Tafoya wrote. “I know a lot of athletes who do that to get a chance to play so they can move on. To make that connection is just so snobbish. And to suggest that Rodgers is stupid because he didn’t graduate Cal? Hey, I did graduate Cal, and I sent my diploma back because that university’s disappointed me so much.”
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On Tuesday, Rodgers explained his initial statement on The Pat McAfee Show, during which he denied ever accusing Kimmel of being on Epstein’s island and said he is “not stupid enough” to make that accusation. He added he is glad Kimmel was not on Epstein’s list and that those who are ought to receive an inquiry.
Pat McAfee, the host of the ESPN show, had initially explained on Jan. 3 that Rodgers merely wanted to “talk s***” and was not serious about his statement. Kimmel rejected McAfee’s statement, saying what Rodgers said was not “trash talk.”