Aaron Rodgers has fired back at Mike Foss after the ESPN chief described his controversial comment about Jimmy Kimmel last week as “stupid and factually incorrect.”
During one of his weekly appearances Tuesday on the Pat McAfee Show, the New York Jets quarterback sparked outrage when he appeared to suggest Kimmel would be among the names on Jeffrey Epstein’s list of alleged associates.
The comedian initially hit back by threatening legal action in an angry post on X, but on Monday night he targeted ‘hamster brain’ Rodgers as he called for an apology in a blistering attack on his latest show.
Kimmel said, “When I do something wrong, which rarely happens, you know what I do? “I apologize, and that’s what Aaron Rodgers should do.”
ESPN quickly distanced itself from Rodgers’ on-air comments about Kimmel and Epstein, quoting Foss as saying: “Aaron made a stupid and factually incorrect joke about Jimmy Kimmel. It should never have happened. We all realized that at that moment.’
Aaron Rodgers has fired back at Mike Foss (right) after the ESPN chief described his controversial comment about Jimmy Kimmel as ‘stupid and factually incorrect’
Rodgers sparked controversy last week by suggesting Kimmel will be among the names on Jeffrey Epstein’s list of alleged associates
Kimmel launched a blistering attack on the footballer with the ‘hamster brain’ on Monday
The comedian ruled out any possibility of a link to Epstein (pictured) as he demanded an apology from Rodgers
However, on his return to The Pat McAfee Show this week, Rodgers refused to give Kimmel the apology he demanded – and instead highlighted the television host’s frequent jokes about his high price over the years – while also lashing out at Foss for he ‘didn’t help’. the situation.
“I’d like to put this aside and move on, but I don’t understand Mike Foss’ comment – because it wasn’t helpful either,” he told a giggling McAfee and co-host AJ Hawk.
“And I’m going to quote Mike Foss… he said, ‘Aaron made a stupid and factually incorrect joke about Jimmy Kimmel. It should never have happened, we all realized that at that moment.’
“Mike, you’re not helping. You’re not helping because I just read exactly what I said.”
The four-time NFL MVP then blamed the media’s “cancel” culture for the outrage over his comments, adding, “This is the media’s game plan.” This is what they do, they try to cancel – and it’s not just me. It’s not just me.’
Rodgers also clarified the original comments he made about Kimmel on McAfee’s show, denying that he was suggesting the 56-year-old be named as one of Epstein’s associates.
Instead, he claimed that his comment was merely a response to the fact that Kimmel may have been given an “L” after a previous argument they had over the Epstein scandal.
Last year, Kimmel poked fun at “Wack Pack” Rodgers after the football star claimed UFOs were a distraction for the government during last year’s Epstein scandal.
But Rodgers refused to back down and denied suggesting Kimmel be named on the list while also taking aim at Foss.
“We said, there is excitement to expose corruption,” Rodgers continued. “And what I joked about the other day when I popped open a bottle: there’s an excitement when corruption anywhere is exposed, and people accused of these heinous crimes are exposed – that would be nice, that we could do this can make it all public.
“So I made this comment on the show last year, I believe. And then he comes out unprompted and says I’m an overly concussed lunatic, which to me seemed like (it was) because I believed there was a list and there were names on it.
“So we fast forward to this past week and I said a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, are really hoping that this doesn’t come to pass. End quote, that’s what I said. I was referring to the fact that if there was a list, and there were names on it, this would be the second time that a soft-brained, junior college student, wacko, anti-vax, anti-Semite, spreader of disinformation , The conspiracy theorist – whatever else has been said by him and the media – has been right twice.
‘I completely understand how serious an allegation of pedophilia would be… so if he was angry about that, I understand.
“I’m not stupid enough to accuse you of that without any evidence, without any concrete evidence,” he continued. ‘That is ridiculous. I’m glad, and I think we can agree on something, which is that 1: these crimes are heinous and 2: I’m glad you’re not on the list.”