Aaron Rodgers doubles down on Jimmy Kimmel-Jeffrey Epstein comments

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Aaron Rodgers is once again clearing the air following the backlash of his comments linking Jimmy Kimmel to late billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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The New York Jets quarterback appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience on Wednesday where Rogan asked why he even suggested Kimmel would be one of the names mentioned among Epstein associates allegedly involved in the sex-trafficking ring.

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Rodgers explained Kimmel had previously mocked him after the QB joked on The Pat McAfee Show that reports of UFOs could serve as a distraction for the then-upcoming release of a list of rich and powerful names.

“He had gone on his show and called me a tinfoil-hat-wearing doofus who is talking about the … I thought he had said that I was an idiot for even thinking that there’s a list out there,” Rodgers said.

It was actually Rodgers’ former teammate A.J. Hawk who brought up the Epstein list on another episode of McAfee’s show.

“It’s supposed to be coming out soon,” Rodgers said of the list, adding, “There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, that are really hoping that doesn’t come out.”

Rogan confirmed, “So when you were saying that he doesn’t want that list to come out, you weren’t saying that he was on that list?”

Rodgers clarified emphatically, “No!”

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Rodgers was slammed for the Kimmel comment, which even Rogan admitted he also viewed the clip and took it out of context.

“Nobody watched the f***ing clip, that’s why,” Rodgers said.

“They just saw a headline and (were like), ‘Oh it’s the anti-vax guy again, let’s hammer him.’”

Rodgers elaborated: “I said this when I went back on [McAfee’s] show. That’s a big f***ing accusation that I wouldn’t make. I said, ‘Jimmy, I’m glad you’re not on the list.’”

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The NFL-er suggested the late-night host maintain that “same energy” he had with his Epstein comments for people who were skeptical of the COVID-19 vaccine.

“All I’m asking is, let’s have the same energy for you talking about the vax — and people, if you’re not vaxed, being left to die — about these people on the list, because it’s f***ed up,” Rodgers said.

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“What goes on at the top (of society), and why people were going to Epstein’s island, and all the conspiracies about whether he was Mossad, and Ghislaine (Maxwell) and her father, and all the weird connections,” he continued.

“I’m for all corruptions on all sides being taken down. I don’t give a f*** if you’re on the left side, the right side, whatever.”

Rodgers agreed with Rogan’s follow-up comment, that Epstein’s island was an “intelligence operation” where they were compromising powerful figures and “they could use that to control all sorts of narratives and make all sorts of decisions.”

Rodgers revealed that he was approached to appear on Kimmel’s show last summer but, as of now, he said he wants to have a “side conversation” with the host before they take any sit-down on the air.

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