“Aaron Rodgers should apologize…you don’t joke about that” on Pat McAfee Show Kimmel controversy

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I want to go I want to address rather a story that hits home but not for reasons you think it involves Mr Pat McAfee my colleague at ESPN quite honestly friend I think he’s a good dude um you know black white relations you know a lot of times people you know

They fake the funk and all of that other stuff and you get along with some people you don’t get along with others and all of that stuff you’re different and all of this you know content of Character Matters Most and what I like about Pat McAfee so

Much noise came in his Direction when he first arrived at Disney and people were making L of noise about what he was worth and all of this other stuff not seeing the big picture and the big picture was that he had his own brand he

Had his own show that he ran that he created that he developed and you simply bought his product not employed him which a lot of businesses are doing in this day and age that’s why you see people with podcast why you see people trying to develop podcast networks while you see people

Trying to sell it off to the highest bid and stuff like that so they can generate money and stuff like that y’all don’t bring up Bill Simmons Spotify bought him for $250 million the ringer it was genius what Bill Simmons did don’t hate emulate so there’s no Shade that’s being

Being thrown on anybody but what I wanted to get to about Pat McAfee Pat mcafe is a real one y’all For Better or Worse whether you like him or not he’s a real one I love him because he’s not about whatever he says to you he’ll

Tell you to your face he ain’t shy he ain’t scared he stands on his and I respect that I really really do but his show got itself in a touch of contr Ry because Aaron roders came on the show and if y’all remember that whole controversy several years ago involving

Uh Hollywood producing Mogul Mr Jeffrey Epstein who’s now deceased after committing suicide in jail years ago uh knowing that he was gonna probably spend the rest of his life in prison uh because of sexual sexually assaulting numerous women um and Lord knows what else he’s done well for years there’s been reports

And people have wanted people have been pursuing the courts because they want a list of people that Jeffrey ERS may have been associated with because somehow some way it may incriminate them in some capacity long story short Aaron roders goes on Pat McAfee’s show weekly by the way and on this particular

Situation in this particular situation which was yesterday he basically talked about how you know Jimmy Kimmel the great Jimmy Kimmel late night host Jimmy Kimmel was wasn’t looking forward to the list and I’m trying to look for the quote right in front of me I had it

Right in front of me so I apologize if I don’t have it at this particular moment I’m trying to find that but essentially Aaron Rogers said something to be quite honest that he should not have said and before I go any further into this particular topic let me first let

You all hear Pat McAfee a day later responding to the whole brewhaha Aaron Rogers appearance on his show and his words about Jimmy Kimmel may have created take a listen to this but I can see exactly why Jimmy Kimmel felt the way he felt especially with his

Position but I think Aaron was just trying to talk now did it go too far I know a lot of people uh Jimmy Kimel certainly said that was the case we and I immediately pwn it happening trying to be like you know but that is Aaron and Jimmy they’ve been uh jousting

A bit I don’t know you know so like we obviously don’t like the fact that we’re associated with anything negative ever we like our show to be an uplifting one a happy one a fun one but it’s because we talk and try to make light of everything some things obviously people

Get very pissed off about especially when they’re that serious allegations so we apologize for being a part of it can’t wait to hear what Aaron has to say about it hopefully those two will just be able to settle this first things first I can applaud Pat McAfee for

Apologizing but let me be the first to say he didn’t need to he didn’t do anything wrong it’s his show the show is live he didn’t know what Aaron roders was going to say so let’s get that out the way number two um it’s it’s appropriate and important that

We display Jimmy Kimmel’s response because he responded pretty strongly on X formerly known as Twitter by stating that quote he has never had any contact whatsoever with Epstein um and he went into it further calling Rogers and others who believe otherwise soft brain wagos and actually warned Aaron Rogers about potential legal action

Jimmy Kimmel goes on to say your Reckless words put my family in danger keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court Jimmy Kim Kimmel is a comedian he’s a funny man he’s exceptional at what he does I admire him um I once subbed for him on his show in

August of 2021 one of the proudest moments of my career and I do Feel Like Pat McAfee hit the nail on the head when he said that Aaron Rodgers was just taking a dig at him he was joking around he wasn’t necessarily serious about such a thing because obviously him

And Jimmy Kimmel have had a back and forth because kibble has said things about Aaron roders in the past purportedly but let me say this to Aaron Rogers Jeffrey Epstein ain’t there’s nothing to joke about I love Aaron Rogers everybody knows that’s he’s a bad man you know

Me but Aaron Rogers should apologize plain and simple just uncomplicate the situation by saying even if you don’t like Jimmy Kimmel say that too look I don’t like him okay and I was taking a dig at him but clearly that went too far I crossed the line and that is not something I

Should be saying about any human being uh who’s not guilty of such a thing period that’s it see in this world we got people that’s scared to apologize if you’re wrong because it incriminates you somehow some way to be exposing yourself for being wrong damn all that we’re human beings

First if I said something egregiously wrong about somebody and they point out factually that I’m wrong I’d apologize in this particular situation I don’t have to I don’t have to know the facts the fact that I don’t know the facts period would have been enough for me not

To even other such a thing and that’s certainly not something to joke about considering the Litany of of of bodies both physically emotionally psychologically that Jeffrey Epstein did damage to I’m one of those people that wish he was still alive listen let me tell you something death is too good for you when

You’ve inflicted suffering upon other human beings innocent human beings I think death is the easy way way out that’s just my personal opinion I think you should be alive and kept to suffer the consequences of your actions when you intentionally did harm to other human beings especially like Jeffrey Epstein

Did but in the end yaron Rogers you don’t joke about something like that you certainly don’t utter it out of your mouth to incriminate somebody else devoid of any facts whatsoever to report such a thing and Jimmy Kimel was right to react the way that he did but this is not on Pat

McAfee yes Aaron Rogers is a weekly guest but he’s a guest on his show when a guest comes on your show and it’s live not taped and you don’t know what the hell they’re going to say what the hell are you supposed to do once they say it

All you could do is move on and you can choose to address the subject by distancing yourself from it move forward that’s it this is about Aaron Rogers and Jimmy Kimbell this ain’t about Pat McAfee that’s my real point in saying all of this other than Aaron Rodgers who

I love and I think is a good dude just apologize bro that’s not something you should have done plain and simple