Mallory Edens didn’t name Aaron Rodgers in her Instagram post, but she didn’t exactly need to. The model and film producer, who is also the daughter of Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Wes Edens, appeared to fire back at her ex with a pointed message on Sept. 22 after Rodgers spent time revisiting his past relationships in public.
“My ex is currently on a press tour talking about how he never loved anyone he dated after 2017. Unfortunately for him, I am also on a press tour, for a movie inspired by how down bad I was.
Really exciting time for competing narratives!! ❤️”
Edens and Rodgers were linked from late 2022 to 2023, after being friends for years. Rodgers had bought a minority stake in the Milwaukee Bucks in 2018 and was often seen courtside at games with Edens and her father.
Her post came in response to Rodgers’ appearance on teammate Cam Heyward’s Not Just Football podcast, where he discussed Brittani, his current wife, along with the women he dated before her.
Rodgers spoke about former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick, whom he dated from early 2018 until mid-2020. He said Patrick was “depressed and not fun to be around” after she retired from racing.
“There was no intimacy; there was nothing,” Rodgers said.
He also rejected Patrick’s past claim that their breakup was emotionally abusive.
“I was actually a good partner, Danica,” he said, while adding that he never saw a long-term future with her.
Rodgers also revisited his relationship with actress Shailene Woodley. The two began dating in 2020 and were engaged by late December of that year.
He said that just days after she accepted his proposal, Woodley asked whether she could sleep with another person before they got married. Rodgers said the engagement was essentially over by March 2021, and that the relationship was on and off after that.
When talking about Woodley’s description of their 2022 breakup as painful, Rodgers shot back:
“There wasn't even a relationship in 2022 to break off. Shailene, you left me.”
Woodley has previously called the relationship “traumatic and toxic.”
Rodgers also pushed back against the attention both women receive when they speak about him.
“No one cares what they have to say until they say my name,” he said. “I dated two women who nobody gives a [ ] about unless they drop my name - and they like to say their version of the history of what actually happened.”
He also said that meeting her in 2017 had a major impact on him and that being separated from her left him in a “tailspin.” Rodgers added that he stayed emotionally unavailable for seven to eight years.
In a separate September interview with Adam Schein on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio, Rodgers also addressed his future with Brittani. He said she is not pregnant now, but he hopes that changes by next year.
“I'm talking about I'm hoping that I have a pregnant wife by next year this time,” he said.
Rodgers also confirmed that the 2026 NFL season will be his last. After that, he said he wants a quieter life and hopes to focus on family.
“I am looking forward to a life of quiet after 22 years in the pro,” he said. “I am looking forward to sleepless nights and crying babies and changing diapers and all those things.”
Rodgers said being “Uncle Aaron” to his brother’s kids helped inspire those baby plans.
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