Aaron Rodgers’ wife’s identity confirmed by Fox News reporter Jen Hale originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The latest development in the ongoing Aaron Rodgers mystery didn’t come from a podcast or a social media thread. It came from the sidelines.
Fox Sports reporter Jen Hale offered the clearest confirmation yet that Aaron Rodgers is, in fact, married — and that the people around him already know it’s real.
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Speaking at the American Heart Association’s Red Dress Collection Concert in New York, Hale said that there’s no debate inside NFL circles.
“Everyone knows,” Hale said. “I can’t (say who she is). If I could, I would, but I can’t. He’s happy. He’s in a really good spot.”
Hale added that she hasn’t actually met Rodgers’ wife herself.
“I’ve never met her. I don’t know her,” she said. “Aaron has become a friend over the years, so I wish him the very best. I think he’s happy. And that’s all you want for your people — you want them to find their comfort zone and their happiness.”
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For fans who’ve spent months wondering whether “Brittani” was real, that’s about as direct as it gets: teammates, broadcasters and league insiders treat the marriage as a fact, even if the public still hasn’t seen her.
The background to all this goes back to last summer, when Aaron Rodgers casually revealed during a press conference that he had gotten married “a couple months” earlier. He never shared a last name or photo. Before that, he’d mentioned dating a non-famous woman named Brittani during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, describing her as private and uninterested in celebrity life.
That choice has kept her completely out of view — even from the Steelers’ inner circle. Reports have noted that teammates’ wives and girlfriends haven’t met her either, with one describing Brittani as “like a phantom.”
More recently, hosts of the Sports Gossip Show said they believe they identified Brittani through family connections, including sisters named Kristy and Mia. Rodgers himself once referenced a 20-year-old sister-in-law named Mia in an interview, which fueled more speculation.
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Rodgers, for his part, has made his stance clear. “My private life is staying private,” he said on McAfee’s show. “The entitlement to information about my private life is so f*cking ridiculous and embarrassing.”