{"id":20002,"date":"2024-01-10T05:09:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T23:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/aaron-rodgers-takes-swipe-at-espn-exec-after-statement-on-qbs-jimmy-kimmel-remarks-youre-not-helping\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T05:09:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T23:39:01","slug":"aaron-rodgers-takes-swipe-at-espn-exec-after-statement-on-qbs-jimmy-kimmel-remarks-youre-not-helping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/aaron-rodgers-takes-swipe-at-espn-exec-after-statement-on-qbs-jimmy-kimmel-remarks-youre-not-helping\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers takes swipe at ESPN exec after statement on QB\u2019s Jimmy Kimmel remarks: \u2018You\u2019re not helping\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gating gated-overlay\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-wrapper\">\n<p>Read this article for free!<\/p>\n<p>Plus get unlimited access to thousands of articles, videos and more with your free account!<\/p>\n<p><span>Please enter a valid email address.<\/span><\/p>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal\">By entering your email, you are agreeing to Fox News Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. To access the content, check your email and follow the instructions provided.\n      <\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Aaron Rodgers on Tuesday took a swipe at an ESPN executive over the statement he put out last week after the New York Jets quarterback made a Jeffrey Epstein-related remark about Jimmy Kimmel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">During his appearance on &#8220;The Pat McAfee Show&#8221; Rodgers said ESPN senior vice president, production Mike Foss\u2019 statement didn\u2019t really help.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/343\/192\/Aaron-Rodgers20.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/686\/384\/Aaron-Rodgers20.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/672\/378\/Aaron-Rodgers20.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1344\/756\/Aaron-Rodgers20.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/931\/523\/Aaron-Rodgers20.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1862\/1046\/Aaron-Rodgers20.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/720\/405\/Aaron-Rodgers20.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1440\/810\/Aaron-Rodgers20.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1200\/675\/Aaron-Rodgers20.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Aaron Rodgers vs Texans\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Dec 10, 2023; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) on the field after the game against the Houston Texans at MetLife Stadium.<\/span> <span>(Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t understand\u2026 a Mike Foss comment because he didn\u2019t help out either,&#8221; Rodgers said. &#8220;And I\u2019m going to quote Mike Foss. He said, \u2018Aaron made a dumb and factually incorrect joke about Jimmy Kimmel. That should never have happened. We all realized that in the moment.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mike, you\u2019re not helping. You\u2019re not helping because I just read earlier exactly what I said,&#8221; he added, saying the statement was a part of the media\u2019s gameplan to criticize him.<\/p>\n<p>After further explaining himself about what he believes in, he took one more jab at Foss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like I made a statement about not wanting to be on a list to come out \u2026 \u2018We realized that in the moment?\u2019 What are you talking about?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JIMMY KIMMEL LAUNCHES WILD ATTACK ON AARON RODGERS AFTER JEFFREY EPSTEIN JAB: &#8216;HAMSTER-BRAINED MAN&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/343\/192\/Aaron-Rodgers21.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/686\/384\/Aaron-Rodgers21.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/672\/378\/Aaron-Rodgers21.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1344\/756\/Aaron-Rodgers21.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/931\/523\/Aaron-Rodgers21.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1862\/1046\/Aaron-Rodgers21.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/720\/405\/Aaron-Rodgers21.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1440\/810\/Aaron-Rodgers21.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1200\/675\/Aaron-Rodgers21.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Aaron Rodgers vs Dolphins\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Nov 24, 2023; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8), on injured reserve, pregame against the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium.<\/span> <span>(Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>ESPN didn\u2019t immediately respond to Fox News Digital\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy started last week when Rodgers took an Epstein-related dig at Kimmel during last week\u2019s McAfee show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, who are really hoping that doesn\u2019t come out,&#8221; Rodgers said. &#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I definitely will be popping some sort of bottle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel threatened a lawsuit and on Monday night pushed back on any notion he was a pedophile or had any connection to Epstein.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/343\/192\/6c8a0043-ESPN-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/686\/384\/6c8a0043-ESPN-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/672\/378\/6c8a0043-ESPN-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1344\/756\/6c8a0043-ESPN-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/931\/523\/6c8a0043-ESPN-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1862\/1046\/6c8a0043-ESPN-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/720\/405\/6c8a0043-ESPN-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1440\/810\/6c8a0043-ESPN-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1200\/675\/6c8a0043-ESPN-logo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A view of the ESPN logo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Disney partnered with PENN Entertainment to create ESPN-branded sportsbooks.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Mike Windle\/Getty Images for ESPN)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rodgers said earlier in the show he never called or asserted that Kimmel was a pedophile.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s <\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\"><i><strong><u>sports coverage on X<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong> and subscribe to <\/strong><\/i><i><strong><u>the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/u><\/strong><\/i><i><strong>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Read this article for free! 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