Aaron Rodgers and Jimmy Kimmel.Photo:Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
Rodgers called it “incorrect” to insinuate he was accusing Kimmel of being a pedophile withwhat he saidlast week.
“I don’t think he’s the P-word,” Rodgers said, adding, “I wish him the best. Again, I don’t give a s— what he says about me. As long as he understands what I actually said, and that I’m not accusing him of being on the list.”
Kimmel hadcalled on Rodgers to apologizeMonday night on theJimmy Kimmel Live!show after the quarterback had suggested Kimmel’s name might appear on a list containing names ofhigh-profile people rumored to be associated with Jeffrey Epstein.
Kimmel’s name did not appear on the court documents uncovered last week.
“I totally understand how serious an allegation of pedophilia would be, so for him to be upset about that, I get it,” Rodgers said.
“Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court,” theJimmy Kimmel Live!hosttweetedat Rodgers after the clip of the McAfee segment went viral online.
Aaron Rodgers.Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
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Rodgers also twice criticized ESPN senior vice president of digital and studio production Mike Foss, who had apologized on behalf of the network in a statement, saying Rodgers made a “dumb and factually inaccurate joke.”
“Mike, you’re not helping,” Rodgers said into the camera Tuesday.
Jimmy Kimmel.Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty
Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty
ESPN and ABC — which airsJimmy Kimmel Live!— are both part of the same parent company, Disney.
Kimmel said Monday he doesn’t think Rodgers' claims are “not an opinion or considered trash talk.”
“And as far as the ‘Well, you say things about people all the time’ argument goes, yes, I do. It’s not the same. It’s not even close to the same,” Kimmel said. “We say a lot of things on this show. We don’t make up lies. In fact, we have a team of people who work very hard to sift through facts and reputable sources before I make a joke, and that’s an important distinction — a joke about someone.“He added: “[Rodgers] said I was hoping [my name wouldn’t appear on the list] and that he was going to pop a bottle of something to celebrate when he did, and then it did come out, and of course, my name wasn’t on it and isn’t on it, and won’t ever be on. I don’t know Jeffrey Epstein, I’ve never met Jeffrey Epstein,” Kimmel told the audience.
“I’m not on the list,” Kimmel continued. “I was not on a plane or an island or anything ever, and I suggested that if Aaron wanted to make false and very damaging statements like that, we should do it in court so that he can share his proof with a judge.”
At the end of the segment Tuesday, Rodgers told McAfee, “We covered a lot of ground and who knows if we cleared anything up.”
“I don’t think this is going to change my opinion to those people at all,” Rodgers said. “But I don’t care.”
source: people.com
