Shailene Woodley’s Aaron Rodgers Defense Is Pure Clownery

Shailene Woodley is down unhealthy. Her husband-to-be, Inexperienced Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers, has been uncovered as a certifiable loon, and it appears the actress has no recourse however to defend him—versus, I don’t know, sitting there and eating her clay. Yesterday, in response to a Every day Mail report about Rodgers grabbing a espresso in Los Angeles unmasked, Woodley wrote that information retailers have to “calm the fuck down” from “greedy at straws” in relation to her fiancé’s decisions. Woodley, in the meantime, was grasping at something else when she stated that there’s simply no manner the person within the picture could possibly be Rodgers as a result of, along with the 37-year-old having “the hairiest fingers on the fucking planet,” his “toes, ahem…are a LOT greater…that is oblivious homie.” Bozos in illness and in well being, they are saying.

Final week, Rodgers not solely examined optimistic for COVID-19 however was additionally known as out for mendacity about it. When requested whether or not he was vaccinated at the start of the season, Rodgers stated, “Yeah, I’ve been immunized,” whereas noting that many different guys on the Inexperienced Bay Packers hadn’t and that it’s nonetheless a private alternative. For months, Rodgers frolicked round his teammates, followers, and the media—generally sans masks—whereas claiming he was vaccinated, thereby endangering an untold variety of individuals.

After being uncovered as a public well being menace, Rodgers appeared on The Pat McAfee Present, the place he has a daily visitor spot, to not solely deny the truth that he very clearly lied about being vaccinated and blame the “woke mob” for chastising him for mendacity, but in addition claimed that Joe Rogan was the sensible thought chief that led him to ivermectin as a remedy—which doesn’t make a complete lot of sense provided that Rogan himself caught COVID a pair months in the past.

There are a number of issues that don’t make sense about this story, however Woodley’s frustration towards the media is sort of de rigueur. She suits in the identical class of “involved beloved one” as Jon Stewart coming to the protection of Dave Chappelle following his transphobic comments, or followers of the not too long ago embattled Alec Baldwin when it was revealed that his wife had lied about being Spanish, or the Barbs who refuse to criticize Nicki Minaj over her alleged makes an attempt to wreck the lifetime of a sexual-assault survivor so as to salvage her sex-offender husband’s reputation. It doesn’t matter what facet of the proverbial political pew one sits on: When a star is caught in a lie, rapidly it’s the “woke mob’s” fault.

It’s very fascinating to observe liberals do that dance. Woodley is an effective instance of somebody who checks off all of the bins. She’s a Bernie fan, supporting the democratic socialist’s presidential marketing campaign in each 2016 and 2020. She protested towards the Dakota Entry Pipeline and was arrested for felony trespassing whereas doing it—which, as we all know, is a few type of feather within the cap for celeb activists. She even plus-one’d activist Calina Lawrence on the 2018 Golden Globes, positioning herself as a white girl that Acquired It. However I suppose all of that efficiency went to hell as soon as love and large toes obtained concerned. Now, as her fiancé—and the workforce—endanger numerous individuals by not following coronavirus protocols, the true is coming via. Woodley wouldn’t give two shits about these working subsequent to Rodgers, who’s put them in a very dangerous setting. Rodgers, for the report, broke protocol by not sporting a masks to information conferences, and the workforce didn’t report a Halloween celebration that Rodgers and receiver Allen Lazard attended which broke protocol for unvaccinated gamers. The NFL has since handed down meager fines to Rodgers, Lazard and in addition the Packers for not correctly implementing the principles.

Final Friday, so as to stave off the “remaining nail” in his “cancel tradition casket” (his phrases), Rodgers stated he had a really concrete motive as to why he didn’t get vaccinated: that he’s allergic to a curiously unspecified ingredient in COVID vaccines and had heard that a number of individuals had “opposed occasions” whereas taking the Johnson & Johnson jab. Rodgers, naturally, by no means went into element. Woodley, for her half, hasn’t mentioned her fiancé’s resolution to not get vaccinated—or whether or not she is or not—however has as a substitute reposted numerous foolish articles from the Every day Mail so as to reframe this as some type of tabloid witch hunt towards her fiancé versus media retailers making an attempt to carry him accountable for his dangerous actions.

Every part these two knuckleheads have stated concerning this circus feels couched in unhealthy religion. It would go down slightly higher if, like fellow athlete Kyrie Irving, Rodgers got here out and simply stated he’s skeptical of the vaccine along with his chest. On the very least the individuals round him would know to maintain a protected distance whereas he walked across the services unmasked. Possibly he’d even garner some sympathy from the hyper-allergic crowds on the market who’d lacked a sure type of illustration. As a substitute, he took the coward’s route.

And pay attention, if Shailene Woodley has no downside getting married to a man who may solely “converse his fact” as soon as it was clear that he lied and willingly put many individuals at risk, she will be able to have it. If she is okay being with somebody who considers Joe Rogan a medical knowledgeable, go proper on forward. If she’s cool loving a white man who needlessly, callously cited Martin Luther King Jr. in order that he may rationalize mendacity and placing individuals in danger, be my visitor. The pandemic period has revealed simply how little celebrities have ever cared about the remainder of us. Hopefully we’ve been taking notes.