Shailene Woodley’s ‘alarmed’ friends fire back at Aaron Rodgers after NFL star claimed his ex-fiancee asked to sleep with another man

Shailene Woodley’s friends were reportedly left ‘alarmed’ by Aaron Rodgers’ explosive comments about his split from the actress. The NFL quarterback, 42, sensationally claimed his ex-fiancee Woodley, 34, asked to ‘go f***’ another man before getting married.The Super Bowl champion proposed to ‘Paradise’ star Woodley in December 2021 but their relationship ended just three months later. They had gone public with their romance a year earlier.During his appearance on the ‘Not Just Football’ podcast on Thursday, Rodgers claimed the ‘Paradise’ actress told him she had to ‘go f***’ another man before telling Rodgers she didn’t want to be with him anymore.Now Woodley’s inner circle, who have reportedly been left ‘alarmed’ by the Pittsburgh Steelers star’s scornful remarks, have hit back, according to TMZ. The Hollywood star’s friends reportedly feel that Rodgers’ comments were ‘completely out of character,’ claiming the married football player hasn’t spoken to Woodley in more than two years.  Shailene Woodley’s friends were  left ‘alarmed’ by Aaron Rodgers’ explosive comments  Rodgers claims the Hollywood star asked to ‘go f***’ another man before getting married’We’re questioning why a married dude is bringing up an ex he hasn’t spoken with in over 2 years,’ an insider told the outlet. They also claimed that Rodgers is aware that Woodley is a private person and would know that the actress would not appreciate him speaking out publicly about their relationship. The four-time MVP made the explosive claims about their split in his podcast appearance this week.  ‘I proposed to Shailene and she said yes. Now, she maybe felt like she was forced to make a decision. She could have said no,’ Rodgers told Pittsburgh Steelers teammate Cam Heyward.’A couple days after that she tells me, “Before we get married, I gotta go f*** this guy,” and I’m like – because her story is that I ruined her life and gave her crazy depression because I left her.’But in actuality, she told me that and then she took off the ring by March – I proposed in December – and we had a couple of times where we tried to get reunited and nothing ever happened. There wasn’t even a relationship in 2022 to break off.’She literally told me, “I don’t want to be with you” after we tried some reconciliation in 2021. There’s just a lot of narrative out there that isn’t true.’In 2024, Woodley described the break down of her relationship with Rodgers as a ‘traumatic thing.’Join the discussionIs it ever acceptable for someone to publicly share private details about a former relationship?What’s your view? The 42-year-old Super Bowl champion proposed to ‘Paradise’ star Woodley in December 2021  Woodley described the break down of her relationship with Rodgers as a ‘traumatic thing’ ‘I had a really awful, traumatic thing happen in early 2022,’ she said. ‘I felt like I lost my soul, my self, my happiness, my joy,’ she explained.Woodley said her empathy for ‘someone else’ kept her in a ‘toxic situation.”Empathy,’ she added, ‘kind of kept me in this loop of feeling everything for everyone.”I knew I was depressed when I looked at a tree and felt nothing,’ she continued, calling it ‘the lowest low of my life.’ The depression began to dissolve after six months of activities with her best friend, stylist Kris Zero.The NFL legend also criticized another former lover, Danica Patrick, saying she was ‘depressed’ during their relationship and they suffered with ‘intimacy’ issues.The veteran quarterback, who is now married to a mystery woman named ‘Brittani,’ also took aim at NASCAR icon Patrick, another ex-girlfriend of his, during his explosive interview. Former NASCAR driver Patrick and Rodgers, who is poised to start his final NFL season on Sunday, started dating in January 2018 and made their red-carpet debut at that year’s ESPY awards.At the end of 2019 they bought a home together in Malibu and spent the first few months of 2020 living together in the trendy California beach town. However, their relationship didn’t last much longer as they split in July 2020 after just over two years together.