Aaron Rodgers' haircut, explained: Packers QB reveals reason behind new look

Table Of Content

• Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims about HIV/AIDS
• Aaron Rodgers thinks the government engineered HIV, and 9 other unhinged things he's said
• Rodgers 'owns' the Bears
• Pyramid Scheme (Word Game)
• Video: Jets' Aaron Rodgers Says He Has 'Zero Pain' in His Achilles amid Injury Rehab

Rodgers entered the game with the Packers down and despite a defeat, Rodgers was impressive coming off the bench. Rodgers threw his first career touchdown pass (to Greg Jennings) and finished the game completing 18 of 26 passes for 201 yards. It was this performance that assured the Packers and their fans that Rodgers could actually be a suitable follow-up to Favre.

Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims about HIV/AIDS

In the three-hour-long podcast interview, which requires paid access, Rodgers compared the AIDS epidemic with the COVID-19 pandemic, centering Fauci as the mastermind orchestrating the U.S. government’s response to both public health crises. The video clip is from a Feb. 23 episode of the "Look Into It" podcast hosted by martial arts instructor and self-described conspiracy theorist Eddie Bravo. The interview resurfaced April 16 when a clip from it was shared on X and viewed more than 13 million times. The perpetually controversial quarterback is making headlines, after a clip of him suggesting the HIV/AIDS crisis was purposely created by the United States government went viral on social media. After 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers – 15 as the team's starting quarterback – Aaron Rodgers has been traded to the New York Jets.

Aaron Rodgers thinks the government engineered HIV, and 9 other unhinged things he's said

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"So after all I did all my hippy s—, at some point I’m gonna cut this. It just finally came to be last Friday." While he wasn't wearing a Knicks jersey, the site of Rodgers at MSG certainly has to be a bit strange for those who grew accustomed to seeing him at the Bradley Center and later Fiserv Forum for Milwaukee Bucks games. His celebrity girlfriends at the time — actress Olivia Munn and race car driver Danica Patrick — had also joined him in Milwaukee over the years.

Rodgers 'owns' the Bears

Rodgers revealed during his weekly appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" Tuesday that it all relates to his Halloween costume this year. If you look closely, you'll notice the gray hairs poking out of Rodgers' chinny-chin-chin, indicating that Rodgers has reached peak wisdom. He likely sits atop the Himalayan mountains in the offseason, consulting with the football gods and meditating on how to pick apart defenses. While the scruff was apparent in years prior, Rodgers starts to turn to the facial hair to continue shifting his visage in his career.

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If Rodgers is of a superstitious nature, he may consider shaking things up to get back into a groove — including, perhaps, a new haircut. Rodgers picked the right venue — playoff hockey and basketball at Madison Square Garden — to do just that. Any extended absence from Rodgers this season would necessitate the Jets turning to veteran backup Tyrod Taylor, who made five starts for the New York Giants in 2023. New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers said he is experiencing "absolutely zero pain" from the 2023 season-ending Achilles injury he suffered in September. But Dr. Jonathan Laxton, a University of Manitoba general internal medicine professor, said other drug approvals followed while Fauci was leading the institute, and there are now more than 25 antiretroviral drugs available to treat HIV. At the time, in 1987, drug approvals typically took eight to 10 years, so AZT’s approval was fast-tracked.

Pyramid Scheme (Word Game)

So when the Packers touched down in Minnesota last Saturday for their Week 1 game against the Vikings and Rodgers was seen sporting a new fresh cut it was naturally going to get people's attention. Some online were comparing it to "Peaky Blinders" of the Netflix crime drama show. Aaron Rodgers had a good game and a bad hair day ― and the latter seized the attention of the quarterback’s critics on Sunday.

Rodgers and his Packers don't have much time to focus on unnecessary things, though, especially after their poor performance in Week 1 against the Minnesota Vikings. They'll be facing the Chicago Bears next in Week 2, and they'll definitely hope to get to the win column then. To be fair to Aaron Rodgers, his hair doesn't look that bad during the ceremony, and a lot of people have actually been used to it. We now have the answers to the questions Packers fans have been wondering since they saw Aaron Rodgers return to Green Bay for the 2021 season.

The truth is, news costs money to produce, and we are proud that we have never put our stories behind an expensive paywall. And if it is, then he'll have left his blood, sweat, tears — and strands of hair — all on Lambeau Field. Rodgers began to really tighten up his play — and the hairdo — in 2012, swapping his previously shaggy look with something a bit tighter to the dome.

Or maybe the G.O.A.T. will have taken inspiration from Rodgers and grown his hair out, too. Guess we'll all just have to tune into the NFC Championship Game and wait for a fateful moment when the cameras catch Rodgers taking his helmet off. — surely, that'll be the most suspense-filled moment of the contest.

We fact-checked in 2023 a similar claim that "hundreds of thousands" of people died from taking AZT and rated it False. Kennedy is an anti-vaccine activist whose presidential campaign of conspiracy theories was PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year. He repeats false talking points from other people who say that HIV does not cause AIDS, and this AIDS denialism was apparent in his Fauci book. Rodgers said Fauci promoted an antiretroviral drug in the 1980s called zidovudine, also known as azidothymidine or AZT, to treat HIV. Rodgers falsely claimed that taking AZT was "killing people" at that time.

It was Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals series between the Knicks and Miami Heat. The Knicks showed a brief video montage of Rodgers from his introductory Jets news conference and first practice on the Jumbotron. The crowd went wild when Rodgers was shown on the Jumbotron during the Rangers’ 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils in Game 6 of that first-round playoff series. Rodgers attended the game with former Packers-turned-Jets wide receiver Allen Lazard and new teammate Breece Hall, New York’s young running back. It was starting to look a little long, so at least here you've got the evidence of what Rodgers looked like pre-cut, whenever he decides to get it cut.

Those decisions have coincided with similarly unorthodox decisions regarding his health, which include Panchakarma cleanses and the use of ayahuasca — the "hippy s—" Rodgers referred to in his interview. The Packers quarterback has been one of the most consistent signal-callers in the NFL, earning his second consecutive MVP honors in 2021 at the age of 38 years old. One thing that has changed throughout his 18-year career, however, is his haircut. Less than 12 hours later, Rodgers and Lazard were back at MSG for some playoff basketball.

He's a rare breed of dude who can make most facial hair looks work — which is pretty exemplary in a few entries down this list. Rodgers caught the football world's attention this offseason, not only for his drama with the Packers, but because of his new 'do entering his next, and potentially last, season with Green Bay. "I think when I saw my picture from the NFL Honors, I said, 'Woof. Might be time,'" Rodgers said.