Speaking on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” the host Jimmy Kimmel called on NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers to apologize for making Jokes using Jeffery Epstein.
The New York Jets quarterback made the allegations on “The Pat McAfee Show” on ESPN last week. “There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, who’s really hoping that doesn’t come out,” he said.
He was referring to the then-unsealed court documents that included the names of more than 150 people mentioned in legal proceedings related to Epstein.
Kimmel said in his opening monologue: “And then it did come out, and, of course, my name isn’t on it. … I don’t know Jeffrey Epstein, I’ve never met Jeffrey Epstein, I’m not on a list, I wasn’t on a plane or an island or anything ever.
“A lot of delusional people honestly believe I am meeting up with Tom Hanks and Oprah at Shakey’s once a week to eat pizza and drink the blood of children,” he continued.
“Either he actually believes my name was going to be on Epstein’s list, which is insane, or the more likely scenario is he doesn’t actually believe that; he just said it because he’s mad at me for making fun of his topknot and his lies about being vaccinated,” Kimmel said.
“When I do get something wrong, which happens on rare occasions. you know what I do? I apologize for it, which is what Aaron Rodgers should do, which is what a decent person would do, but I bet he won’t,” he said.
He called Rodgers to apologize, but the apology never came.
Rodgers instead said that he did not call Kimmel a pedophile. He said his prickly relationship with Kimmel dates to the pandemic, when Kimmel often made jokes about Rodgers’ vaccination status.
Rodgers also said he was talking about how Kimmel had previously taken other comedic shots at him because he believed there was a “list” associated with Epstein that would eventually be released and expose corruption.
“I was referring to the fact that if there is a list … and there are names on it, that would be the second time that a soft-brain junior college student, you know, wacko, anti-vax, antisemite, purveyor, spreader of misinformation, conspiracy theorist, MAGA, whatever other things have been said by him and other people in the media, would be right — twice,” he said.
According to Aaron, he knows how serious pedophile accusations can be.
