Jimmy Kimmel says 'hamster-brained' Aaron Rodgers should apologize for Jeffrey Epstein connection claim
"My guess is he won’t apologize,” the comedian said. “I hope I’m wrong. That’s how I think it will go.”
Jimmy Kimmel is calling for Aaron Rodgers to apologize after implying that the comedian’s name would be among those included in the Epstein-related court documents that were recently unsealed.
The Jimmy Kimmel Live host, 56, threatened legal action against Rodgers, 49, after the NFL quarterback made the allegation on The Pat McAfee Show last week. During his opening monologue on Monday, Kimmel reacted to Rodgers’ claim for a second time, noting that the documents “did come out and, of course, my name wasn’t on it, isn’t on it, won’t ever be on it.”
“I don’t know Jeffrey Epstein,” he said. “I’ve never met Jeffrey Epstein. I was not on a list. I was not on a plane, or an island, or anything ever.”
Still, Kimmel explained that some people believed Rodgers' remark. “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. “I know this because I hear from these people often. My wife hears from them, my kids hear from them, my poor mailman hears from these people, and now we’re hearing from lots more of them thanks to Aaron Rodgers.”
Kimmel cited two reasons why he believes Rodgers made the claim against him. “Either he actually believes my name was gonna be on Epstein’s list, which is insane,” he said, “Or the more likely scenario is he doesn’t actually know and he just said it because he’s mad at me for making fun of his top knot and his lies about being vaccinated.”
The comic noted that he believes Rodgers is “particularly upset” at him because he made fun of the New York Jets star for floating “this wacko idea that the UFO sightings that were in the news in February were being reported to distract us from the Epstein list.”
He then showed a clip of the joke that allegedly rubbed Rodgers the wrong way, which saw Kimmel suggest that it was time for the athlete to “revisit that concussion protocol” after making his galactic claims.
“He saw that and maybe to retaliate he decided to insinuate that I am a pedophile,” Kimmel said. “This is how these nuts do it now. You don’t like Trump? You’re a pedophile. It’s their go-to move and it shows you how much they actually care about pedophilia.”
“But here’s the thing, I spent years doing sports. I’ve seen guys like him before: Aaron Rodgers has a very high opinion of himself,” he continued. “Because he had success on the football field, he believes himself to be an extraordinary being. He genuinely thinks that because God gave him the ability to throw a ball, he’s smarter than everyone else. The idea that his brain is just average is unfathomable to him.”
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Jimmy Kimmel and Aaron RodgersHe added, “Can you imagine that this hamster-brained man thinks he knows what the government is up to because he’s a quarterback doing research on YouTube and listening to podcasts?”
While Kimmel acknowledged that Rodgers has “the right to express any opinion he wants to,” he stressed that “saying someone is a pedophile is not an opinion” and that it's still important to tell the truth.
“When I do get something wrong, which happens on rare occasions, you know what I do? I apologize for it,” he said. “Which is something Aaron Rodgers should do. Which is what a decent person would do, but I bet he won’t.”
If Rodgers does decide to apologize, Kimmel said that he’d “accept his apology and move on” from the incident. "But he probably won’t do that. My guess is he won’t apologize,” he said. “I hope I’m wrong. That’s how I think it will go.”
Kimmel concluded that the reason why he brought up the allegations at all was to encourage people to reevaluate their political ideologies and affiliations moving forward. “If you are a member of a group who think it’s okay to randomly call someone a child molester because you don’t like what that person has to say, maybe you should rethink being a part of that group,” he said. “I also want to say congratulations to Aaron Rodgers who has done the impossible: he made the New York Jets look even worse.”
Watch Kimmel react to Rodgers' claims in the clip above.
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