‘Ridiculous Choice!’ Fox Sports Host Slams Aaron Rodgers Amid Rumors He Missed Jets Minicamp to Do Psychedelic Drugs

Ahmad Austin Jr.Jun 18th, 2024, 4:21 pm
 

First Things First host Nick Wright torched Aaron Rodgers for his rumored decision to miss mandatory minicamp to go on a trip for psychedelic drug use.

Last week, New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh told the media that Rodgers was listed as a unexcused absence from minicamp. He didn’t give a specific reason for the absence, but said Rodgers informed him he had to be at an “event that was very important to him.”

Days later, NFL insider Albert Breer instructed fans on The Rich Eisen Show to “open your minds” to figure out where Rodgers was. To many, it was a clear indication that Rodgers was somewhere using ayahuasca, the psychoactive substance that Rodgers has openly used and talked about in the past.

Before First Things First, Wright appeared on The Herd with Colin Cowherd to call Rodgers out for the “ridiculous” absence.

“I am open to the healing, recuperative, and therapeutic powers of a lot of substances,” Wright said. “Some are legal in this country. Some are not. I am not a prude in that regard. I will listen to you on it. I got friends in New York that walk around Central Park micro-dosing mushrooms and saying, ‘It changed my life.’ I’m open to it.

“But if you had a buddy that was a year into a new job, and the first year didn’t go great, and it’s like, ‘Oh, they’re having that company-wide off-site that you’ve known about for months. Are you excited for it?’ And it’s like, ‘Oh, I actually can’t make it.’ And it’s ‘Why?’ ‘I’m leaving the country to go do drugs.’ You’d be like, ‘Buddy, I think you don’t have your priorities in order!'”

Wright explained that the rumored trip itself wasn’t the issue. He took issue with Rodgers not planning the trip around the three-day team minicamp.

“I don’t know why we have to patty-cake around it,” Wright continued. “It is a ridiculous choice! And it is an indefensible choice; and what is going to happen, Colin, is when Aaron comes out and talks about this publicly — this is my prediction — not only is he not going to take accountability, he is going to not-so-subtly slap Robert Saleh’s wrist.”

Watch above via Fox Sports 1.

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