Apparently, many of the Pittsburgh Steelers players’ wives, girlfriends and spouses are like the rest of Us — they don’t know much about famed quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ new wife, either.
“She’s like a phantom,” one unidentified wife of Rodgers’ teammates told The Daily Mail in an interview published on Saturday, November 8.
“We all want to meet her, to invite her out, get to know her,” the woman, who the publication noted is “part of a social group of team wives and girlfriends,” continued. “But we haven’t met her yet. We don’t even know who she is.”
After initially sparking marriage speculation when he was spotted wearing a ring on that finger on his left hand, Rodgers revealed during a June press conference that he got married to a woman, only publicly identified as Brittani, just “a couple of months prior.”
“Didn’t want that. Didn’t like any of that,” Rodgers said during a June appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, referring to the media attention the former Green Bay Packers quarterback often had on his romantic relationships. “And now I’m with somebody who’s private, who doesn’t want to be in the public eye. Didn’t sign up to be a celebrity. Doesn’t want to be a part of it. Because I do things in private because I want my personal life to be private, now I’m weird.”
He continued, “My private life is my private life. It’s gonna stay that way. I’m with somebody who wants to be private. If and when she wants to be out and there’s a picture, she’ll choose that. She deserves a right to that.”
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(Rodgers has previously dated many A-list celebrities, including Danica Patrick, Olivia Munn and Shailene Woodley.)
While Rodgers has adamantly defended his privacy, he has on occasion discussed his new wife in public.
“You know, when you meet the right one and you’re with the right one, your whole world changes in a second. And to have that person that unconditionally loves you behind the scenes — there’s no better feeling in the world,” Rodgers told NFL Network’s Good Morning Football host Kyle Brandt in July.
“I got the most incredible wife,” he continued. “I just really love her and I’m just so thankful to have her by my side in the end. When you have that stability and that rock behind you at the house, you feel like you can do anything.”
Football fans weren’t the only ones surprised by NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ reveal that he is married. Apparently, New York Jets WAGs didn’t know, either. “I didn’t know of any partner,” Jessie Vera-Tucker, wife of Jets guard Alijah Vera-Tucker, told People in a story published Tuesday, August 26, following the release of Prime Video’s The Home […]
In September, after securing a 34-32 win against his former team the New York Jets, Rodgers went so far as to publicly thank his better half for supporting him amid his new season with the Steelers.
“[I’m] thanking my wife and my friends for encouraging me to take time with my decision,” Rodgers said during a post-game press conference at the time. “Happy to be a Steeler and happy the way things went today.”
The player, who claimed he was unceremoniously told the Jets had moved on from the quarterback prior to the 2025-2026 NFL season, prompting him to sign with the Steelers earlier this year, went on to admit that he as “happy to beat everyone associated” with his former team.
