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Aaron Rodgers has a brand new somebody particular.
The Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback, 39, is relationship Mallory Edens, 26, the daughter of one of many Milwaukee Bucks’ major house owners, Wes Edens, a supply tells PEOPLE.
“It is greater than mates, but it surely’s informal. Nothing critical in any respect,” the supply mentioned. “He isn’t seeking to rush into something. It is low-key for now.”
The 2 have been mates for a while and have been noticed collectively attending Bucks video games courtside earlier than. The mannequin shared a photograph of herself and the quarterback at a Bucks recreation in 2019 on Instagram, and the pair had been snapped extra not too long ago sitting facet by facet at a Bucks vs. Lakers recreation on Rodgers’ Dec. 2 birthday.
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“But it surely’s positively a really shut friendship that’s evolving,” the supply mentioned. “He isn’t going to do one thing as fast as Shailene [Woodley]. Stay and study.”
Sports activities Gossip was the primary to report the budding romance.
Rodgers was most not too long ago linked to Huge Little Lies actress Woodley, 31. The soccer star introduced their engagement whereas accepting the award for the 2020 NFL MVP. A number of days earlier than the occasion, sources confirmed to PEOPLE that the duo had begun relationship.
A month after the shock announcement, Rodgers known as the engagement “the very best factor that is occurred” to him within the final 12 months and mentioned that he was excited to change into a father someday sooner or later. Whereas he mentioned he did not have plans for it to occur straight away, he admitted that he had dreamed of it for a very long time.
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“It is gonna be a extremely enjoyable problem … I am going to stay up for taking good care of one other life in some unspecified time in the future. I feel it is gonna be so enjoyable. I’ve dreamt about what that can be like. I am actually enthusiastic about that chapter every time that comes,” he mentioned.
The 2 had been photographed collectively over the following few months vacationing in Mexico and visiting Hawaii with pal Miles Teller and his spouse Keleigh. Within the fall, the 2 spent a while lengthy distance, with Rodgers specializing in soccer and Woodley specializing in performing tasks.
In February 2022, a supply near Rodgers confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple had cut up, calling off their engagement.
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“It was an amicable cut up; it simply wasn’t working,” the supply says. “They’re very completely different individuals with busy careers and there have been obstacles that they could not surmount. They may stay pleasant; there isn’t any dangerous blood and no drama. It simply did not work out for them.”
After their cut up in February, Rodgers shared Instagram pictures of the 2 cuddled up collectively, writing “I really like you and am grateful for you” and known as Woodley “superb companion to do life with” on The Pat McAfee Present. Regardless of making an attempt to make issues work, they finally cut up up once more in April.
An insider advised PEOPLE that “Shailene felt every thing was on Aaron’s phrases and it wasn’t making her glad.”