The Pittsburgh Steelers spent most of their offseason with an elephant-sized question mark hanging over the quarterback position. Despite signing Mason Rudolph early in the offseason to reunite Rudolph with the franchise that drafted him, the Steelers were linked to veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers throughout the offseason.
Rodgers took his time while he made his decision, contemplating whether it would be in his best interest to retire or to suit up again. As the offseason stretched on, Rodgers made it clear that he was dealing with some major things in his personal life that he was prioritizing over making any football-related decisions.
Last week, Rodgers finally decided to sign on with the Steelers, in time to make the team’s mandatory minicamp this week.Now, we know that some of what Rodgers was referring to was likely being a newlywed.
“Aaron Rodgers confirms that’s a wedding ring on his finger. How long has he been married? ‘Been a couple of months,'” reported NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.
Interestingly enough, Rodgers hasn’t revealed anything about his spouse, including his or her gender, which means that it’s entirely possible that Rodgers married a man in a same-sex marriage.
Fans reacted to the secrecy surrounding Rodgers’ marriage on social media.
“Have we ever seen a person this high profile not disclose their spouse? Like we don’t even have a pic,” one fan wrote on Twitter.
“So, he’s telling us that he got married and his supposed wife hasn’t posted a single photo on social media or anything ? That seems strange,” another fan added.
It’ll be interesting to see when and if details emerge around Rodgers’ spouse.