Jimmy Kimmel is defending himself from the accusations thrown by NFL star Aaron Rodgers. The New York Jets quarterback urged the ABC late-night present host would seem on a listing set to be launched quickly of associates linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
Kimmel was having none of that and took to social media to name Rodgers out and hinted he would take authorized motion.
“Pricey Aasshole: for the document, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact in any respect with Epstein, nor will you discover my title on any ‘checklist’ apart from the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like your self can’t appear to differentiate from actuality,” Kimmel posted on X, the social media platform previously generally known as Twitter. “Your reckless phrases put my household in peril. Stick with it and we are going to debate the info additional in court docket.”
Rodgers made an look on ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Present, the place the Epstein checklist got here up.
“There’s lots of people, together with Jimmy Kimmel, who’re hoping that checklist doesn’t come out,” Rodgers stated.
McAfee joked that Rodgers had been “ready in his wine cellar for this factor,” with the soccer star including, “There’s lots of people, together with Jimmy Kimmel, who’re actually hoping that checklist doesn’t come out.”
Rodgers then added, “I’ll inform you what, if that checklist comes out, I’ll undoubtedly be popping some kind of bottle.”
McAfee defined that Rodgers’ remark comes after Kimmel mocked the participant for his feedback about Epstein and UFOs whereas showing on the identical present.
“All this UFO speak has the tin foil hatters going wild, together with Inexperienced Bay whack packer Aaron Rodgers,” Kimmel stated whereas introducing the Pat McAfee Present phase with Rodgers from March 2023.
Rodgers stated, “I imagine that this has been occurring for a very long time. Attention-grabbing timing on every thing. There’s quite a lot of different issues occurring on the planet. Did you hear in regards to the Epstein shopper checklist about to be launched? There’s some recordsdata which have some names on it that is perhaps getting launched fairly quickly.”
Kimmel then joked that Rodgers ought to “revisit the concussion protocol.”