Jimmy Kimmel threatened lawful motion from Aaron Rodgers as he fired back again at the New York Jets quarterback over a comment he manufactured relevant to Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday.
During Rodgers’ physical appearance on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Exhibit,” the Epstein courtroom files ended up talked about and the four-time NFL MVP seemed to counsel that Kimmel would be on the list of names connected to Epstein.
“There’s a lot of persons, such as Jimmy Kimmel, that are really hoping that (list) would not appear out,” Rodgers explained.
Several hours later on, the late night Tv set host ripped Rodgers for his comment in a post on X.
“Dear (a******): for the file, I’ve not satisfied, flown with, frequented, or had any contact in any respect with Epstein, nor will you uncover my name on any ‘list’ other than the obviously-phony nonsense that comfortable-brained wackos like by yourself can’t seem to be to distinguish from truth,” Kimmel’s article read through. “Your reckless words place my spouse and children in danger. Keep it up and we will discussion the specifics further more in court.”
A federal choose lately purchased the general public disclosure of the identities of much more than 150 persons stated in a mountain of court docket paperwork connected to the Epstein, indicating that most of the names were being already community and that numerous experienced not objected to the launch.
Epstein took his possess life in August 2019 in a federal lockup in Manhattan as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. He was accused of luring a lot of underage women to his households underneath the guise of offering him massages, and then sexually abusing them.
This is just not the first time that barbs have been tossed in between Kimmel and Rodgers. Throughout an visual appeal on McAfee’s exhibit in February 2023, Rodgers floated a conspiracy theory that information relevant to UFOs was becoming disclosed as a distraction to other things this kind of as the Epstein associate record.
The theory was then a topic on “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” with the late night time host contacting Rodgers a “tin foil hatter” and a “Environmentally friendly Bay wack Packer” (Rodgers was nonetheless a member of the Packers at the time).
Kimmel also took at goal Rodgers for his stance on the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 immediately after the quarterback’s unvaccinated status was exposed.
The Affiliated Press contributed to this story.
