Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers expressed deep dissatisfaction with his home state of California.
Rodgers complained about California in a yet-to-be-released interview with Bill Maher on his Club Random podcast, per SFGATE. The episode will be released Sunday.
“State’s going to s*** but I’m hanging on,” Rodgers told Maher.
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Rodgers bashed the state over its restrictive COVID-19 mandates, reiterating the frustrations he expressed in an interview on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Maher agreed that the mask mandates at his own alma mater, Cornell University, were too much.
“They are masking at Berkeley, as well,” Rodgers responded. His alma mater is only requiring masks for the unvaccinated.
A handful of colleges around the country are maintaining COVID-19-related protocols, including mask mandates for indoor areas and vaccine mandates for students and staff, despite the relaxing of most public health guidelines and the receding of mask and vaccine mandates from most areas of daily life. A number of these schools are in the Golden State.
The quarterback explained that his views on personal and medical freedom also apply to the issue of abortion access.
“I think there’s a lot of people that believe that you should have your own decision-making on your own medical decisions,” Rodgers argued. “My thing is, I have an issue with the hypocrisy in society in general, and I know you do as well, but abortion has been a hot topic, right? And especially after Roe v. Wade got overturned and sent back to the states, or whatever. I don’t believe the government should have any control over what we do with our bodies.”
“As much as I might lean more pro-life, I don’t want the government to tell me I can’t smoke a cigar, I can’t have a drink of alcohol, I can’t choose my own medical decisions. And if I’m a woman, don’t f***ing tell me what to do. Like, whether or not I agree with what you decide to do, who cares? And the government should not have a decision that infringes upon my own personal freedoms.”
While Rodgers may take issue with California’s handling of COVID-19 matters, he likely supports the state’s abortion policies.
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After the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that guaranteed abortion access for nearly half a century, Gov. Gavin Newsom moved to make California a “sanctuary state” for women seeking abortions. The Democratic governor and state lawmakers earmarked up to $20 million in California’s budget late last month for a plan that would help females coming from states with restrictive abortion laws get the procedure.
Rodgers has played for the Green Bay Packers since he was drafted in 2005.
