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Aaron Rodgers: Gay Rumors Are False, 'I Really, Really Like Women'
Aaron Rodgers is determined to get the Green Bay Packers to the Super Bowl on February 2, 2014 at MetLife Stadium.
On Sunday, Rodgers hurled a 48-yard touchdown to Randall Cobb with 38 seconds remaining, which allowed his Packers to defeat rivals, the Chicago Bears 33-28 to capture the NFC North championship.
However, the star quarterback was quickly the subject of various rumors about him being gay earlier this week. Rodgers initially seemed to ignore the media reports, however, the 2011 Super Bowl Most Valuable Player finally decided to speak out and address the rumors, which claimed that he was being outed by an alledged ex-boyfriend.
"I'm just going to say I'm not gay," said Rodgers on 540 WAUK-AM in Milwaukee. "I really, really like women. That's all I can really say about that."
According to an initial RadarOnline report, the Green Bay Packers All-star quarterback was alledgedly involved in a homosexual relationship with his former roommate and assistant, Kevin Lanflisi.
"TheFameDriven's report states that Lanflisi and Rodgers had a falling-out after Rodgers agreed - then, at the last minute, refused - to join a group of NFL stars preparing to publicly identify themselves as gay this past summer. The report goes on to say that Lanflisi subsequently moved out of Rodgers' Wisconsin home and headed for California following the severance," RadarOnline reported.
The TheFameDriven's informant reported that Lanflisi "was also the first person Aaron embraced when the Packers won the Super-bowl in 2011," and as of late, has posted a string of "bitter subliminal" tweets ... alluding to a relationship much deeper than a friendship he had."
"I've got a roommate, a guy I met in town," said Rodgers referring to Lanflisi in a Sporting News article in 2008. "He works for the Packers now as an athletic trainer, but he was interning when I met him and we just hit it off. He's been great for me as far as great conversations outside of football."
"Silence always comes with an expiration date..", wrote Kevin when he posted a selfie on September 30th.
Rodgers played his first game on December 29 after approximately two months as he recuperated from a damaged collarbone. Despite the gay rumors reported about him, he has now spoken out to deny those rumors, and it appears as though he is wisely more concerned with beating Colin Kaepernick and the rest of the San Francisco 49ers this coming Sunday.
"There's always going to be silly stuff out there in the media which you can't worry too much about, and I don't," Rodgers said. "So, just, keep on trucking. I think professional should be professional, and personal is personal and that's just how I'm going to keep it."