Earlier this month, Greenbay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers subtly announced that he was engaged after he mentioned his fiancé during his thank-you speech while accepting the MVP Award during the annual NFL Honors earlier this month. Though he never mentioned who his fiancé was, there were already rumors that he and actress Shailene Woodley were dating.
While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Woodley confirmed the engagement to host Jimmy Fallon during her interview, saying that they’ve actually been engaged for some time. She even flashed her engagement ring for viewers to see!
“Yes, we are engaged, we are engaged,” she shared. “But for us, it’s not new news, you know, so it’s kind of funny. Everybody right now is freaking out over it but we’re like, ‘Yeah, we’ve been engaged for a while.'”
The actress opened up about her relationship with Rodgers, claiming that although she is dating an NFL star, she doesn’t know him as one.
“I don’t know him as a football guy,” Woodley said, “I know him as like the nerd who wants to host ‘Jeopardy!’ That’s the dude I know. He just happens to also be very good at sports.”
She also stated that because they met during the pandemic, she hasn’t gotten a chance to go to one of Rodgers’ football games. Her friends have even tried to get her to watch some of his highlights but to no avail, Woodley isn’t a sports gal, saying that sports “were never really on [my] radar.”
Overall, Woodley seems very happy with Rodgers and supportive of him, calling him a “wonderful, incredible human being,” even if she never did imagine herself ending up with a football star.
“I never thought I’d be engaged to somebody who threw balls for a living,” she joked. “Like I never thought as a little girl, I was like, ‘Yeah, when I grow up, I’m going to marry someone who throws balls, yeah!’ But he’s really just so good at it.”
The Big Little Lies actress wasn’t the only one to fall for Rodgers—even her dog fell for the man.
“When I first met him, my dog pulled me aside and was like, ‘If you don’t date this dude, I will disown you as my mother, because the three feet I run with you when you throw a ball…is nothing compared to the marathon I’m able to run with him.'”
We honestly don’t blame them! Congratulations to the happy couple — Celeb Secrets can’t wait to hear about the wedding!
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