We officially have a new celebrity couple … um, Shaaron Woodgers? Aarlene Rodgley?
The nickname can be fleshed out later, but most importantly, Packer’s quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Emmy-nominated actress Shailene Woodley are engaged. Woodley confirmed the latest rumors during an appearance on Monday night’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
“Yes, we are engaged,” Woodley said to Fallon. “We’re engaged. But it’s not news to us, you know, so it’s kind of funny. Everyone’s freaking out about it and we’re like, ‘Yeah, we’ve been engaged for a while.’ We got engaged some time ago. “
Woodley ended her relationship with rugby player Ben Volavola in April 2020, and Rodgers and NASCAR driver Danica Patrick split months later. Rodgers, 37) and Woodley, 29, were able to bond last year and put them on the road to marriage – though that wasn’t exactly the romance Woodley always had in mind.
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“He’s just a wonderful, amazing person first of all. But I never thought I’d be engaged to someone who threw balls for a living,” said Woodley. “As a little girl, I never thought I’d say, ‘Yeah, when I grow up I’ll marry someone who throws balls! Yeah!’ But he’s really that good at it. “
The “Big Little Lies” star was unable to attend any of Rodgers’ games in 2020 due to NFL rules amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and she admitted she is “constantly” learning about football. Even so, it is clear that she understood the basics of the quarterback position well.
“He can throw fast balls, he can throw slow balls, high balls, low balls,” said Woodley. “When I first met him, I thought, my dog, my dog pulled me aside and said, ‘If you don’t go out with this guy I’ll deny you as my mother because of the three feet that I run with you ‘When you throw a ball is nothing compared to the marathon I can run with it.’ “
You can see Fallon’s full interview with Woodley below.
