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Aaron Rodgers takes shot at Keith Olbermann in Pat McAfee appearance - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Aaron Rodgers' season might be over — though he floated during his appearance Friday on "The Pat McAfee Show" that anything is possible for a return — but he was in midseason form in another way.

Calling out those who call out him over his personal choices.

When McAfee brought up to the former Green Bay Packers quarterback that two critics have theorized that Rodgers' Achilles injury he suffered in the New York Jets' season opener on Monday happened because of ways in which he conducts himself off the field, the four-time NFL MVP fired back with one word to describe both of them.

"Bum."

The first person McAfee mentioned was Greg Kelly, a conservative talk show host on Newsmax, who somehow linked Rodgers' use of the plant-based psychedelic ayahuasca to Rodgers' injury.

"I totally saw this coming," Kelly said Wednesday. "This was going to be a disaster. Something happened to this guy, he got involved in psychedelics. It's not good and he took it and he encouraged others to do the same. … Lay off that tea."

Rodgers has been public about using ayahuasca the last couple of years. He's been an advocate of the drug and was even a keynote speaker this offseason at the Psychedelic Science 2023 convention in Denver.

Rodgers said on "The Aubrey Marcus Podcast" that using ayahuasca has helped him "unconditionally love himself" and in turn has helped him learn to love others. In another interview, Rodgers said the hallucinogen has also helped him overcome fears of death and credited ayahuasca for his two MVP seasons in 2020 and 2021.

Ayahuasca is banned in the United States and there are no accepted medical use for hallucinogens in the U.S., though Rodgers is looking to change the perceptions around them.

Of course, Rodgers' use of ayahuasca had no part in his Achilles injury on the fourth play of the Jets' first possession in the season opener Monday night.

Just as Rodgers not being vaccinated against COVID-19 had no part in the injury, either.

But that didn't stop former MSNBC and ESPN host Keith Olbermann bringing it up on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

Rodgers, while a member of the Packers in 2021, was part of a COVID firestorm in which he hasn't backed down from to this day.

Rodgers, never one to back down from critics in recent years, wasn't going to let the opportunity pass to take a shot back at Olbermann.

"Yeah, get your fifth booster, Keith," Rodgers said, before adding one more jab for good measure.

"Bum."

Rodgers won't be on the field again this season as he recovers from the torn Achilles, but don't expect him to stay off the podcast circuit.

He confirmed Friday he will appear on "The Pat McAfee Show" every Tuesday just as he has the previous three seasons while a member of the Packers.

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