'HE'S WONDERFUL'
Shailene Woodley confirms engagement to Aaron Rodgers and calls the NFL star an ‘incredible human’
SHAILENE Woodley has confirmed her engagement to Aaron Rodgers and called the NFL star a "wonderful, incredible human."
The Big Little Lies star, 29, discussed their romance after Aaron, 37, .
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dished all on their relationship while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday.
“So it’s kind of funny. Everybody right now is freaking out over it and we’re like, ‘Yeah, we’ve been engaged for a while,” the Divergent star said.
“He’s, first off, just a wonderful, incredible human being. But I never thought I’d be engaged with somebody who threw balls for a living.
"Like, I never thought as a little girl… ‘Yeah, when I grow up, I’m gonna marry someone who throws balls! Yeah!’ But he’s really just so good at it.”
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Shailene confirmed she met the Green Bay Packers quarterback during the coronavirus pandemic and said she didn't "know him as the football guy."
“When I first met him, I think my dog like pulled me aside and was like, ‘If you don’t date this dude, I will disown you as my mother, because the three feet that I run with you when you throw a ball is nothing compared to the marathon I’m able to run with him,’” she said.
The Fault In Our Stars actress added: “We met during this wacky, wacky time and all the stadiums were closed that he was playing in, so I have yet to go to a football game.
"I didn’t really grow up with sports, especially American sports. It was never really on my radar."
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She added: "When we met, also, I knew he was a football guy, but I didn’t know like what kind of a football guy he was. And I’m still constantly learning.”
Shailene joked that she knows Aaron more as the "nerd who wants to host Jeopardy."
Aaron shocked fans by revealing he got engaged in 2020 while accepting the MVP.
"2020 was definitely a crazy year filled with lots of change and growth, some amazing memorable moments. I got engaged," he said.
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He added: "Off the field, I got a really great group of people that support me. So I'd like to thank my team, and my fiancée...."
Sources claimed the couple's friends are not surprised about their whirlwind engagement.
"They are very happy together,"; an insider told .
"It's not surprising he proposed so fast. When you know, you know, right?"
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Aaron's dating history is filled with many famous faces, including actress Olivia Munn, who he dated from 2014 to 2017.
After Olivia and Aaron parted ways, he went on to date former race car driver Danica Patrick, 38, from 2018 to 2020.
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