McAfee has a lot of power with ESPN—his recent interviews with Aaron Rodgers hint at how much.
As New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ lengthy non-apology to Jimmy Kimmel started to wind toward its conclusion nearly half an hour into his appearance on The Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, Rodgers opined that he didn’t feel like the ESPN executives upset about the situation heard what he actually said.
«I don’t think Mike Foss watched the clip,» Rodgers said indignantly.
Rodgers was referring to ESPN’s senior vice president, who told Front Office Sports the week prior that Rodgers made a «dumb and factually incorrect joke» about Kimmel when Rodgers said Kimmel was hoping sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein’s client list wouldn’t come out (Rodgers clarified his comments Tuesday, saying that he thought Kimmel wouldn’t want to be proven wrong that a client list exists, not that Kimmel himself was on the list).
McAfee, whose efforts to move the conversation into safer waters were not going swimmingly, covered his eyes and started laughing. On the split screen with McAfee and Rodgers, former Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawks broke into a smile, then assumed a quizzical look.
«What part of his quote did you not like, Aaron?» Hawk asked. «What part of it did you not enjoy?»
«A.J.,» someone on the broadcast muttered into his mic.
