Pat McAfee's interview with Aaron Rodgers on Friday captured the internet — it was the first time since being diagnosed with COVID that the Green Bay quarterback spoke about his vaccine status.
The interview covered a wide range of topics, from ivermectin to vaccines to Joe Rogan. On his show Monday, McAfee said he has gotten pushback from people for allowing Rodgers to talk about unsubstantiated (and false) claims about COVID and vaccines without pushing back.
McAfee said it wasn't his goal to push back, but rather to give Rodgers a platform so that people could hear his side of the story.
"He had a prepared speech to answer what everybody had been saying about him and the situation in a pretty one-sided affair, I think," McAfee said. "Aaron hadn't spoken to anybody. He had pages of notes. I feel like I did ask some follow up (questions) — ‘There's gonna be people that say this, there's gonna be people that say this.’ It was literally an opportunity to hear what Aaron Rodgers was thinking about the entire situation.
"There's a lot of people saying that I potentially should’ve pressured him with more questions or whatever. I didn't ask enough tough (questions). If that had happened (before) then we wouldn't be in a situation. But we're in this situation and now that we're in it, it is hot. I mean, it is a hot situation now. I didn't let it affect me that...
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