Shailene Woodley admitted she can’t talk about Aaron Rodgers without getting emotional.Disney Parks
Shailene Woodley still has big little emotions about her relationship with Aaron Rodgers.
While making rare comments about their failed engagement in a People interview published Tuesday, the actress admitted that talking about it “always makes [her] cry.”
Because of that, the “Divergent” star, 33, hasn’t “shared much” since she and Rodgers, 41, called it quits in 2022.
Their breakup still “always makes [her] cry.”aaronrodgers12/Instagram
“It was not right,” the Emmy nominee said of the romance.Instagram
Woodley added that while their romance was “not right,” it “was beautiful.”
She and the New York Giants player met in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic before going public with their romance the following year.
Rodgers hinted at his proposal in February 2021 by referring to Woodley as his fiancée in a speech, which she confirmed on a subsequent appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
However, she called their relationship “beautiful.”Getty Images for Miu Miu
Woodley and Rodgers met in 2020.GC Images
By February of the following year, the duo had called off their engagement.
The “Secret Lives of the American Teenager” alum gave a rare insight into having her heart “broken” while speaking to Bustle in September.
Woodley confessed to falling in love “over and over with unavailability.”
The NFL player revealed their engagement the following year.WireImage
The duo broke up in 2022.WireImage
She explained, “I love easy and I care easy, but I do not love lightly, and I do not care lightly. It’s really taken me a lot of time to understand that it’s not on me to fix or heal or do anything about [a relationship] other than protect the deep care and love that I have for the world and for my people.”
The Emmy nominee noted that she had since learned to “walk away without the need to understand why certain things didn’t play out the way that [she] may have desired them to.”
Woodley went on to say that she no longer continues “to just give and give” to those who “cross” or “disrespect” her.
The athlete subsequently wrote that he was “grateful” for his ex.Bill Kostroun/New York Post
Rodgers credited Woodley with showing him “what unconditional love looks like.”Getty Images
“Now … I respectfully go, ‘Thank you so much for that information. Have a beautiful life. I wish you well,’” she said.
Prior to her relationship with Rodgers, Woodley was romantically linked to rugby player Ben Volavola.
Rodgers, for his part, dated Danica Patrick from 2018 to 2020 and has been with Mallory Edens since 2023.
The Super Bowl winner moved on with Mallory Edens.Getty Images
Earlier this year, Woodley hinted that their breakup was due to Rodgers’ “unavailability.”GC Images
Immediately following his and Woodley’s split, the quarterback gushed over how “grateful” he felt to have had her in his life.
“Thanks for letting me chase after you the first couple months after we met, and finally letting me catch up to you and be a part of your life,” the Super Bowl winner captioned a since-deleted Instagram slideshow in February 2022.
“Thanks for always having my back, for the incredible kindness you show me and everyone you meet, and for showing me what unconditional love looks like,” Rodgers concluded.
