{"id":2025232,"date":"2023-09-07T21:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T01:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-rodgers-cheers-for-unvaccinated-tennis-star-at-us-open-christens-him-with-new-nickname\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T21:21:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T01:21:53","slug":"aaron-rodgers-cheers-for-unvaccinated-tennis-star-at-us-open-christens-him-with-new-nickname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-rodgers-cheers-for-unvaccinated-tennis-star-at-us-open-christens-him-with-new-nickname\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers supports unvaccinated tennis star at US Open, gives him a new nickname."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faaron-rodgers-cheers-for-unvaccinated-tennis-star-at-us-open-christens-him-with-new-nickname%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025232&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Aaron Rodgers Cheers for Unvaccinated Tennis\u200c Star at US Open, Christens Him with New Nickname<\/h2>\n<p>Aaron Rodgers, the renowned quarterback for the \u2064New York Jets, recently had the opportunity to cross off an item from his sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-kristin-fisher-leaving-for-cnn\/\" title=\"Fox News\u2019 Kristin Fisher Leaving For CNN\">bucket list<\/a>. Attending the \u2063U.S. Open for the first time since his move to the New York\/New Jersey area, Rodgers made a statement that caught everyone&#8217;s attention.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063a now-expired Instagram \u2062story, Rodgers shared a\u200b picture of himself at the event,\u200c seated and\u200b captivated by the performance of No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic. Alongside the image, \u200bhe wrote, &#8220;Bucket list&#8221; with a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-rodgers-cheers-for-unvaccinated-tennis-star-at-us-open-christens-him-with-new-nickname\/\" title=\"Aaron Rodgers supports unvaccinated tennis star at US Open, gives him a new nickname.\">green check mark emoji<\/a>, expressing his excitement at witnessing the greatness of Djokovic in person at #arthurashestadium.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Above the picture of Djokovic, who\u2019s about to \u200cserve, Rodgers \u2062used a red\u200c line\u200b to cross out a Moderna logo on an ad on \u200ca\u200c side panel.\u200c He \u2064also posted\u200b a goat emoji with the hashtag: &#8220;novaxdjokovic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Djokovic, a 36-year-old tennis \u200blegend, achieved his\u2062 record 47th\u200c Grand Slam semifinal after \u2062being unable to\u2063 participate\u200b in the U.S. Open last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/confirmed-the-number-of-indefinitely-confined-wisconsin-voters-who-can-vote-without-ids-increased-from-60000-in-2016-to-over-200000-in-2020\/\" title=\"Confirmed: The Number of 'Indefinitely Confined' Wisconsin Voters Who Can Vote without IDs Increased from 60,000 in 2016 to Over 200,000 in 2020\">year due<\/a>\u200b to\u200b his unvaccinated status against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Well, I\u2019m a big fan of\u2064 Novak and I got to see him in \u200cperson,&#8221; Rodgers shared.\u200d &#8220;I took that photo and then \u2064realized that there was a \u2064little Moderna sign in the background. Novak is one of the most fit athletes in \u2063the world, and \u200cI \u2064think that anybody \u2062looking at\u2062 the situation realizes\u200d how\u200d ridiculous it was to not allow him into the country with his\u2063 level of fitness and the\u200c way \u2064he takes care of his body.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like him, I care about health, and I was just having a\u2064 little bit of\u200c fun \u200cwith\u2063 it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Two years ago, Rodgers made headlines when \u2064he ambiguously stated, &#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;m immunized,&#8221; in response\u200c to questions\u200b about his vaccination status. He \u200blater admitted that he had\u2064 misled\u200c some people and confirmed \u2063that he was not vaccinated. During the 2021 season, he tested positive for COVID-19 and missed a \u200cgame.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers explained \u2063that he had pursued alternative treatments instead \u200bof the NFL-endorsed\u2064 COVID-19 vaccinations due to\u200b his\u200d allergy to an ingredient in two \u200cof the FDA-approved shots.<\/p>\n<p>As for \u2064Djokovic, he will be competing against Ben Shelton in one men&#8217;s semifinal, while Carlos Alcaraz, the No. 1 seed, will face \u200doff against third-seeded Daniil Medvedev in the other. The\u2064 winners\u200d of these\u200d matches will battle it out in the final on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers and the Jets will kick\u2064 off \u200btheir season on Monday\u2064 night at\u200b home against the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The\u2064 Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that\u2063 it\u2063 meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-jets-aaron-rodgers-shows-support-unvaccinated-tennis-star-novak-djokovic\/\">Aaron\u2063 Rodgers Cheers for Unvaccinated \u2062Tennis Star \u200dat US Open, Christens Him with \u2064New Nickname<\/a> appeared first on\u2064 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Rodgers fulfilled a sports bucket list wish by attending the U.S. Open. 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