<p id=”par-1_20″>Danica Patrick just took a not-so-happy walk own memory lane when talking about her past <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/celebrity-relationships/”>relationship</a> with <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/AARON-RODGERS/?swcfpc=1″>Aaron Rodgers</a>. </p>
<p id=”par-2_57″>The former <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/sports/”>race car driver</a> and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/nfl/”>NFL</a> quarterback dated for two years from 2018 to 2020 before Patrick’s publicist confirmed that <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/danica-patrick-aaron-rodgers-split-what-really-went-down.html/?swcfpc=1″>they had split</a>. Patrick previously talked being “heartbroken” when their relationship ended and even admitted that she wanted to marry the signal caller, at one point telling <a href=”https://www.eonline.com/videos/294356/danica-patrick-opens-up-about-relationship-with-aaron-rodgers” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>E! News</a> that she was hopeful he’d propose. </p>
<p id=”par-3_28″>“I mean I would hope that’s the intention,” she said. “Look, there’s no guarantees in life, but as long as you have that intention, that’s what matters, right?”</p>
<p id=”par-4_22″>That didn’t happen and now Patrick is opening up about that time in her life again and characterized it as “emotionally abusive.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-patrick-calls-her-split-from-rodgers-the-most-painful-experience-of-her-life”>Patrick calls her split from Rodgers the ‘most painful experience’ of her life</h2>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-width=”550″ data-dnt=”true”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Danica Patrick opens up about the heartbreak of her 2020 breakup with Aaron Rodgers — calling it the most painful experience of her life. But through what she describes as emotional abuse, she found something bigger – herself. <br><br>Watch the full conversation now on YouTube. <a href=”https://t.co/kwQjb7xQ4A”>pic.twitter.com/kwQjb7xQ4A</a></p>— Sage Steele (@sagesteele) <a href=”https://twitter.com/sagesteele/status/1925999164166414672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>May 23, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
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<p id=”par-5_19″>During an appearance on the <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=I2HeKc_y0SSmyj8O&v=UWo2H6pnGLo&feature=youtu.be” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”><em>Sage Steele Show</em> podcast</a>, Patrick was asked: “What’s the most amount of pain you’ve experienced?”</p>
<p id=”par-6_42″>“The break up with Aaron [in] 2020,” Patrick responded. “It was sudden. And because of the nature of the relationship was emotionally abusive so that wore me down to nothing. Everything was torn to bits. He leaves a trail of blood.” </p>
<p id=”par-7_48″>She added: “Felt like it was my life, when you live with someone, it was your whole life. It’s your dentist appointment. It’s your hairdo, your clothes. It’s like your mailing address. It’s like everything … I don’t think I’m saying earth-shattering stuff. There’s been enough out there.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_49″>Patrick did, however, insist that she got something good out of that split, explaining: “It gave me the greatest gift, the greatest gift, which was myself. You know it gave me the greatest gift of how much I needed to show up for myself and take care of myself.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-rodgers-famous-ex-fiancee-also-spoke-out-about-how-hard-their-breakup-was”>Rodgers’ famous ex-fiancée also spoke out about how hard their breakup was</h2>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-width=”550″ data-dnt=”true”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Shailene Woodley finally addresses Aaron Rodgers breakup in rare quotes about “broken heart.” <a href=”https://t.co/X39Jvc4SGc”>pic.twitter.com/X39Jvc4SGc</a></p>— Page Six (@PageSix) <a href=”https://twitter.com/PageSix/status/1833611434321649827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>September 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
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<p id=”par-9_49″>Shailene Woodley began dating Rodgers after Patrick. The two eventually got engaged but never made it down the aisle and pulled the plug on their relationship in 2022. But like Patrick, Woodley hasn’t been shy talking about how difficult and painful her breakup with the football star was. </p>
<p id=”par-10_82″>In an interview with <a href=”https://www.net-a-porter.com/en-us/porter/article-6735f3ca5e559850/cover-stories/cover-stories/shailene-woodley” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Porter</a>, the actress discussed how she was going through the breakup while filming the series <em>Three Women</em> in Manhattan and revealed: “It was hard to film because I was going through the darkest, hardest time in my life. It was winter in New York, and my personal life was s*****, so it felt like a big pain bubble for eight months. I was so grateful that at least I could go to work and cry and process my emotions through my character.”</p>
<p id=”par-11_59″>Woodley later called her time with Rodgers “<a href=”https://www.etonline.com/media/videos/shailene-woodley-on-toxic-aaron-rodgers-relationship-and-breakup-232673″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>toxic,</a>” telling Outside Magazine: “I had this really awful, traumatic thing happen in early 2022. I really understood depression and anxiety. That was the lowest low of my life. I haven’t shared much about my relationship with Aaron because it always makes me cry. It was not right, but it was beautiful.”</p>