Published: 22:56 BST, 30 June 2025 | Updated: 22:56 BST, 30 June 2025
David Bakhtiari, a close friend and longtime teammate of [Aaron Rodgers](/sport/aaron-rodgers/index.html), has taken a thinly-veiled dig at the quarterback over his secret wedding.
Rodgers and Bakhtiari spent a decade together at the [Green Bay Packers](/sport/green-bay-packers/index.html), with the legendary quarterback developing a strong bond with his offensive tackle.
But Bakhtiari has suggested he was snubbed by Rodgers for his recent wedding. The 41-year-old Steelers star recently revealed that he had tied the knot but details of the event - and his wife - remain a mystery.
Over the weekend, current Packers quarterback Jordan Love married Ronika Stone and Bakhtiari paid tribute to the couple - before taking a swipe at Rodgers.
'Love is love. Congrats to the Loves,' he wrote alongside a video from the wedding. 'Just happy at least one of my quarterbacks invited me to their wedding.'
The NFL legend, 41, dropped a bombshell during his first official Steelers practice earlier this month, when he confirmed that he had tied the knot 'a couple of months ago.'
David Bakhtiari, a close friend of Aaron Rodgers , has taken a thinly-veiled dig at the NFL star
Bakhtiari has suggested he was snubbed by Rodgers for his secret summer wedding
However, the identity of the four-time MVP's partner has remained a secret, sparking online conspiracy theories that his marriage could be a hoax. Even Rodgers' family was said to be questioning whether the wedding took place.
But Rodgers last week ripped into the rumors in a furious four-minute-long tirade on Pat McAfee's ESPN talk show.
'It's a sick society, isn't it? I lived in the public eye for 20 years, I had public relationships,' he began referring to his past high-profile romances with the likes of actress Shailene Woodley and NASCAR star Danica Patrick.
'How did that work out? I had people leaking my home information, and making up stories, I had people calling the paparazzi, I had people posting my personal life on the internet. I didn't want that, didn't like any of that.'
Rodgers continued: 'Now I'm with someone who's private who doesn't want to be in the public eye, didn't sign up to be in the public eye, doesn't want to be a celebrity.
'And because I do things in private because I want my personal life to be private, I'm now weird and have the paparazzi stalking me.'
Earlier this week, Rodgers went on a furious rant over his right to a private life on ESPN
The quarterback spent four minutes unleashing on the rumors surrounding his marriage
Rodgers, who signed a one-year, $13.65million deal with the Steelers, previously divulged to McAfee that he was in a relationship with a woman named 'Brittani', and that she did not have any social media.
During his recent rant, the quarterback went on to ask: 'What happened to common decency about security and a personal life?
'Now we have to dive into details of where you live, what you're doing and who you're with, who your wife is and if you even have a wife, and if you're doing so sort of attention-grabbing thing - because my wife is a private person, doesn't have social media.
'Where are we at in society that that's the norm? Just because I'm not selling wedding to the magazines or making a loving post on Instagram.'