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Danica Patrick is opening up more about her high-profile relationship with NFL legend Aaron Rodgers.
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Patrick, 43, a former race car driver, dated Rodgers, 41, the future hall of fame quarterback, from January 2018 to July 2020 before Rodgers called it off.
Talking on the Sage Steele Show podcast, Patrick said the “most amount of pain” she’s had in her life was when she broke up with Rodgers.
“Because it was sudden, it felt like. It was my life. So like when you live with somebody, it’s your whole life,” she said, according to People magazine.
“And because the nature of the relationship was emotionally abusive, so that wore me down to nothing.”
Patrick wasn’t done.
“Any confidence or belief in the simple things about who I am. Everything was torn to bits. Yeah, he leaves a trail of blood. I don’t think I’m saying too much earth-shattering stuff after we — there’s been enough out there.”
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A representative for Rodgers did not respond on the weekend to People’s request for comment .
Despite how the relationship went, Patrick said she has no regrets because it “led to the next thing.”
“It gave me the greatest gift, the greatest gift, which is myself. It gave me the greatest gift of how much I needed to show up for myself and take care of myself.”
The pair initially met at the 2012 ESPYs and stayed in touch until dating in 2018. They even bought a home in Malibu together.
Rodgers has previously had a different take on the relationship.
After they broke up, he said on the Aubrey Marcus Podcast in August 2022 that he learned a lot about spirituality from their time together.
“I was dating Danica and that relationship was great for me because she is on her own journey and spirituality is important to her. We both were finding our way, learning about different things (and) practicing meditation techniques,” Rodgers said.
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