Aaron Rodgers mocks Anthony Fauci: 'If science is Dr. Fauci, you're damn right I'm defying science'

NFL quarterback and Super Bowl Champion Aaron Rodgers continued his seemingly never ending troll of big pharma by mocking Dr. Anthony Fauci as a representative of science.

Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, was on the receiving end of Rodgers' latest jab at establishment figures.

Speaking on "The Pat McAfee Show," where Rodgers now routinely provides his most news-worthy quotes, host Pat McAfee declared that Rodgers "defies science" by returning so quickly from an recent achilles injury.

"That’s what they’re saying about you," McAfee said. "[Commentator] Shannon Sharpe said this morning—" the host continued, until Rodgers interrupted.

"It's like we learned, if science is Dr. Fauci, you’re damn right I’m defying science," the quarterback decried.

"That's on me!" McAfee replied through laughter.

"You set yourself up for that one!" Rodgers responded.

"Fauci's just sitting at home, reminiscing about his terrible opening pitch," McAfee then added.

Rodgers was referring to 2021 statements by Fauci when he infamously claimed that any attacks on science were actually attacks on himself:

"I represent science," the government doctor said on CBS.

"It’s very dangerous, Chuck, because a lot of what you’re seeing as attacks on me quite frankly are attacks on science, because all of the things that I have spoken about consistently from the very beginning, have been fundamentally based on science,” Fauci also told host Chuck Todd on MSNBC.

Fauci claimed at the time that while Republicans' goal was to attack mainstream science and that they attached his name to their statements to put a recognizable face on their target. As such, they were attacking him, a person who represents the government's position on science, which he believed was the correct position.

Rogers also recently referred to fellow NFL player Travis Kelce as "Mr. Pfizer" after Kelce appeared in a 2023 Pfizer commercial. The ad endorsed the idea of getting both a flu vaccine and a COVID-19 vaccine at the same time.

The New York Jets star later challenged Kelce to a debate on vaccines where Rodgers would be paired with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kelce would be backed by Dr. Fauci. Kelce responded by referring to Rodgers as being part of the "Johnson & Johnson family," as the New York Jets are owned by an heir of the Johnson & Johnson company, Woody Johnson.

In early September 2023, Rodgers mocked vaccine producer Moderna while attending the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Rodgers was supporting tennis star Novak Djokovic, who is famously unvaccinated.

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