The truth about Aaron Rodgers's secret 'wife': Family lift the lid on…

It's one of the biggest mysteries in the NFL: Who is Aaron Rodgers' wife, and why has nobody met her?

'She's like a phantom,' the wife of one of Rodgers' teammates, who is part of a social group of team wives and girlfriends, told the Daily Mail. 'We all want to meet her, to invite her out, get to know her. But we haven't met her yet. We don't even know who she is.'

The 41-year-old quarterback - now in his first season with the Pittsburgh Steelers after a stint with the New York Jets and 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers - first confirmed his marital status to reporters in June when he got to training camp.

Rodgers was scant on details, saying at the time that it had 'been a couple of months' since he tied the knot.

He declined to name who he married, although he said in a December 2024 episode of the Pat McAfee Show that he was dating someone named Brittani, who was a 'private person,' at the time.

'I'm with somebody who's private, who doesn't want to be in the public eye, didn't sign up to be a celebrity - and because I do things in private, because I want my personal life to be private, now I'm weird,' he said. 'My private life is my private life -and it's going to stay that way.'

Also on the McAfee podcast, this time on April 17, he said he was 'in a different phase of my life - I'm in a serious relationship.' He did not mention Brittani by name in the interview.

By May, he was spotted at the Kentucky Derby sporting a black wedding band.

Then in an interview with Sports Illustrated on July 26, he said: 'I've got the most incredible wife.

'I just really love her and I'm so grateful to have her by my side at the end. When you have that stability and that rock behind you at the house, you feel like you could do anything.'

It is unclear whether he walked down the aisle with Brittani, or if someone else is his mystery spouse.

The Daily Mail has spoken with four people in his circle - including members of his estranged family - and they all share the same confusion about the bride's identity.

'I get being secretive, but come on,' a family member told the Daily Mail. 'At this point, it feels like he's deliberately keeping her secret from even the people who love him the most.

'All anyone wants is for Aaron to be happy, so if he's happy with her, we'd love to meet her. I don't understand the cloak and dagger part of it all.'

Another family member added that they 'assume his wife exists, and I am looking forward to meeting her someday.'

Professionally, Rodgers has made no special arrangements with his team for his spouse to sit in the arena as he plays.

Generally speaking, wives and girlfriends - who are often referred to as WAGs - sit in special sections of sporting venues to cheer on the team and socialize with each other. They bring their families and form bonds while their partners compete.

'I'm dying to meet her,' the teammate's wife told the Daily Mail. 'But she could be sitting somewhere in the stadium and I'd have no idea. She could walk right up to me and I wouldn't know who she was.'

A former teammate agreed, telling the Daily Mail that Rodgers doesn't even bring up his spouse in casual conversation.

'All I know about him being married is what I see in the news,' the teammate said, 'He will talk about football or small talk, but he doesn't go there when we talk.

'I guess I assume she exists, but if you put me in front of a judge and jury, I'd have to say that I just don't know.'

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With family, friends and teammates? Not so much.

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