Aaron Rodgers says he still has not received an apology phone call from former friend and business partner Ryan Braun.
Braun has been calling Milwaukee Brewers season ticket holders in an effort to apologize for using steroids and repeatedly lying about it, and to rehab his image. The Green Bay Packers MVP quarterback says he hasn’t received one of the apology calls.
“I haven’t gotten one of those calls,” Rodgers said on his weekly radio show on WAUK-AM.
Rodgers also said he wasn’t disappointed about not getting a call, but he didn’t sound sincere when he said that.
Rodgers and Braun entered business together last year and opened a superstar restaurant called “8*twelve” in Milwaukee. The restaurant dropped Braun following his steroids/lying scandal.
Rodgers joked that he could replace Braun with Milwaukee Bucks center Larry Sanders, who also wears jersey number eight.
Rodgers and Braun developed a friendship around their similarities. Both are California-born star athletes who became league MVPs for Milwaukee sports teams. They supported each other in their respective sports and went into business together. When Braun first tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone, nobody defended him more vigorously than Rodgers. When Braun won his appeal, Rodgers celebrated more than anyone else. It’s no surprise that Rodgers was crushed after Braun turned out to be lying, and it’s no surprise that Braun has yet to call him.
H/T Packers Blog
