New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers pushed anti-vaccine conspiracy theories on Tuesday while responding to criticism from ESPN analyst Ryan Clark.

Last week, Rodgers railed against ESPN’s current sports coverage and accused its on-air talent of simply giving hot takes for the sole purpose of staying relevant. Days later, Clark called Rodgers out on air and labeled him a “fraud” whose relevance will end once he retires from football.

Appearing again on The Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, Rodgers didn’t explicitly name Clark but did offer a “PSA” that his critics must first state their vaccination status.

“I know I gotta say this multiple times for people because they don’t listen,” Rodgers said, “but say whatever the fuck you want about me. I don’t care; but just before you do it — whether you state your name, your accolades, pronouns, whatever it is — just state your vax status so that anything you say afterwards gets put in the right light. Just get it out there, because then when you say things about me, people can at least be like, ‘Oh, you are captured by the multi-billion dollar propaganda psyop and you’re still upset about it.'”

“Just put that in there just so everybody knows where you’re coming from. Everybody knows, ‘OK, cool, you’re twice vaxxed Moderna with three booster shots,’ and then boom, boom, boom, say what you wanna say. Whatever. I don’t care,” continued Rodgers.

Watch above via The Pat McAfee Show.

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