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Radio Host Recalls Cringeworthy Interview with Aaron Rodgers
Gregg Giannotti, co-host of WFAN New York’s popular morning show “Boomer and Gio,” isn’t looking back fondly on their interview with NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers last year. In fact, Giannotti recently described the encounter as the “most awkward, horrible 18 minutes” in the show’s history.
Speaking with fill-in host Jon “Stugotz” Weiner, Giannotti expressed his relief that he wouldn’t have to interview Rodgers again, saying, “I’d rather you interview Aaron Rodgers than us after what happened last year… Honestly, you can have that, I don’t need to interview him again.”
Rodgers’ appearance on the show last August was marked by tension and awkwardness, with the quarterback showing up late due to traffic and seemingly uninterested in engaging with the hosts.
Aaron Rodgers’ appearance on the Boomer and Gio show last year didn’t sit right with a host
Co-host Gregg Giannotti (center) called the interview ‘the most awkward, horrible 18 minutes’
Giannotti recalled the interview, saying, “I don’t think he ever looked at us. Not one time … It was a combination of everything. It was him being upset, us freaking out when he wasn’t playing along. The whole thing was just turds in a blender.”
The interview took a turn for the worse when Rodgers was asked about doing the dishes at his New Jersey home, leading to an awkward silence and eventually, some awkward music playing over the voices of the show’s hosts.
Giannotti told Stugotz, “I led with, ‘Does he buy his own furniture?’ And he was not happy. Boomer went to a dishwashing story, he was even angrier.”
The ill-fated interview occurred during Rodgers’ first training camp with the New York Jets, a season that was cut short when he tore his Achilles tendon in just four snaps against the Buffalo Bills.
This year’s training camp began on Tuesday, with the start of the football season just a few weeks away.
