Shailene Woodley confirms engagement to Packers

We formally have a brand new celeb couple… uh, Shaaron Woodgers? Aarlene Rodgley?

The nickname may be fleshed out later, however the vital factor to know is that Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Emmy-nominated actress Shailene Woodley are engaged. Woodley confirmed the recent rumors throughout an look on Monday night time’s version of “The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

“Sure, we’re engaged,” Woodley advised Fallon. “We’re engaged. However for us, it is not new information, you realize, so it is type of humorous. Everyone proper now could be freaking out over it and we’re like, ‘Yeah, we have been engaged for some time.’ We obtained engaged some time in the past.”

Woodley ended her relationship with rugby participant Ben Volavola in April 2020, and Rodgers and NASCAR driver Danica Patrick split up months later. Rodgers, 37, and Woodley, 29, have been then capable of join final yr, placing them on a path towards marriage — though this wasn’t precisely the storybook romance Woodley at all times had in thoughts.

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“He is, first off, only a great, unbelievable human being. However I by no means I believed I would be engaged with any individual who threw balls for a residing,” Woodley stated. “Like, I by no means thought as a little bit lady, I used to be like, ‘Yeah, after I develop up, I am gonna marry somebody who throws balls! Yeah!’ However he is actually simply so good at it.”

The “Large Little Lies” star was not capable of attend any of Rodgers’ video games in 2020 due to NFL guidelines amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and she or he admitted that she is “continually studying” about soccer. Nonetheless, it is clear she’s obtained the fundamentals of the quarterback place down simply high quality.

“He can throw quick balls, he can throw gradual balls, excessive balls, low balls,” Woodley stated. “After I first met him, I believe my canine, my canine like pulled me apart and was like, ‘When you do not date this dude, I’ll disown you as my mom as a result of the three ft that I run with you if you throw a ball is nothing in comparison with the marathon I will run with him.'”

You possibly can watch Fallon’s full interview with Woodley beneath.