(courtesy of Sam Woolley)

Your friend is grasping. Anyone who says “give him a chance” is waiting for the same face turn that the GOP never got. I understand the need to be optimistic, but Trump is truly awful and I can’t even count on him to erratically stumble his way into any good deed.

What? No, that’s nigh-gibberish and horseshit. He doesn’t see anything outside of himself. He’s a fucking monster. The closest thing to a silver lining we might get in the next four years is if a meteor wipes out a cabinet meeting.

Yeah he’ll like the good shit, because the good shit is timeless. I showed my kids Raiders of the Lost Ark about a month ago and they went fucking apeshit.

I think everything will be utterly disorganized and chaotic, which is frankly the BEST case scenario. The whole thing truly saddens me and I can’t even look at the news anymore or else my chest starts to ache.

My wild speculative guess, why he would cut off all contact with his family, and refuse to go to family events, is they asked him for money. The biggest culprit in fracturing marriages, close friendships and family ties money issues..

LOL, why would you immediately assume that his girlfriend is “tricking him” rather than assume that he and his family has some sort of all too common fallout with people who may share his basic genetic framework, but very little else?

Oh I’d give up my family for Olivia Munn. In a heartbeat.

Removing toxic people from your life is hard; exponentially so when they are family.

I’m at 5 months.

If this is true, I can’t believe he hasn’t come out yet. I mean, nothing screams “bastion of tolerance and understanding” like Green Bay, Wisconsin.

It could just as easily be the case that somebody in his family made comments about his GF that offended him and her causing him to cut ties with his family. Lets not jump to blaming the woman in his life too quickly.

Second thought, also no snark - he’s secretly gay and can’t come to terms with coming out, which would explain the first thought.

Right, but its not just his family. He seems to cut off people at random.

+1   you’re the best, never change.

Yea, if I were an NFL QB and my brother opted to choose a reality TV dating show to air out family issues, I may not be anxious to keep the family involved either. Many people have complex family dynamics; they shouldn’t have to be expected to explain them. Let The Dude be.

That’s very possible. He might be the good guy in this situation, while his family are dicks looking for handouts. But then, I can’t get over this:

First thought, no snark, he’s in deep with Scientology or the like.

He didn’t attend his grandfather’s funeral—the same grandfather he once called before every game.

As someone who is at 5 years with no family contact (because my family are the most miserable people I’ve ever met), I say good for him. You can’t choose your family, but you can choose who you allow in your life. If those choices mean he’s happy, then more power to him.

Rodgers is a transcendent quarterback who is forgetting about his family 50 years ahead of his peers.