Shailene Woodley Denies Instagram Post Was About Her Fiancé Aaron Rodgers’ Vaccine Drama

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Actress Shailene Woodley has accused fans of “holding onto straws” by suggesting that her cryptic Instagram post was about the anti-vaccine drama of her fiancé, soccer star Aaron Rodgers.

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The Big Little Lies star is engaged to the Green Bay Packers player, who tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

Rodgers had previously claimed that he was “immunized” against the virus, but after news of his positive COVID fell, he appeared on Friday’s The Pat McAfee Show and confirmed that he had not received any of the three available vaccines, claiming to be allergic to the virus. MRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, and citing blood clot concerns surrounding the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

He also expressed concern that “there have been no long-term studies on sterility or fertility issues” related to vaccines, adding: “I am not some kind of flat anti-vax, I am someone who is a critical thinker.”

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And when Shailene shared a post with the message, “Calm seas can bring you peace, but storms are where you will find your power,” on her Instagram story Thursday, many took it as a sign that she supported his stance against the vaccines. .

But on Saturday, he took to Instagram and criticized people’s apparent misinterpretation of his post.

“Just read somewhere that the media claims I deleted an Insta story amid the ‘chaos.’ (An astrology publication of all things) (nothing cryptic, you fools). Do they even know how stories work, brah? They self-delete after 24 hours (sic), ”Shailene wrote.

“Literally lol’ing (laughing) here about his determination to make a story out of nothing. Holding on to the straws dear ones. “

While the Divergent star has not disclosed her own vaccination status, she told Flaunt magazine in 2013 that she “makes her own medicine.”

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“I make my own medicines; I don’t get them from doctors. I make my own cheese and forage wild foods and identify wild plants. It’s a whole lifestyle, ”he told the magazine at the time.

But the controversy won’t go away anytime soon. Woodley’s boyfriend was later teased Saturday when Pete Davidson portrayed him in the opening sketch for the American television show Saturday Night Live.

“I never lied. I gathered all my teammates, pulled their faces three inches away from my wet mouth, and said, ‘Trust me, I’m more or less immunized. Let’s go Team! ‘”Pete joked, as Aaron.

“People can talk all they want, but at the end of the day, my record is still 7-1, which means that out of the eight people I have infected, seven are fine.”

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