Aaron Rodgers shows terrible (hair gel) judgment at the Kentucky Oaks
Aaron Rodgers is at the Kentucky Oaks sporting an offensive amount of hair gel. Nice suit, though.
The day before the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs plays host to the Kentucky Oaks, a 1 1/8 mile long race run by three-year-old fillies. It’s the Derby’s sister race, run by the girls, and one of the horse racing community’s favorite races. For reasons we don’t have time to unpack, Derby weekend has also become something of a social, see-and-be-seen event for NFL players.
Despite not having a horse named after him, Aaron Rodgers and a pack of Packers were in attendance at the Oaks and they wore their race track best. (Rodgers is a regular at the Derby.) A lot of good spring suits all around. Rodgers chose to go with a cream colored look, but, unfortunately, he decided to accessorize like a damn tool.
Let’s take a look at the full look.
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What a lovely suit. Cool, casual. Perhaps better suited (no pun intended) for a sunny day, but still very fitting for the event. The tie is a nice nod to both the Derby colors and also the pink breast cancer awareness theme of Oaks day. Unfortunately, Rodgers chose to use a disastrous amount of hair gel, sculpting his ‘do into something evoking the Evil Boyfriend from the beginning of a early 2000s rom-com. Or, you know, Entourage.
Let’s take a closer look at the hair.
@packers at the Kentucky Oaks hanging with your QB @AaronRodgers12 @ChurchillDowns @DerbyMedia #KyOaks https://t.co/wNwXet03IV
— Nick Duran (@chakaduran23) May 4, 2018
Listen. Hair gel is your friend. As Jonathon on Queer Eye could tell you, used effectively it’s a great resource. And the style that Rodgers is going for is also not, in theory, a bad choice. It’s one Rodgers has rocked quite effectively in the past. But not this time. This time he looks like an eighth-grader who just discovered personal grooming.
Here’s hoping he adjusts accordingly for Derby Day.
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