Shailene Woodley details ‘darkest’ time following Aaron Rodgers breakup

Shailene Woodley details ‘darkest’ time following Aaron Rodgers breakup.

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley were the hot couple for a while, but that all ended when they split in February of 2022.

Now, she’s opening up about the break-up and the months after.

“It was hard to film because I was going through the darkest, hardest time in my life,” Woodley told Net-A-Porter. “It was winter in New York, and my personal life was s–tty, so it felt like a big pain bubble for eight months.”

She went on to explain that it was filming “Three Women” that helped her to recover.

“I was so grateful that at least I could go to work and cry and process my emotions through my character.”

Shailene Woodley, Aaron Rodgers breakup: ‘It just felt violating in a way’

She also detailed how dating Rodgers opened her eyes to social media, and how much attention was being paid to her and what she had to say.

“It honestly never really hit me that millions of people around the world were actually watching these things and paid attention to them,” she said. “Then, I dated somebody in America who was very, very famous. It was the first time that I’d had a quote-unquote ‘famous’ relationship, and I watched [the] scrutiny, opinions, the desire for people to know my life and his life and our life – it just felt violating in a way that, before, it was fun. I’m a very private person, and so I found that any time I posted anything, I instantly felt like I was sharing too much of who I am with people I didn’t necessarily trust.”

The pair initially started dating in July 2020, according to Us Weekly, and shocked the world when Rodgers referred to her as his “fiancée” during his NFL Honors acceptance speech, she confirmed it a month later.