Jimmy Kimmel roasts Aaron Rodgers over RFK Jr potential VP pick: ‘How many losing teams can he be a part of?’

Jimmy Kimmel weighed in on “the noted anti-vax conspiracy theorist with a famous last name” Robert F Kennedy Jr’s running mate wishlist during the opening monologue of his show on Wednesday night.

This week, the New York Times reported that Mr Kennedy’s vice presidential pick shortlist consists of New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler Jesse Ventura – two men, who like the presidential candidate, have a penchant for conspiracy theories.

On his late-night show on Wednesday, Mr Kimmel destroyed the candidates.

“He’s also considering a pair of truck nuts dipped in Ivermectin,” he joked.

“Aaron Rodgers and Jesse Ventura are not running mates,” he continued. “They are who the bookers on The Masked Singer call when Rob Schneider says no.”

He added: “Aaron Rodgers is still playing football. He’s still playing for the Jets. How many losing teams can he be a part of at once?”

This isn’t the first time Mr Kimmel and Mr Rodgers have had a war of words.

Mr Kimmelgot into a spat with Mr Rodgers in January after the NFL star implied that the show host’s name would appear among the so-called “Epstein list” released.

A trove of newly-published legal documents from a defamation lawsuit brought against Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell were unsealed, featuring more than 100 names.

Among the names were victims, friends and associates of Epstein and Maxwell as well as some individuals with no direct link at all. Mr Kimmel’s name was not mentioned in the documents and there is no indication he is connected to Epstein or Maxwell in any way.

Aaron Rodgers, Robert F Kennedy Jr, and Jesse Ventura

After that baseless suggestion, Mr Kimmel branded Mr Rodgers a “hamster brain man”