After spending most of 2022 doing the whole on again / off again thing with Shailene Woodley, Aaron Rodgers appears to have a new girlfriend: Mallory Edens. Well, new-ish—they've actually been dating since at least January, when a source told People their vibe was "more than friends," but also "casual," but also "nothing serious at all." More specifically (since that couldn't be more vague), the insider noted that Aaron is "not looking to rush into anything" and while things are "low-key for now," he and Mallory definitely have "a very close friendship that is evolving." Oh, and the source mused that "He's not going to do something as quick as Shailene. Live and learn," which...k!

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While 39-year-old Aaron and 26-year-old Mallory figure out the exact terms of their casual / more-than-friends / nothing serious / low-key for now / evolving relationship, we'll be busy getting to know Mallory better courtesy of a deep dive.

Her Dad Is Famous in the Sports World

Mallory's father is none other than Wes Edens, and if that name means nothing to you (me neither), he owns the Milwaukee Bucks. Here he is chilling with Aaron court-side:

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Meanwhile, Mallory was raised in NYC and is hugely invested in the Bucks along with the rest of her family—though her loyalties didn't always lie with them. "They didn't buy the team until my senior year of high school," she told ESPN. "So I had grown up a die hard Knicks fan. Like, die hard die hard."

Mallory and Aaron Have Been Friends Forever

Makes sense given Aaron's friendship with Wes, but Mallory actually posted Aaron to her Instagram back in 2019:

She also chatted about their vibes in the below video (filmed three years ago), saying, "He sits next to us at so many games. He and my dad are friends."

Side Note: She Briefly Had Beef With Drake

So as you can see in the ^ picture, Mallory is wore a shirt with Drake's nemesis Pusha T on it during a game between the Bucks and the Toronto Raptors (Drake's hometown team). In response, Drake commented, “That’s me in the second row" and briefly changed his Insta profile pic to a photo of Mallory.

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She Graduated From Princeton

On top of graduating from a casual Ivy League college, Mallory has written about sexism in sports marketing TIME. She's also pretty vocal when it comes to political activism on social media.

She's a Professional Model

Case in point:

She Has Some Major Goals

On top of her modeling career and activism, Mallory told TMZ Sports in 2017,“I want to buy the Knicks one day. We’ll see how that works out.”

“I think women are hugely underrepresented in sports,” she added. “There are not female GMs [general managers], like one team president who is a woman in the NBA. There’s no female head coaches, you know hopefully [San Antonio Spurs assistant coach] Becky Hammon gets a head coaching job somewhere, but there’s never been a female commissioner in any of the four major American sports leagues.”

Love these vibes.

Anyway, neither Aaron nor Mallory have spoken out about their relationship (or confirmed it) though gonna go ahead and assume some court-side appearances are in their future. Though...they were doing those back when they were just friends in 2019 so...court-side confirmation might be meaningless in this case. Guess there's nothing to do but lurk on their Instas, see ya!

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