Aaron Rodgers challenges 'Mr. Pfizer' Travis Kelce to vaccine debate

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Aaron Rodgers is proposing a tag-team match against Travis Kelce.

Last week on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Rodgers derisively called the Chiefs tight end “Mr. Pfizer” for joining the pharmaceutical company’s ad campaign, and Kelce responded by saying he never thought he’d be in the “vax wars” with Rodgers and touting the efficacy of the jab.

Rodgers’ response to the response came on Tuesday with McAfee.

“Mr. Pfizer said he didn’t think he’d be in a vax war with me. This ain’t a war, homie, this is conversation,” Rodgers laughed.

“But if you want to have some sort of duel, debate, have me on the podcast. Come on the show! Let’s have a conversation. Let’s do it like in ‘John Wick 4,’ so we both have a second — someone to help us out.”

In this hypothetical conversation that is unlikely to ever happen, Rodgers’ partner would be now-independent presidential candidate and fellow COVID-19 vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while Kelce would be flanked by Dr. Anthony Fauci or “some other pharmocrat.”

The impetus for this proposed debate started last Tuesday, when Rodgers made an offhand remark about how the Jets contained Kelce on “Sunday Night Football.”

“Mr. Pfizer, we kinda shut him down a little bit,” Rodgers quipped.

“He didn’t have his crazy impact game, obviously, he didn’t have his yards and stuff.”

In media availability later last week, Kelce, who is rumored to be dating pop star Taylor Swift, was asked about Rodgers’ comment.

“I thought it was pretty good,” Kelce laughed. “With the ’stache, I look like a guy named Mr. Pfizer. Who knew I’d get into vax wars with Aaron Rodgers, man? Mr. Pfizer versus the Johnson & Johnson family over there.”

Kelce explained why he agreed to appear in the commercials.

“Once I got the vaccine — I got it because of keeping myself safe, my family safe and the people in this building [safe] — so yeah I stand by it,” Kelce said. “One thousand percent. And I’m fully comfortable with him calling me ‘Mr. Pfizer.’ ”

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