"It always makes me cry”: Shailene Woodley opens up about "six months of depression" after ending her engagement with Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ star player, might have kept his marriage and wife’s identity out of the spotlight but he had a number of relationships in public previously. Before Aaron Rodgers met his wife, he was in a public relationship with his ex fiancee, Shailene Woodley, and many fans thought they would get married. While Aaron Rodgers is now a married man, actress Shailene Woodley has opened up about what she went through after ending things with him.A few months ago, in an interview with Outside Magazine, popular actress Shailene Woodley said, “I haven’t shared much about my relationship with Aaron because it always makes me cry."Shailene Woodley added how she "had a really awful, traumatic thing happen in early 2022," which led to about six months of a depression.The popular actress continued, “I felt like I lost my soul, my self, my happiness, my joy. I really understood depression and anxiety and, like, complete soul detachment…”Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley started dating in the early months of 2021, just weeks after he split from Danica Patrick in 2020.The couple had been pretty public about their relationship and were often spotted together.Soon after, Aaron Rodgers proposed to Shailene Woodley and the two got engaged.But things took a turn in April 2022 when they ended things even though neither Aaron Rodgers nor Shailene Woodley has been public about the reason behind their break up.Three years later, in June 2025, Aaron Rodgers announced that he is a married man but nobody has seen his wife in public yet.In June 2025, on an episode of Pat McAfee’s show, Aaron Rodgers said, “My wife is a private person, doesn’t have social media, hasn’t been a public person, doesn’t want to be a public person. I know that I’ve chosen to be in the public eye for one more season, but my private life is staying private…”It has been six months since then and Aaron Rodgers’ wife’s identity has remained private.