A simple question from Pat McAfee led Pittsburgh Steelers four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers to unload on Dr.Anthony Fauci, mocking the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for recently invoking the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing this past week."Can you tell us about your mindset coming into your last season?" McAfee asked.The ESPN personality couldn’t have guessed where the four-time NFL MVP was about to take this.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAaron Rodgers of the Pittsburgh Steelers stands for the national anthem before the AFC Wild Card playoff game against the Houston Texans at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Jan.
12, 2026.(Getty Images)"I’m gonna plead the Fifth," Rodgers said, as McAfee and the Steelers fans watching at training camp laughed in unison, "like that absolute coward Tony Fauci.
Absolute coward.Are you kidding me? You get a pardon and you’re and you pleaded over 100 times at the White House? What are you scared of, Tony? I thought you were the science.
‘I am science,’ and you get up there and can’t answer a question? What are we doing?"Rodgers is referencing an infamous remark by Fauci during a 2021 interview, where he defended his public health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying "I am the science."PAT MCAFEE POKES FUN AT ANTHONY FAUCI PLEADING THE FIFTH AMENDMENT LIVE ON ESPNFauci pled the Fifth 111 times during a Senate hearing, on the advice of his attorneys, to answer questions from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen.Rand Paul, R-Ky.
He was questioned over his response to the pandemic and his policy decisions, where the former White House COVID advisor was accused of funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China.Paul argued Fauci using the Fifth Amendment was unsupported because former President Joe Biden, whom Fauci advised during the pandemic, pardoned him.Paul said the committee will vote thi...