Famed author discusses biggest 'challenge' for writing his new book on Aaron Rodgers

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Ian O'Connor got the golden opportunity to have an exclusive sit-down interview with Aaron Rodgers for his new book - but it was not that easy to get it done.

The famed author is releasing his biography on what he calls "the most polarizing athlete in maybe all of sports, but certainly the NFL" next week, and he had actually finished his book, originally, without Rodgers' own words in it.

He sent the manuscript, without Rodgers, in February, and heard a month later that Rodgers was finally willing to speak with him.

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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers attends an introductory press conference at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center on April 26, 2023 in Florham Park, New Jersey. (Elsa/Getty Images)

However, with his family drama, it is pretty clear that Rodgers keeps a close-knit circle of trust that one best not break. So, when O'Connor approached those closest to the New York Jets quarterback, many were reluctant, and it was a "challenge."

"A lot of people were afraid to talk about him. His friends and close associates, I think, assumed I had an agenda looking to destroy him maybe on his vax stance, which I had absolutely no intention of doing," O'Connor told OutKick's "Hot Mic." "It took a while to win the trust of people close to him, and then ultimately, to convince him to sit down with me, which he did in February, and that certainly made it a better book."

O'Connor said he had gone through the Jets, Rodgers' agent and Rodgers himself to try to get him to speak for the book, even sending him his other books to try to convince him.

"I wanted to get across to him this is a