Report: NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers to attend Daytona 500 as guest of Danica Patrick
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The list of celebrities scheduled to appear at Sunday's Daytona 500 has grown by one notable name:
NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
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That's Rodgers, Super Bowl champion and two-time NFL MVP for the Green Bay Packers.
Oh, and the same Rodgers who happens to be dating driver Danica Patrick.
"He's going to be here to support me and he's excited," Patrick told The Associated Press this week. "I'm excited to show him what I do."
Patrick confirmed last month that she was dating Rodgers, who broke up with actress Olivia Munn last year.
Patrick and Rodgers have been low-key about their relationship, although TMZ has snapped a few photos of them together at dinner in Arizona and at last week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Patrick and Monster Energy Series driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ended their relationship in late 2017 after dating for nearly five years.
Stenhouse, for his part, said last month that he won't race Patrick any differently than any other driver in Daytona.
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"Heck, when we first started racing we got in crashes anyway," Stenhouse said in January. "So it is what it is. I’ll just go compete as hard as I can. I plan on putting myself in position to win the race."