Aaron Rodgers says Ayahuasca isn't a drug and feels he'll be 'called' to do it again
Aaron Rodgers and his psychedelic tea experience with Ayahuasca became one of the main storylines of this NFL offseason when the four-time MVP admitted on a podcast that he used the tea and credited it for his past two MVP seasons.
The Ayahuasca storyline quickly went away when actual football showed up on television, but Rodgers' No. 1 receiver, Allen Lazard, quickly brought it back into focus on Sunday Night Football when he caught a touchdown and "poured some out" to his teammates in celebration.
The hilarious part of the celebration was not just the Ayahuasca pouring, but the fact that the Packers who drank the tea fell to the ground in a stupor, clearly enjoying their "psychedelic experience".
Rodgers took part in the celebration too, coming in near the end and clearly feeling the moment with some epic jazz hands.
Rodgers was asked about the celebration as well as Ayahuasca during his weekly appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, and the MVP quarterback wanted to make it clear that the representation of Ayahuasca during the celebration was a bit off.
"You’re not standing up drinking, having this Jesus revival, slaying in the spirit. It’s not like that. You don’t have some immediate pass out into obliviation," he told McAfee and former teammate, A.J. Hawk (h/t Packers News)
The four-time MVP also went on to defend Ayahuasca and marijuana for that matter, saying that using the word "drug" is manipulative in this context.
"Ayahuasca is not a drug," Rodgers emphatically said. "It has properties in it that have hallucinogenic abilities. But it's not a drug. We're talking about plants here," he said.
Rodgers clearly has an affinity for the tea. So much so, in fact, that he said he'd do it with Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur if he was asked. He also doesn't think this past offseason will be his last experience with Ayahuasca.
"I don't think that was the last time," he said. "Once you sat with the medicine one time you kind of know what that feeling is that more lessons to be learned. ... Some people sit 100 straight days and still feel called years and years down the road to keep on doing it. I had such a beautiful experience I'm pretty certain it won't be my last."
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