Aaron Rodgers was mocked by his Green Bay Packers teammates as they pretended to take ayahuasca when celebrating a touchdown in the win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday night.
Rodgers starred as he led the Packers to their first win of the season, throwing for 234 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the 27-10 victory over the Bears at Lambeau Field. It appears his teammates have been paying attention to the quarterback’s activities during the offseason.
Nearing the end of the first half in the NFC North divisional clash, Rodgers found receiver Allen Lazard - returning form injury - for a four-yard touchdown pass. Naturally, his Packers teammates decided to poke fun at his ayahuasca dealings.
Lazard turned to his teammates - Randall Kupp, Jon Runyan, Aaron Jones and Yosh Nijman - as the grouped around him, and they mimed receiving something from the receiver. They pretended to drink before playfully falling backwards as if they were passing out.
It was a clear reference to Rodgers’ use of hallucinogenic drugs last offseason. Ayahuasca is a psychoactive tea containing the hallucinogenic drug DMT.
The reigning back-to-back Most Valuable Player entered the impromptu huddle as some of his teammates flopped to the ground, but seemingly only to celebrate with Lazard normally. Rodgers’ admission led to a massive media uproar, but it appears his teammates see no issue with it.
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The quarterback, who was named the NFL MVP for the fourth time in his distinguished career last season, has spoken out in recent years about his renewed passion for life and the sport, crediting his use of ayahuasca in helping him love himself unconditionally.
Ayahuasca has been used as a traditional healing method for thousands of years in Central and South America. Appearing on the Aubrey Marcus Podcast, Rodgers revealed the extent to which the drug has altered his outlook on life.
“To me, one of the core tenets of your mental health is that self-love,” the 38-year-old said. “That’s what ayahuasca did for me, was help me see how to unconditionally love myself. It’s only in that unconditional self-love, that then I’m able to truly be able to unconditionally love others. And what better way to work on my mental health than to have an experience like that?”
