Danica Patrick keeps moving forward after splitting from Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers last summer. The former NASCAR star appeared in Tamron Hall this week and talked about what she wants in a partner as she continues to grow as a person.
“When you know what you don’t want, you know what you want,” said Patrick, 38, in the clip obtained by we Weekly. “It is not necessarily that they have a difficult job for him, but that they will be a very high quality person, with many options to check. It is not as if there are boxes to mark; is that I know what I want now and I’m not willing to compromise [or] fold so much. “
Patrick went on to say that when she notices changes in herself, she can look at relationships differently. “There is also this encounter on the other side of going, once I have healed, and processed and accepted the imperfections that exist within me, I now give permission for the other person to be imperfect, and I also do not see his flaws either” she explained. “I use this reference because it is mine: if someone is lazy, I judge well because I don’t allow myself to be lazy. So now, if I can create a healthy dynamic within myself, perhaps reframing and doing more, which is ‘resting’ now, if someone is resting, it used to be called lazy, but I am no longer driven. “
Patrick, who was married to Paul Edward Hospenthal from 2005 to 2013, started dating Rodgers in 2018. When the two broke up in July last year, there was an initial report of Rodgers having a relationship with actress Shailene Woodley. In February, Rodgers announced and Woodley confirmed that the two were engaged.
“So it’s kind of funny. Everyone is freaking out about it now, and we thought, ‘Yes, we’ve been engaged for a while, ”Woodley told Jimmy Fallon last month. “He is, first of all, an incredible and wonderful human being. But I never thought I would be engaged to someone who made a living throwing balls. Like, I never thought when I was a little girl … ‘Yes, when I grow up, I’m going to marry someone who plays balls! Yea!’ But he’s really good at that. “