Danica Patrick’s split with Aaron Rodgers touched her deeply.
“I think we learn most about ourselves through relationships, but there’s nothing like heartbreak to really throw you in there,” Patrick said Monday in National Geographic’s latest episode. Run wild with Bear GryllsBut I’ve learned a lot and as sad as I was, I’ve felt so much joy in so many more cases and in so many more unlikely places than ever before, so it’s like my heart was broken open. at both ends of the spectrum. “
The former racing driver confirmed in July 2020 that she and the NFL quarterback had ended their relationship, after being together for more than two years.
Since their split, in the meantime Danger! guest host Rodgers started a high-profile romance with actress Shailene Woodley. They announced their engagement in February.
Patrick has now turned to her family.
[My dad is] always super proud of me, “she said to Grylls.” My mother too. My sister. I am really lucky to have a family that supports me enormously. You gotta have someone you can fall apart with, you know? ‘
In March, the host of the Pretty intense podcast explained her way of thinking about future relationships.
“You know what you don’t want, so you know what you’re doing, and so it might not necessarily be that they have their work done, but that they are going to be an extremely high quality person with lots of boxes to check,” she continued The Tamron Hall Show“It’s not like there are boxes to check, it’s just that I now know what I want and I’m not willing to compromise, bend so much, right?”
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