Overview

• At Jordan Love’s June 29 wedding to Ronika Stone, Bakhtiari posted “Love is love” and quipped that at least one of his quarterbacks had invited him to their nuptials.
• He followed up by replying with crying-laughing emojis to social-media users mocking Rodgers’s quietly held ceremony.
• On July 2, Bakhtiari joked under a Steelers team photo that he’d been “cut…out,” tagging Rodgers in another public tease.
• Rodgers has not responded to the barbs and has repeatedly stated that he intends to maintain privacy around his marriage.
• The public exchange highlights a strain in a relationship forged over ten seasons in Green Bay and underscores how social media drives personal storylines in pro sports.