Like It or Not, the Aaron Rodgers Era Gets the ‘Hard Knocks’ Treatment

Anger Manager Melania • DeSantis Crawls to NBC • Trump’s Weird Legal Strategy [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Like It or Not, the Aaron Rodgers Era Gets the Hard Knocks Treatment Good morning from the Hive newsroom! The New York Jets, now in their Aaron Rodgers era, are center stage in the latest installment of the NFL Films-HBO franchise Hard Knocks, whether they like it or not (and there’s plenty out there showing they didn’t like it—at least not at first). Tom Kludt [gives us a window]( into the league’s dependence on the show, and how it compels teams to open their training grounds to the camera crews. On matters of Donald Trump, Bess Levin [points out]( the ex-president’s lawyer’s knack for making Trump look super guilty. Eric Lutz [sees]( Ron DeSantis finally admitting that Trump lost the 2020 election. And Kenzie Bryant [shares]( Melania Trump’s secret talent: husband anger management. Thanks for reading. [Like It or Not, the Aaron Rodgers Era Gets the Hard Knocks Treatment]( By [Tom Kludt]( [The Jets are reluctantly starring this week in the latest installment of the NFL Films-HBO franchise, which will put the team’s preseason hopes under the microscope. “We don’t try to spin things to make people look worse,” says one producer, or “make people look better.”]( [Read more button](   [Donald Trump’s Lawyer Can’t Stop Going on TV and Making Donald Trump Look Ridiculously Guilty of the Crimes He’s Been Accused Of]( By [Bess Levin]( [The guy is extremely committed!]( [Read more button](   [Ron DeSantis Finally Bucks Up the Courage to Admit That Donald Trump Lost the Election]( By [Eric Lutz]( [“Of course he lost,” acknowledged the struggling presidential hopeful, who no longer appears to have the privilege of icing out the mainstream press.]( [Read more button](   [Donald Trump, Who Is Said to Regularly Cheat at Golf, Taunts Megan Rapinoe Over World Cup Loss]( By [Bess Levin]( [He also connected the loss to Joe Biden, because why not.]( [Read more button](   [How Good Is Melania at Managing Donald Trump’s Temper? Reportedly Better-Than-Golf Good]( By [Kenzie Bryant]( [The dream of every little girl is to grow up to manage her husband’s font of anger when he’s not out on the back nine.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast