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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is reportedly dating actress Jessica Szohr, a former Gossip Girl cast member he briefly dated once before.

The two were briefly linked back in 2011, back when Gossip Girl was a hot show, and long before the slew of Aaron Rodgers gay rumors hit the Internet.

An insider tells Us Weekly of the rekindled romance between the couple:

“They got back together over the holidays. They spent New Years together with a bunch of mutual friends. They broke up because her schedule was crazy for awhile.”

Things fizzled out, but it wasn’t personal. Now, the situation has improved:

“They just couldn’t stay together in that situation but now they have been spending their free time together and things feel good. But they fell right back into it.”

The news comes as something of a surprise – not because Rodgers was linked to his former best friend Kevin Lanflisi, but because he had a girlfriend … we thought.

He and Daisy Newton had reportedly been together for some time.

 
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In any case, Szohr, 28, and Rodgers, 30, hit up the That Awkward Moment film after party at Lucky Strike L.A. Live bowling alley, and as a couple.

“Aaron and Jessica walked in holding hands,” an eyewitness says. The couple were also joined by Szohr’s good friend, none other than Taylor Swift.

Swift, obviously, squeezed in some girl talk. The insider adds that: “Taylor was overheard giving [Jessica] relationship advice in the ladies room.”

Hopefully she didn’t tell people to watch Gossip Girl online though. That show got pretty terrible by the end there. No offense to Jessica, of course.

Rodgers, by the way, commented on the firestorm late last year, saying he’s not gay and “really likes women.” Guess he had one specifically in mind, too.