Former race car driver Danica Patrick<\/a> is speaking candidly about her split from NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers<\/a>, describing it as \u201cthe most amount of pain\u201d she\u2019s ever experienced. During her appearance on The Sage Steele Show<\/em><\/a>, Patrick opened up about her relationship with the former New York Jets QB, whom she dated between 2018 and 2020.<\/p>\n When Steele asked Patrick to describe \u201cthe most amount of pain\u201d she\u2019s ever felt, the 43-year-old champion of the 2008 Indy Japan 300 responded, \u201cThe breakup with Aaron in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n The racing icon shared some eye-opening details about why the breakup hit her so hard. \u201cBecause it was sudden, it felt like,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was my life. So, like, when you live with somebody, it\u2019s your whole life. And because the nature of the relationship was emotionally abusive, that wore me down to nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n Patrick reflected on how her strong public image contrasts with someone experiencing what she termed an emotionally abusive relationship. \u201cPeople could never imagine that I would lack\u2026 any confidence or belief in the simple things about who I am. Everything was torn to bits. Yeah, he leaves a trail of blood. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m saying too much earth-shattering stuff after we\u2014there\u2019s been enough out there.\u201d<\/p>\n She confessed to \u201cignoring\u201d the toxic aspects of their relationship, viewing it as another \u201chard thing\u201d to push through.<\/p>\n Looking back, Patrick expressed gratitude for the lessons learned from the difficult breakup, noting, \u201cIt gave me the greatest gift of how much I needed to show up for myself and take care of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"YouTube](\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/UWo2H6pnGLo\/hqdefault.jpg\")