'Secret Celebrity Renovation' invited NFL celebrity Aaron Donald to repair up a fatherland spot of his opting for. Let's get to know Aaron past the sport.
In Secret Celebrity Renovation, well-known folks return to their hometowns and the individuals who helped mildew them in order to pay their good fortune forward. Each episode, one celebrity gives an important particular person of their lifestyles an implausible house renovation. Shows like this turn out time and again that you never know while you may well be making an enormous distinction in an individual's existence. (They may be instructing us to be nice to everyone because it would imply a brand-new kitchen someday).
In Season 2, Aaron Donald — defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams — is going back to Pittsburgh, Pa. to repair up his circle of relatives's old space. While nobody currently lives there, they nonetheless own it and use it as the communal meetup spot, per Trib Live. Joining Aaron on this endeavor are his wife and children, who will expectantly one day use Aaron's early life home as their own "hangout house." Let's get to know Aaron Donald's family.
Aaron Donald has three kids.
In a March 2022 interview with Sports Illustrated, Aaron used to be talking about his long term in the NFL. The 31-year-old is on the most sensible of his sport, but he's been dancing across the idea of retirement for fairly a while. His reasons for short of to stroll away from the sport he loves don't fall under the standard umbrellas of health or financial. If Aaron left the NFL, it would be for his children.
"People who know me understand why," he instructed the hole.
Aaron has two older kids, Jaeda (8) and Aaron Jr. (6), with a previous partner. They are living in Pittsburgh many of the yr. Aaron, his spouse Erica, and their son Aaric are living in Southern California. The distance between Aaron and his older two children was beginning to put on on him. In fact, he shared with Sports Illustrated the exact second he knew things were not running.
When Jaeda began first grade in 2018, Aaron could not be there to walk her into magnificence for the primary time. The separation used to be very nearly killing him and only were given worse as he best noticed his children a couple of times a month. Missing holidays, birthdays, and different milestones would carry Aaron to his knees and to tears more steadily than he may count. Aaron is a wonderful father, but he just would possibly not let himself admit it. Maybe that's a part of the explanation why solving up his formative years house in the city where two of his kids are living is so important.
Aaron Donald leans on his spouse, Erica, for make stronger.
According to Forbes, "Aaron Donald signed a six-year, $135 million extension with the Rams in 2018," which at the time was once the "richest deal ever signed by a defensive player." He has sponsorship offers with Dick's Sporting Goods, Electronic Arts, and Panini that bring in $500,000 every year. All told, he almost certainly makes about $36 million a yr. Despite all that, it is not money that helps to keep Aaron grounded. It's his wife, Erica Donald.
"If it wasn’t for [Erica],” he says, “I don’t know where I would be mentally," he told Sports Illustrated.
Erica and Aaron met by the use of work, again in 2015, when the Rams had been nonetheless in St. Louis. At the time, Erica used to be "in community affairs and player involvement," by the use of People Magazine. Aaron joined the crew the previous 12 months. Erica runs a decent ship, managing all of Aaron's marketing strategy at Kanye West's Dondo Sports, the place she's an government.
Aaron fell so fast for Erica that he proposed to her after most effective four months of courting, but the couple does not depend that one. Evidently Aaron did not have a ring, a mistake he rectified on Erica's birthday when he proposed once more. Soon the couple was pregnant with their handiest child, Aaric, who was born in September 2021.
The couple is super cute on Instagram, ceaselessly shouting every other's accomplishments out. When The Rams gained the Super Bowl in 2022, Erica posted, "I just had to take some time to tell you how proud I am." She went on to say, "You are a true testament to the fact that hard work pays off. You couldn’t write this story any better. I love you forever! We got your back always."
Aaron Donald's episode of Secret Celebrity Renovation airs on Friday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
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