In light of Brett Favreās recent welfare scandal being exposed, award-winning author Jeff Pearlman has disowned his biography on the Hall of Fame quarterback.Ā
Sports Illustrated released a story Tuesday night regarding Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favreās involvement in a welfare scandal.
Late Tuesday night, award-winning author Jeff Pearlman, who wrote a biography on Favre, publicly disowned his book in a lengthy Twitter statement.
It takes a lot for an author to come out and tell the public to no longer read his book or leave it alone.Ā At the same time, while he loves to highlight greatness, Pearlman is very straightforward in his work and will call it as he sees it, including this latest incident by Favre. By the optics of this, Favre looks more and more disgraceful as details emerge, starting with stealing money from folks in Mississippi and using it for his daughterās volleyball arena, of all things. Pathetic.
Jeff Pearlman disowned Brett Favre biography after quarterbackās recent welfare scandal
Jeff Pearlman wasnāt soft in his critique of Brett Favre. He let it all out. That deserves credit and respect because not many would be willing to come forward and say they were wrong due to potential repercussions, such as money made from the book. But Pearlman is not like that. He is honest and forthcoming.
The same canāt be said for Favre. The details of the situation look more grotesque as they come to light publicly. Also, can we please give some love toĀ Nick Selbe, who wrote this story for Sports Illustrated, and Anna Wolfe of Mississippi Today? Not every story regarding a football player is a glowing review. Moreover, as you dig deeper into Selbeās story, you find yourself becoming more flabbergasted by the blatant corruption in Mississippiās government.
The work that was done by Favre and former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant in consort withĀ nonprofitĀ founder Nancy New is what Selbe reports as the largest public fraud case in the stateās history. The text messages are bad enough, as Wolfe reported and asĀ Anthony Antoine of NBC12 in Richmond, Virginia, highlighted.
https://twitter.com/AnthonyNBC12/status/1569813133442666497?s=20&t=0fZCGDykj8dF6YiI1U9SCA
What comes of this remains to be seen, but right now, it looks like Brett Favre is in deeper trouble than he has ever faced in his career. Meanwhile, he lost a supporter in Jeff Pearlman, and that relationship will never be repaired, and for good reason.