On Thursday, Pat McAfee announced that Brett Favre had withdrawn his defamation lawsuit initially filed against McAfee for comments made regarding the Mississippi welfare scandal involving Favre. But Favre caused quite a stir when he appeared to have a slightly different explanation of the events.
While Pat McAfee announced on his show that Brett Favre had simply “withdrawn” the lawsuit against him with “no settlement paid,” Favre released a statement on Twitter that made the decision sound much more mutual.
“I’m happy that Pat McAfee and I have settled this litigation. Like Pat said, he was attempting to be funny and not commenting based on any personal knowledge. We’d both much rather talk about football,” Favre said in a statement on Twitter, turning off replies to the tweet.
I'm happy that Pat McAfee and I have settled this litigation. Like Pat said, he was attempting to be funny and not commenting based on any personal knowledge. We'd both much rather talk about football.
— Brett Favre (@BrettFavre) May 11, 2023
Obviously, the language Favre used to describe the result was a lot different than the way McAfee described the situation, and the sports world absolutely blasted Favre on social media as a result.
Settlement of the litigation imo implies that there was a monetary payment, which @PatMcAfeeShow confirmed there wasn’t. This is a straight withdrawal of the lawsuit https://t.co/IKnHedVVp2
— Joshua Epstein (@JoshuaNEpstein) May 11, 2023
https://twitter.com/hellnawlpaul/status/1656704395013419009?s=20
You voluntarily dismissed like a loser! https://t.co/C0nrc0O4Bs
— Dave Algonquin (@the_real_matt_m) May 11, 2023
They didn’t “settle” it. Favre dropped the lawsuit because there was nothing there. 😂😂😂 https://t.co/58uuRUwrcH
— Katie Sundermann (@JamsMom04) May 11, 2023
Translation: “I found out I couldn’t do anything about people saying I’m a POS for stealing millions.” https://t.co/xHVDVHCZN8
— Jimmy Christensen (@Jimmy_C08) May 11, 2023
So innocent he turned off comments https://t.co/UoZhK4FEIP
— John “BrewersRaptor” Egan (@BrewersRaptor) May 11, 2023
It’s worth noting that this result is particularly significant given that the attorney for Brett Favre previously claimed that the defamation lawsuit would cost McAfee “millions,” even suggesting that the sports media personality could go bankrupt as a result. Obviously, that’s not what happened.
