With a potential move to ESPN on the horizon, Pat McAfee no longer has to worry about Brett Favre suing him.
McAfee announced at the start of his YouTube show on Thursday that Favre is dropping the defamation suit he filed against him in February for public comments he made about the misspending of welfare money in Mississippi.
“As many of you know, Brett Favre sued me over statements that I made about him on this program,” McAfee stated as his show began. “As I confirmed in my court papers and I repeat here, my statements expressed in comedic style were based solely on public information and allegations. As I have previously stated, I respect the hell out of Brett Favre the football player and his Hall of Fame career on the field, and I have no personal knowledge about any case involving Brett in Mississippi.
“I am pleased to report based solely on me again clarifying these points now, with no settlement paid, Brett is withdrawing his suit against me. I would much rather talk about sports than about lawsuits, so I’m glad we have all of this behind us. We now move on.”
Favre had also sued Hall of Fame tight end and Fox Sports personality Shannon Sharpe and Mississippi state auditor Shad White for defamation.
In his lawsuit against McAfee, Favre accused the former NFL punter of using “outrageous falsehoods,” including calling Favre a “thief” for “stealing from poor people in Mississippi.”
Fave confirmed he is dropping the lawsuit on Twitter.
“I’m happy that Pat McAfee and I have settled this litigation,” Favre wrote. “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.”
The state of Mississippi had sued more than three dozen people or businesses, including Favre, to try to recover money that was misspent through the state’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
Favre was accused of using welfare money to pay for a new volleyball arena at Southern Mississippi, where Favre played college football.
His daughter, Breleigh, played on Southern Miss’ volleyball team.
McAfee is close to leaving his $120 million FanDuel contract to join ESPN, The Post’s Andrew Marchand reported Tuesday.