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Brett Favre: Claims of Taking $1.1M for Event No-Shows '100 Percent Not True'

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Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre denied Friday that he received $1.1 million for speaking engagements that he did not attend.

During an appearance on ESPN Wisconsin's Wilde & Tausch radio show (h/t Steve Gardner of USA Today), Favre said the payments were actually for public service announcements that ran in his home state of Mississippi: "I did ads that ran for three years, was paid for it, no different than any other time that I've done endorsements for other people, and I went about my way.