In case you forgot, Michael Vick is a disgraced quarterback who spent time in prison for helping run a dogfighting ring where animals were gruesomely executed. Then, he was caught using drugs while on supervised release.
Vick killed at least eight dogs, so what does Netflix do? Set him up as the judge of Brett Favre, who has never spent a day in prison and doesn’t execute dogs. But we’re supposed to let Vick sit in judgment of Favre?
And so it goes with the new Netflix documentary, “Untold: The Fall of Favre.”
It’s a one-sided hit job, pure and simple, and one has to wonder about the timing, with Favre now carving out more of a political persona, recording videos for Brad Schimel and showcasing his conservative views on X. Favre has implied as such, retweeting posts that tie his outspoken support of President Donald Trump to attempts to assassinate his character.
This is one of the posts he retweeted:
Haven’t you ever noticed that these “scandals” seem to pop up (or again) every single time a famous individual vocally supports President Trump?
Whether it’s Roseanne Barr, Hulk Hogan, Mel Gibson, Jim Caviezel, etc., the mainstream media is attacking them because of their… pic.twitter.com/M44Nh5Gi2P
— Steve 🇺🇸 (@SteveLovesAmmo) May 21, 2025
From the opening moments of the Netflix doc, when Vick appears on screen and you realize the new anti-Favre Netflix documentary is going to be framed through his complaints, it’s obvious where this is headed.
Of course, the post-BLM era Hollywood would try to frame Brett Favre’s old transgressions around race. What?
Jemele Hill
And then there’s Jemele Hill, the next anti-Favre framer on “Untold: The Fall of Favre,” an hour-long hit job that streamed on Netflix starting on May 20. You really knew it was going downhill then. Hill was fired by ESPN in 2018 for social media posts trashing President Donald Trump and his supporters. Yet she is propped up to criticize Favre.
The Netflix documentary doesn’t have anything new to say. It dredges up two low points in Favre’s overall illustrious career – years later. There’s no attempt to balance this with the CURRENT good works he’s done or through the entirety of his life or career.
You’ll have to go on his X page for that.
Both my parents were educators, so I believe it’s teachers who truly care about their students that are going to make the biggest difference in those young people’s lives. 📚✏️🎓 pic.twitter.com/i7qOdM3v8B
— Brett Favre (@BrettFavre) May 22, 2025
Look, Favre was no saint. There are things we wish he hadn’t been connected to. But all of this is old. Really old. Is there no statute of limitations on mistakes? Why doesn’t Favre get the benefit of rehabilitation from leftists who normally want to empty prisons, legalize drugs, create anarchy zones, and basically hold no one accountable? Unless they’re an outspoken conservative?
Unless they speak out in support of Donald Trump? Then, everything is fair game, no matter how unproven or old.
Jenn Sterger
The Jenn Sterger mess was in 2010. That was 15 years ago. If true, she shouldn’t have lost career opportunities over it, but Favre’s present also shouldn’t be forever and solely defined by salacious texts from the long-ago past. Are we supposed to care forever that he allegedly sent someone a d*ck pic?
The Welfare – Athletic Facilities Case
The welfare case was more recent, and it cost him endorsements, but it was still five years ago and has been thoroughly litigated. Favre was never charged. He was never arrested. Unlike Vick, he never spent time in prison. If the point of the Netflix documentary is to argue that Favre was let off because of race, it presents zero evidence to make that case. Zero.
He paid back $1.1 million “in unattended speaking event fees,” so it wasn’t a great look. But we are old enough to remember “Making a Murderer,” and how that Netflix documentary slanted things by leaving so much out. So, sorry, but we’re not going to take Netflix’s word for it that Favre did horrible, unforgivable things, when prosecutors didn’t even make the case against him (and they did charge multiple others).
“I have been unjustly smeared in the media. I have done nothing wrong, and it is past time to set the record straight,” Favre said in a 2022 statement to Fox News. “No one ever told me, and I did not know, that funds designated for welfare recipients were going to the University or me.”
“I tried to help my alma mater USM, a public Mississippi state university, raise funds for a wellness center,” Favre also said at the time, according to Newsweek.
“My goal was and always will be to improve the athletic facilities at my university.”
Favre wrote: “State agencies provided the funds to Nancy New’s charity, the Mississippi Community Education Center, which then gave the funds to the University, all with the full knowledge and approval of other State agencies, including the statewide Institute for Higher Learning, the Governor’s office and the Attorney General’s office.
“I was told that the legal work to ensure that these funds could be accepted by the university was done by State attorneys and State employees.”
Favre has been very open about a past prescription drug addiction and getting treatment for it. His social media pages are filled with charity appearances. His wife Deanna has also been open about struggles in their marriage and his past addiction. Good for him for dealing with that head-on. He deserves the chance to have a second act.
On the field, Favre was always someone to admire. He fought to the bitter end. He loved his sport and team. He comes across as a down-to-earth guy. He’s paid a price for it with his health issues.
The Netflix show’s director, Rebecca Gitlitz, shared a video of the Favre documentary and wrote, “Believe women.”
No. People shouldn’t always believe women. They should look at the evidence case-by-case.
Got it.
Her previous project was an MSNBC Films piece called “When Truth Isn’t Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story.” She also made a documentary on the women’s soccer team and was involved in a film that traced what led up to Jan. 6.
Definitely got it.
Don’t waste your time with “Fall of Favre.” The take is obvious. Favre is an interesting and complex character and, maybe someday, someone will make a decent documentary on him. This isn’t it.
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