Pat McAfee seeks dismissal of Brett Favre's defamation suit against him, asks QB for charity donation instead

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Pat McAfee announced via Twitter Friday that he filed for a dismissal of Brett Favre's defamation lawsuit against McAfee.

Favre filed complaints against Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, Fox Sports personality Shannon Sharpe and McAfee over Favre’s alleged involvement in a $77 million Mississippi welfare fraud case. 

The former NFL player turned podcast host said Favre's suit was "a joke. A fugazi. A rib."

"When you read the publicly available filings in the lawsuit against Favre, all of the articles (FROM EVERY NEWS SOURCE THAT HAS BASICALLY EVER EXISTED), evidence, and damning facts of the very sad Welfare Fraud Scandal of Mississippi (new things are still being presented and revealed weekly), a "defamation" lawsuit from a public figure in sports who is in the middle of it all against a comedic sports show seems a bit bananas… that’s because it is.. B-a-na-na-s," he said in his tweet.

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Pat McAfee attends SiriusXM's "Busted Open" in New York City on the eve of WrestleMania 35 on April 6, 2019, in New York City.  (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

"As I’ve had to learn more about all of this.. and experience it from this angle. I’ve come to realize that historically, this will go down as a rather notable attack on the first amendment AND on comedic relief as a whole in our society. I have faith that the Federal Judge assigned to this case will see this for what it was, an attempt by a Public Figure to silence folks from talking about their alleged horrendous transgressions. That’s not how America works.. or supposed to work, at least."

In February, McAfee disputed