Brett Favre: “Ridiculous” to say he no-showed for appearances he was paid for

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Former Packers quarterback Brett Favre is in the process of paying back the $1.1 million in misappropriated Mississippi welfare funds, and he continues to defend his innocence in the matter.

During an interview with ESPN Wisconsin  Friday, Favre said he didn’t know the source of the funds, and thought he was being paid for commercials, a PSA he taped which ran in the state and one public appearance.

The payments were uncovered in an audit of the Mississippi welfare…