Brett Favre has described the phone call he had with his friend Toby Keith just weeks before his death as he reflected on their friendship and how the late country icon coped with his final days.
Speaking with TMZ, Favre revealed he had a phone call with his friend about two weeks ago. Keith passed away at age 62 following a battle with stomach cancer.
‘I think in the end, he was just tired,’ Brett told the outlet. ‘He did say that to me when we had our conversation. He said, “Brett, whatever happens, I’m OK with it.” Of course I was hoping that what happened wouldn’t have happened.
‘He handled it with grace and faith and family. And stood up to the cancer about as good as you can.’
Favre also said his friend had ‘put on a brave front. He went from 260 to 130. He looked it.’
Brett Favre has recalled a phone call he had with the late Toby Keith in his final days, describing how the late country icon was ‘tired’
Asked if he had an idea Keith wasn’t doing well, Favre said: ‘About every three months I would check in on him, knowing that he had stomach cancer, and that he was fighting that, but I saw he’d play three shows in Vegas, and he didn’t look very good on Instagram.’
‘But, I said, maybe he’s turning a corner. So I sent him a message, I said, “Hey man, great to see you’re back up playing and I’m hoping you turn a corner.”‘
‘And he said, “I quit chemo, it probably did more damage to me than the cancer did.” And he said, “I’m just hoping I didn’t quit it too late.”
‘But he said, “I’m thankful I got a chance to play some shows, I finished them.” So I didn’t ask them, what’s the future hold for you? And he didn’t divulge anything, we just had a general conversation. And gosh darnnit, two weeks later he passed away.’
Favre also shared fond memories of Keith with the outlet, recalling how they struck up a friendship in the mid-90s.
‘We go way back,’ Brett began. ‘We did a concert, Brown County Arena, right across from Lambo, I think it was 95 or 94, and I went over, of course I was a big fan, and we struck up a friendship that was up until he passed away.’

Keith passed away at age 62 following a battle with stomach cancer
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