AEW Star Matt Hardy has opened up on his younger brother Jeff’s issues, following his most recent arrest.
Matt Hardy and his brother Jeff are undoubtedly one of the most talented, iconic and charismatic tag teams of all time.
The Hardy brothers collected gold everywhere they’d go, before reuniting at All Elite Wrestling a few months ago.
However, after the news of Jeff Hardy being arrested again, Matt has opened up about his younger brother’s issues.
While speaking at his Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt explained how he believes their mother’s early passing is the main cause of Jeff’s substance issues, as well as the reason that drives him to keep healthy.
“I feel like some of Jeff’s issues probably come from our mother dying when he was so, so young,” he explained. “That was always an issue that he carried with him deeply.
I know 100%, the biggest thing that drives me to stay healthy and not have an addiction issue at all, because I’m sure I have an addictive personality, but the thing that keeps me running and stronger than anything else is my family, my children, specifically. I mean, my wife as well. She would whip my ass as everyone knows.” (H/T WrestlingNews.co)
Matt continued to explain that he thinks Jeff’s situation got worst when they first splitted, which saw him get influenced by recreational drug users before being released from WWE in 2003.
“Once we got into wrestling back in the day, there were times where stuff was kind of thrown on us and we were still really good.
We were resilient about things as far as being out of control until we split. That was the first time there were ever really any chemical dependency issues. That’s when Jeff was away from me.
He was on the RAW show and he was traveling with two guys who were pretty well known for using recreational drugs at that time. That is when Jeff first got bad and he ended up being released in 2003.” (H/T WrestlingNews.co)
Matt Hardy hasn’t appeared on AEW television yet. On the other hand, Jeff got suspended by AEW on the day after his arrest.
However, Tony Khan himself said that Jeff will have AEW’s full support on this tough situation.
Photo Credit – All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
