In 2022, “Home Town” star Ben Napier got caught in a scandal that rocked his reputation. As reported by Anna Wolfe for Mississippi Today, former football player Brett Favre was accused of misusing millions of dollars of welfare funds given to him by the Mississippi Department of Human Services to build a volleyball stadium, with former Governor Phil Bryant denying his involvement in the alleged scheme. In the article, Wolfe revealed that Ben was contacted by Bryant to help build the lockers in the facility.
After Wolfe tweeted documents showing Ben’s involvement with the shady volleyball stadium construction, Erin responded, “Ben didn’t build lockers for anyone. The governor texted asking him if he could recommend someone to build wooden lockers, and Ben offered a recommendation for a cabinet maker we work with. You should get total clarity on a fact like this before you tweet it.” Wolfe replied, “Thank you for responding! The public court filing, attributed, and tweet say ‘assisted with’ locker construction, which sounds consistent with your account. I will further clarify now.” As promised, Wolfe posted, “CLARIFICATION: The public court filing says Ben Napier ‘assisted with locker construction … at Gov. Bryant’s request’ which, of course, there’s nothing wrong with. In a now deleted Tweet, his wife Erin Napier says Ben simply gave the gov a recommendation for a cabinet maker.”
