{"id":21319,"date":"2022-07-21T14:41:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T14:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jj-watt-offers-to-pay-for-funeral-so-fan-can-keep-his-jersey-shoes\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T14:41:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T14:41:53","slug":"jj-watt-offers-to-pay-for-funeral-so-fan-can-keep-his-jersey-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jj-watt-offers-to-pay-for-funeral-so-fan-can-keep-his-jersey-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ Watt offers to pay for funeral so fan can keep his jersey, shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">An NFL fan took to Twitter to sell some JJ Watt merchandise only to be answered by the Arizona Cardinals player himself. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to the tweet, Jennifer Simpson was selling a pair of Watt shoes and a jersey to raise money for her grandfather&#8217;s funeral.  She tagged Watt&#8217;s Twitter account with photos of the items for sale. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Watt responded by telling her to keep her items because he would help with the funeral costs.  &#8220;Do n&#8217;t sell your shoes and jersey, we&#8217;ll help with the funer. I&#8217;m sorry for your loss,&#8221; his tweet said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to the user&#8217;s profile, she is a Texans and Astros fan, who before her interaction with Watt had just 70 followers.  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