Matt Hardy Further Addresses Airport Autograph 'Vultures'

AEW's Matt Hardy has spoken more on his Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast about autograph 'vultures' at airports, shortly after responding to footage on Twitter of Jeff Hardy being asked to sign many items. Matt explained:

"I had just passed through that exact area probably 20 seconds before the video was taken. If you see me in an airport, I'll most likely have on shades. I'll be moving straight ahead. I'll have my headphones on. I saw these guys and I saw them going, 'Hey Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt.' I see them holding stacks of photos, and obviously they're guys that are there just to flip them and sell them and put them on eBay, whatever. [...] I will never say no to someone who comes up with a photo who legitimately is a wrestling fan and they want you to sign something or whatever, especially if they have kids with them. I have a big soft spot in my heart for kids. But like, when I know you're there literally for the only reason to try and flip these photos and make money off of it, like, it's just not cool and it's not appropriate.

“Jeff is just so nice of a guy where it is hard for him to say no, you know, because he is very much a people pleaser and I think part of his journey to sobriety over the last year, he has probably learned a lot and he has put his foot down some [...] I almost feel like he has to put his foot down even with these photos as well. [...]  There were probably three or four guys that were doing this that had this whole operation in play. They came down and they said, 'Hey, will you sign some photos?' I said, 'Two', and that's typically what I do and I feel like I need to just get Jeff on board and say, 'Yeah, we'll sign two and then anything after that is like 50 bucks or whatever.' Then if they want to pay, fine. Then they'll do it. It'll be worth their while, but the sole reason they are there is to get autographs and then make money off it.”

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