I am fourteen years old. Young, yes, but I’m old enough to know right from wrong. I’ve been a Jeff Hardy close to my entire life. I’ve bought DVD’s, I’ve read his and Matt’s auto-biography, and I’ve even brought some WWE merchandise. I know his theme song by heart, and I cried when he left WWE two weeks ago, even if I know it was what he wanted, not because Punk was really that good. (I’m a Punk fan too, btw.)
I found out about the news after googling Jeff Hardy every single day since he left, looking for ANY kind of information of his return, or his next move. It’s not my business, but Jeff Hardy made every Friday worth going through a week of high school for me. Not even two weeks after he left, I find out he’s been arrested for possession of large quantities of drugs. Needless to say, my mouth dropped. I called my girlfriend, a fellow Jeff hardy addict, and we both panicked a bit. Since then, I’ve continued my routine, sea4ching the internet for any new details.
Now, as to my opinion on this: I 100% agree with you when you say that Jeff is not a god, and he feels pain. What he does is not easy, and people don’t see that. They’d never think of jumping off a 20-foot ladder onto someone, but they expect Jeff too, and he provides. But when he needs time off to heal, he needs it. No one should be demanding him to come back and kill himself even more just because you want him to. Even a die-hard fan like me understands that.
However, Jeff has been trying to recover with painkillers. Now, I look at both sides: I would be CRUSHED if he goes to jail, I would HATE him never coming back to the ring, and I will feel like a huge part of my childhood has been taken away from me if he was taken away from me forever. I also see it as if he does not have a prescription for those drugs (and I’m PRAYING that he does) he needs to go to jail. If anyone else did it, they would have to, and he does too. No one should be getting special treatment when it comes to the law. And I think every Jeff Hardy fan MUST understand that. While I hope for a Not Guilty, it’s not up to me or anyone else; it’s up to Jeff, and ultimately the judge.
And I hope Jeff is paying no mind to the criticisms people are making. He should not be affected by those people who just want to take out their insecurities on his mistake. As a saying goes, "The big thief hangs the little thief."
I thank you for reading my e-mail. I hope that this will help to change someone’s mind about Jeff somehow. May he be out of the danger zone soon, so we can watch him walk to that ring again someday.
Also, if you were wondering, I found this site in one of my googling sessions for Jeff info. =p
