Brett Favre went into greater depth about his Parkinson's diagnosis in an interview with TMZ that posted Wednesday morning. The Hall of Fame ex-Green Bay Packers quarterback first publicly spoke about it during a congressional hearing related to improper use of federal welfare funds in Mississippi on Tuesday.

Jenn Sterger, who alleged Brett Favre sent her explicit photos and voicemails while she covered his football career, called his recent Parkinson’s diagnosis ‘karma’

While Parkinson's is not fatal, symptoms and effects are often contributing factors to death and the average life expectancy for someone with the disease is roughly 14.5 years.