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JTG recently spoke with Chris Van Vilet, opening up about about his friendship with his former tag team partner, the late Shad Gaspard.
During the interview, JTG spoke on memories of Gaspard, as well as the night he received the a call about him being missing. He said Shad’s phone called him, but it was his wife on the other end, informing him that Shad was missing. At first JTG thought it was a joke, but realized how serious the situation was when he went to the beach with Shad’s wife to in hopes to find him.
Chris Van Vilet sent us the following ahead of the full episode release on 11/19.
JTG thinks Shad Gaspard should receive the Warrior Award: “He definitely should. I don’t know what’s a bigger heroic act than putting his life on the line for his son. But honestly, he would have done it if it was another child. If it was me, he probably would have did the same exact thing.”
How often he thinks about Shad: “Every day. I’ve got a lot of photos in my room of Shad. I have so many photos of Shad in my phone. When I’m scrolling, I can’t get away from him. But it’s a good thing though.”
How close he and Shad were: “I don’t know if a lot of people know this but me and Shad were best friends. We were like brothers. We were pretty much like family. I spent a few Thanksgivings with him and his family. If I had an issue or financial problem or if I just had like personal problems, he was there for me. He was always there for me.”