{"id":351728,"date":"2026-07-25T15:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/nolan-wells-best-friend-explains-why-he-skipped-funeral"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:47:01","slug":"nolan-wells-best-friend-explains-why-he-skipped-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/nolan-wells-best-friend-explains-why-he-skipped-funeral","title":{"rendered":"Nolan Wells&#8217; Greatest Buddy Explains Why He Skipped Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Nolan Wells&#8217; Best Friend<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Death Threats Scared Me Away From Funeral<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-07-25T13:03:56-07:00\"><br \/>\n               July 25, 2026<br \/>\n              1:03 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-d70c7af60a23d4748ba8739efa56c924\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-e302c432-74d6-4f0f-937a-7e54c954839e-1132748706-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-e302c432-74d6-4f0f-937a-7e54c954839e-1132748706-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"4th of July\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/55\/16by9\/2026\/07\/25\/55993b0755ef46448b45abbce0f55862_md.png\" alt=\"072526_warren_tatum_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d70c7af60a23d4748ba8739efa56c924--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ecc231fdfe588ee14f9be5b60fe79e04\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nolan-xavier-wells\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Nolan Wells<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; best friend says he skipped his pal&#8217;s funeral for multiple reasons &#8230; including multiple threats he says he&#8217;s received in recent days.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ecc231fdfe588ee14f9be5b60fe79e04--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-56167e278536fc081ecf08995c0d1ef3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/warren-hudson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Warren Hudson<\/strong><\/a> opened up about the difficult decision to stay away from Nolan&#8217;s service during an interview on &#8220;The Officer Tatum Show&#8221; &#8230; revealing he chose to skip it first and foremost to not distract from the event&#8217;s focus on Nolan and his grieving family.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-56167e278536fc081ecf08995c0d1ef3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2fa3584da64df9b4b8e959d99ccbb61f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2fa3584da64df9b4b8e959d99ccbb61f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-da4bf557d374a2356fc38681a87db91d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He then adds that he worried about going to such a public gathering, too &#8230; saying he&#8217;s received thousands of death threats &#8212; and he didn&#8217;t want to put himself or his family in danger.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-da4bf557d374a2356fc38681a87db91d--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5e2a4c02cf3eafddddfeea2e3e547109\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Warren says it&#8217;s horrible he had to make that choice &#8230; but it&#8217;s just the reality of his life recently.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5e2a4c02cf3eafddddfeea2e3e547109--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-640cc7c35dfe7d38dc36c60af0b6b81c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-be3ec6c6-01b5-4e21-83e9-ef61f1bb7662-755948078-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-be3ec6c6-01b5-4e21-83e9-ef61f1bb7662-755948078-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/61\/16by9\/2026\/07\/24\/6132e107e13046128b0d94486be96b7a_md.png\" alt=\"072426 nolan wells horn island kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-640cc7c35dfe7d38dc36c60af0b6b81c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f154b71bd3e49a944d0e4ac6789a6b69\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/brandon-tatum\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Brandon Tatum<\/strong><\/a> has been chock-full of stunning revelations &#8230; with Warren <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/24\/nolan-wells-best-friend-denies-role-in-his-death\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>insisting<\/strong><\/a> he had nothing to do with Nolan&#8217;s death &#8212; and even telling a story about how Nolan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/23\/nolan-wells-allegedly-refused-to-leave-on-friends-boat\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>refused his group&#8217;s pleas<\/strong><\/a> to leave the island with them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f154b71bd3e49a944d0e4ac6789a6b69--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7abbcd7cfa34b7295ec7a03eac6d5230\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It&#8217;s not unusual on Horn Island to arrive on one boat and leave on another, Warren told Brandon &#8230; but the group didn&#8217;t want Nolan to stay on the island &#8212; which Warren also admits in the interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/24\/nolan-wells-friend-says-horn-island-is-dangerous\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>can be dangerous<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7abbcd7cfa34b7295ec7a03eac6d5230--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7f4af6109cb8e783a6abb12c677f713e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260706_d3dae57f29e54a39b1f9254954a901ef\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:adccea66-3be0-4c4a-90ab-817544792af5\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d3\/4by3\/2026\/07\/06\/d3dae57f29e54a39b1f9254954a901ef_md.jpg\" alt=\"Nolan wells facebook 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7f4af6109cb8e783a6abb12c677f713e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6eb811c8a56c5b71795171898de3ae2e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As you know &#8230; Nolan went missing on Fourth of July weekend earlier this month &#8212; and his body was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/06\/nolan-xavier-wells-found-dead\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>later found<\/strong><\/a> off the coast of Horn Island in the Mississippi Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6eb811c8a56c5b71795171898de3ae2e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-47ccb8b62db809e3bf7c20b61177ec41\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Authorities initially posited Nolan drowned &#8230; but his parents and their attorney, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ben-crump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Ben Crump<\/strong><\/a>, insist they don&#8217;t buy the official narrative &#8212; and even had their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/22\/ben-crump-announces-nolan-wells-independent-autopsy-results\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>own autopsy performed<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-47ccb8b62db809e3bf7c20b61177ec41--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/25\/nolan-wells-best-friend-missed-funeral-due-to-death-threats\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nolan Wells&#8217; 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