{"id":30338,"date":"2026-08-06T22:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30338"},"modified":"2026-08-06T22:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:41:28","slug":"nolan-wells-mom-says-she-heard-he-was-perfectly-fine-and-not-sloppy-drunk-before-his-death-hollywood-unlocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30338","title":{"rendered":"Nolan Wells\u2019 Mom Says She Heard He Was \u2018Perfectly Fine\u2019 and Not \u2018Sloppy Drunk\u2019 Before His Death \u2022 Hollywood Unlocked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the details surrounding Nolan Wells\u2019 final moments remain a mystery, his mother maintains that the 18-year-old student-athlete wasn\u2019t \u201csloppy drunk\u201d during that Fourth of July gathering on Horn Island. She points to a witness who crossed paths with him that afternoon, noting that the individual described Wells as \u201cperfectly fine\u201d during their exchange.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the jump, Christine Wonsley has been clear that the rampant speculation regarding her son\u2019s sobriety has been \u201cgut-wrenching\u201d to process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/woman-charged-after-allegedly-making-bomb-threats-to-government-offices-following-nolan-wells-death\/\">RELATED: Woman Charged After Allegedly Making Bomb Threats to Government Offices Following Nolan Wells\u2019 Death<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you were in our situation, how would you feel if there were millions of people who were saying, \u2018Oh, hey, well, he was at an island. He was heavily drunk,\u2019 \u201d Christine asked Don Lemon on the July 31 episode of The Don Lemon Show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018But was he though? Or is this a narrative that you guys want to use,\u2019 \u201d she continued during the interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wonsley shared that one of Wells\u2019 football coaches reached out to confirm he had seen him on July 4, roughly between 2:45 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe was like, \u2018Christine, yeah, we talked for a while. We talked about college. We talked about his life, his plans,\u2019 \u201d Christine recalled the coach telling her. \u201cAnd he was like, \u2018He was perfectly fine.\u2019 Because I think it had bothered him too that there was this narrative of, oh, he was sloppy drunk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/attorney-ben-crump-reveals-nolan-wells-cause-and-manner-of-death-is-undetermined-pending-investigation-following-familys-independent-autopsy\/\">RELATED: Attorney Ben Crump Reveals Nolan Wells\u2019 Cause and Manner of Death Is \u201cUndetermined, Pending Investigation,\u201d Following Family\u2019s Independent Autopsy<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been nearly a month since Wells headed to that massive Horn Island celebration. He arrived with his crew but ended up separated from them, vanishing in broad daylight before being found dead two days later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to preliminary reports from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, ABC News noted that witnesses claimed Wells had been drinking heavily with friends prior to his disappearance.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 --><\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the details surrounding Nolan Wells\u2019 final moments remain a mystery, his mother maintains that the 18-year-old student-athlete wasn\u2019t \u201csloppy drunk\u201d during that Fourth of July gathering on Horn Island. She points to a witness who crossed paths with him that afternoon, noting that the individual described Wells as \u201cperfectly fine\u201d during their exchange. 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