Erin Andrews was out of time and out of breath, and it showed on camera during her halftime report Sunday, which she claimed made her “puke” and “crap down her leg” in the aftermath.
The NFL Fox sideline reporter worked the Packers-Lions game alongside Tom Rinaldi, Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady, and explained she typically has time to ask two questions to a coach at halftime while on Tuesday’s episode of the “Calm Down” podcast with co-host Charissa Thompson.
However, since Ford Field’s ramp is so long, Andrews had more time with Packers’ Matt LaFleur than expected, asking four or five questions.
Yet, she came back to the field with about one minute until Fox was back on-air.
“I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I’ve got to shore up my notes.’ I’m putting it all together,” Andrews said.
“And I’m like, ‘Wait, s–t. What did he say about going for it?’ Because I never want to quote a coach and get it wrong.”
Andrews, 48, quickly listened back to the record of her conversation with LaFleur before Burkhardt sent the broadcast over to her. She soon realized she didn’t have information on injuries.
“So, I run. I literally am standing in front of the camera, and my producer goes, ‘Erin, we’re gonna come to you first.’ Okay great. And then I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I don’t have the injuries.’ I run to find PR, and then Kevin and Tom are on-air; I’m not near the camera,” she said.
Impressivley, Andrews made it back to the camera in time but said she stumbled throughout her report after running around.
She reported LaFleur saying “we need to finish drives” and was “mad at himself” because he didn’t go for the field goal and instead opted to go for it on 4th-and-4 from the Detroit 7-yard line, with Green Bay failing to convert while trailing 10-7 in the second quarter.
“I’m fully f–king out of breath, which is inappropriate,” Andrews said. “Get it together, sister. In through the nose, out through the mouth … It was so stupid and it’s all because the ramp was so long. And then I’m like ‘The first thing he told me was this, this and this.’ And then I’m like, ‘What did I just say?’ I was like, ‘And then now to the offense.’ And I realize I had just said the offense, and I go, ‘Wait, Kev, I just said the offense…’ Then they f–king snap the ball, and I go, ‘Don’t worry, Kev, I’ll get it together after this play.’”
Andrews added that Tom Brady said “Aww” after that.
“He does that on-air because he knew I was struggling,” she said.
“And then I’m like, ‘Oh my God, how many people are watching, and I just sh–t down my leg. I’m so much better than that,” she said.
Andrews has been a sideline veteran at Fox for 14 years, joining the network in July 2012.
Previously, she served as a reporter for ESPN, covering the NHL and later on college football and Big Ten basketball.
