Erin Andrews is aware of the media enterprise could be fluid, however she discovered herself tearing up when her NFL broadcast companions Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, left Fox for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football.”
Speaking on her iHeart Radio podcast, “Calm Down with Erin and Charissa,” which she co-hosts with Charissa Thompson, Andrews mentioned she wasn’t anticipating the speedy adjustments and cried when she first heard the information of Buck and Aikman’s departures.
“This all happened fast,” Andrews mentioned. “I wasn’t anticipating it. I’ll be utterly trustworthy, I don’t suppose lots of people have been. I’m identified for being one powerful cookie. I can cope with numerous issues, I’ve handled numerous issues, however after I needed to converse to each of these guys individually once they each had formally left, oh God I cried.
“I don’t think they both expected that from me. I’ll cry right now… I told both of them I came to Fox to work with them. I just thought it would be so cool to do games with them. You [Charissa] said it perfectly, I know these people sometimes better than my husband.”
Andrews added how she and her now-former colleagues have spent a myriad of holidays collectively, to not point out the deeply private conversations they’ve shared through the years.
“Every Thanksgiving I am with them. Past two Christmases I’ve been with them,” Andrews mentioned. “They’ve listened to my fertility issues, they knew about my cancer issues. I’ve listened to them [talk about] their daughters or having their babies and things like that. It’s just crazy, they literally become your family, and they at times are closer to you than your actual blood family or husband or anything like that.”
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Nonetheless, Andrews mentioned she understood Buck and Aikman’s choices to change networks and was completely satisfied about their alternatives at ESPN.
“I don’t hold it against anybody for leaving, look I left ESPN after being there for eight years and came to Fox,” she mentioned. “Like I said at the Pat Summerall Award [dinner], that was one of the best career moves I ever made. A lot of that had to do with, yes my crew, but my relationship with those two. They became my brothers and they became my [real] best friends so I’m sad but I’m so happy for them.”
The Post’s Andrew Marchand reported earlier this month that Andrews’ contract with Fox can also be up. He wrote that Fox wish to maintain her however that an ESPN return was not fully out of the query.
On her podcast, Andrews expressed religion in Fox to determine their prime NFL saying sales space.
“With the change that’s happening at Fox, I do have faith in our network… I know they have obviously been an amazing network for so long. It’s just my issue (laughing), I’m the one that needs to let s–t go,” she mentioned.
Aikman, in line with sources, has signed a five-year, $90 million cope with ESPN, whereas Buck has inked a five-year contract value $75 million.
