FOX NFL host Erin Andrews has been a regular face on the sidelines for the past decade, but that hasn’t stopped cruel trolls from targeting the 46-year-old on social media
NFL reporter Erin Andrews has clapped back at an internet troll who criticised her looks on social media. The FOX NFL host, who has become a familiar face on the sidelines, has been subjected to unwelcome attention from online trolls.
One such user made a derogatory comment about Andrews’ appearance during a post-game interview she was conducting with Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown after their Thanksgiving win against the New York Giants.
The user suggested that Andrews, 46, is now “too old” to be one of the main faces for the sport on FOX and recommended a younger reporter “take over,” as they claimed they could “visibly see the wrinkles on the HD (high-definition TV).”
Andrews, who has previously put trolls in their place, responded sarcastically: “Don’t even think you need HD to see them. But appreciating you pointing them out bud!”.
Just weeks ago, the respected presenter had to respond to another troll who took issue with her appearance during the San Francisco 49ers game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 10, which was played in temperatures above 90 degrees.
Erin Andrews hit back at online trolls during an appearance on Charissa Thompson’s ‘Calm Down’ podcast, after her natural response to the heat at a game sparked a mix of supportive and inappropriate comments.
“Somebody said, ‘Erin Andrews you look so great, you have this glow. What’re you using? ‘” she recounted. “And I said, ‘it’s called sweat.’ We were outside… like 90 degrees on the field for four hours.
“I wrote back and I said, ‘it’s what’s called sweat and I need a shower,’ and some a-hole wrote, ‘it’s hot flashes.’ Shut the —- shut up! It’s outside for five hours, enough!”.
Thompson backed her co-host with a strong message: “Don’t worry about those losers, you just keep doing you,” she encouraged. “People that try and poke Erin and I on stuff, every now and then we’ll respond, just because it’s just like, we had enough… But for every 100 bad comments we may respond to one.”
Andrews, who first rose to fame with ESPN in 2004 before joining FOX Sports, has been a familiar face on NFL sidelines ever since.