Fox reporter Erin Andrews accused of ‘making up’ reports during NFL game
For the second time in as many years, FOX Sports sideline reporter Erin Andrews is accused of making something up while working an NFL game.
Andrews was in Wisconsin this weekend to cover a game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers.
It was a sloppy game in Green Bay, with cold temperatures and driving rain at kickoff that lingered throughout the game.
But a local meteorologist objected when Andrews appeared to be “making up” the conditions when she said there were winds of 45 miles per hour and the chance of thunder and lightning.
“I’m begging Erin Andrews to stop making weather warnings,” meteorologist Sam Kuffel wrote on X, formerly Twitter. She added: “Things like this make me irrationally angry.”
Erin Andrews is accused of creating a weather report during the Packers-Lions game
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One person responded to Kuffel’s tweet and was taken aback that Andrews “specifically” said wind speeds of 43 miles per hour — with the meteorologist replying, “Right?!?”
This follows on from last year’s controversy, when a resurfaced podcast episode revealed Andrews allegedly admitted to fabricating information.
On the episode of her “Calm Down” podcast with fellow sideline reporter Charissa Thompson, Thompson admitted that she made a report with former Lions coach Rod Marinelli.
“I was like, ‘Oh coach, what adjustments are you going to make at halftime?'” Thompson said. “He says, ‘That’s a great perfume you’re wearing.’ I thought, “Oh [expletive]”This isn’t going to work.” I’m not kidding, I made a report.’
Andrews replied, “I did that too. For a coach I didn’t want to throw under the bus because he told me all the wrong things.’
That statement received widespread backlash, prompting her spokesperson, Jill Fritzo, to tell the New York Times: “Throughout her career, Erin Andrews has worked very closely with coaches, players and public relations staff to ensure accuracy in her reporting. ‘