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Erin Jill Andrews (born May 4, 1978) is an American sportscaster and television personality. She rose to prominence as a correspondent on the American cable sports channel
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after joining the network in 2004. She later joined
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in 2012 and has since become the lead sideline reporter for the network's NFL broadcasting team. In 2010, she also gained further recognition from placing third on the tenth season of
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s ''Dancing with the Stars'' and eventually co-hosted the show from 2014 to 2019 with
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.


Early life and family

Andrews was born in
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, to Paula Andrews, a teacher, and Steven Andrews, a broadcast journalist. Her family moved to
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when she was 5 years old, and then to
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18 months later, when her father, a six-time
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winner, began working as an investigative reporter for the local
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affiliate,
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. Andrews describes herself as a
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as a youth, living a life that always revolved around sports, watching
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games with her father growing up, particularly
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games. Andrews cited
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,
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,
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, and
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as female sportscasters she looked up to who ultimately inspired her to become a sportscaster herself. Andrews attended
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in Valrico, where she was a member of the dance team, student government, and the
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. While growing up, she also attended the Brandon School of Dance Arts in
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. Andrews has stated that being a tomboy, she did not have a lot of female friends in high school, opting to hang out with the boys, finding it more enjoyable to discuss sports with them. Following graduation from high school in 1996, Andrews attended the
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, graduating in 2000 with a
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(BA) degree in telecommunications. While in college, she was a member of the
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sorority, and the Florida Gators Dazzlers dance team from 1997 to 2000.


Career


2000–2004: Early work

In 2000, Andrews was employed by
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as a
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reporter. From 2001 to 2002, she served as a
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reporter for the
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. From 2002 to 2004, Andrews covered the
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,
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, and
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for the
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network as a studio host and reporter.


2004–2012: ESPN

Andrews began working for
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in April 2004 as a reporter for ''
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''. She has also reported for the
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,
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, and
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. Andrews began serving as a sideline reporter for ''
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'' and
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college basketball games, and in 2005, her job expanded to include ''
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'' and
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sideline reporting. From 2008 to 2010, she reported for ESPN's and ABC's live coverage of the
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. In 2010, Andrews competed on the tenth season of ABC's ''Dancing with the Stars'' with partner
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. They placed third out of 11 couples. In January 2011, Andrews signed an endorsement deal with
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to promote its ZigTech brand. Two weeks prior, as a sideline reporter during the
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, Andrews noted that
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football players were slipping on the turf because of the new
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shoes they were wearing. Due to the perceived conflict of interest, ESPN announced revised endorsement guidelines for its journalists that required Andrews to end her endorsement deal with Reebok by the end of 2011. In November 2011, former
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executive Keith Clinkscales filed suit against ESPN Vice President Joan Lynch, claiming she had falsely alleged Clinkscales had masturbated while sitting next to Andrews on an airplane flight earlier that year. Andrews was reported to have disclosed the incident to a number of people but chose not to pursue the matter with ESPN's HR department because she was still shaken by public disclosure of her stalking experiences. Andrews hosted the first hour of ESPN's ''College GameDay'' on
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, and had been a ''Good Morning America'' correspondent on ABC since 2010, though she had not appeared on the show since covering the Oscars in February 2011.


2012–present: Fox Sports and host roles

On June 29, 2012, it was announced that Andrews was leaving ESPN to join
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. She was the first host of ''
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''s studio show and was joined by analysts
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and
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. Andrews also became a contributor on ''
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'' and served as a field reporter for most major sporting events aired on Fox, such as the
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, the
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, the
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, and
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. With the launch of
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on August 17, 2013, Andrews became the guest host of ''Fox College Football Kickoff'' and ''Fox College Saturday'', a direct competitor to '' ESPN College Gameday'', which previews the weekend's biggest college football games. Andrews also contributed to the daily studio show ''Fox Football Daily''. Beginning with the
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, Andrews became the sideline reporter on Fox's lead NFL broadcasting crew after replacing
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. She later re-signed with Fox Sports in 2016 to report exclusively with Fox's NFL crew. In March 2014, Andrews replaced Brooke Burke-Charvet as co-host of ''Dancing with the Stars'', joining
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for the show's 18th season. She and Bergeron remained in their roles through the show's 28th season. Andrews has also co-hosted the
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twice, having hosted the 2015 ceremony with actress
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on June 10 and the 2016 ceremony with NFL player J. J. Watt on June 8. She co-hosts the Calm Down podcast with
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since 2021.


Endorsements and charitable work

Andrews became a spokesperson for the
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Huddle to Fight Hunger campaign in 2010, which raised $2.86 million for
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. In October 2011, Andrews teamed up with
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, the world's largest online ticket marketplace, to launch a new national campaign called Girls Night Out. In May 2013, she co-hosted the ''Music Builds: CMT Disaster Relief Concert'' on the CMT network to raise money for the
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in response to the April 27 tornadoes in Oklahoma. At the beginning of the
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, Andrews was named the new face of
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and partnered with the cosmetic company for the new #Gameface contest, which the winner would be entered to win a pair of tickets to the 2015 Super Bowl. Andrews became an
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ambassador in October 2016. In October 2019,
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teamed up with Andrews on a line of clothing.


Personal life

Andrews previously lived in Atlanta, Georgia, but now lives in Los Angeles, California. She was voted "America's sexiest sportscaster" in 2007 and 2008 by ''
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'' magazine. She began a relationship with professional hockey player
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in December 2012. The couple was engaged in December 2016 and married on June 24, 2017. In January 2017, Andrews announced that she had been diagnosed with
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in September 2016 for which she received treatment. After two surgeries, she was pronounced cancer-free. At the time of her diagnosis, Andrews and Stoll had not discussed marriage or having children, but she says it put their relationship on the fast track. Andrews and Stoll chose to continue with a fertility plan of
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(IVF). Andrews' son was born in July 2023 via surrogacy. After defeating cancer and informing the public of her experience, she partnered with a women's health diagnostics company, Hologic, to launch a campaign. The campaign, called We Can Change This STAT encourages women to go to the doctor for their annual exams, as well as getting men to encourage the women in their lives to take their exams.


Stalking incident

In 2008, Michael David Barrett, then 46, filmed Andrews in her hotel room through peepholes at the Nashville Marriott adjacent to
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in
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, and the Radisson Airport hotel in
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. On July 16, 2009, one of these videos, in which Andrews appeared totally nude, was posted online and quickly went
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. Barrett was arrested by the FBI on October 2, 2009, for interstate stalking, and pleaded guilty to the charges on December 15, 2009. A second tape of Andrews was discovered on Barrett's computer showing her nude in her room at the Radisson in Milwaukee. This tape was never made public. On March 15, 2010, Barrett was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, three years of probation, $5,000 in fines, and $7,366 in restitution. He served his sentence at the Seattle Community Correctional Center and was released on July 3, 2012. Andrews sued Barrett,
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,
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, and five other entities for negligence and invasion of privacy in connection with the videotaping. In her lawsuit against Marriott, Andrews alleged that hotel employees disclosed the dates of her stay to Barrett and assigned him a room next to hers. In 2011, Andrews worked with U.S. Senator
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to enact a new federal anti-stalking law. Andrews was still trying to have the video removed from the Internet in July 2011. In March 2013, Andrews's lawyers filed a motion in
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seeking to quash a
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from Marriott "seeking her payroll records, contracts, performance reviews, any disciplinary reports, as well as other employment information from her current employer, Fox." The attorneys said that Marriott is also seeking "physician letters, notes, annual physicals, and other related medical records" and that the request was an attempt to "harass and embarrass" Andrews. In October 2015, Andrews filed a suit against the Nashville Marriott and Barrett for $75 million.
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for the hearing began on February 22, 2016. On March 7, 2016, after a two-week trial, the jury awarded Andrews $55 million. The jury found Barrett 51% responsible and the hotel management company (Windsor Capital Group) and its owner (West End Hotel Partners) 49% responsible. As of early 2016, Barrett was living in his father's basement. During the trial, Andrews testified that her employer ESPN would not allow her to return to broadcasting until she had spoken publicly about the incident on television, against her will, due to rumors it was a
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.


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