Erin Andrews Biography
Erin Andrews is a sportscaster, television personality, and actress from the United States. After joining the American cable sports channel ESPN in 2004, she rose to popularity as a correspondent. She joined Fox Sports in 2012 and has since been the NFL broadcasting team’s top sideline reporter. She finished third on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars in 2010 and co-hosted the show from 2014 to 2019.
How old is Erin Andrews? – Age
She is 44 years old as of 4 May 2022. She was born in 1978 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Her real name is Erin Jill Andrews.
Erin Andrews Family
Andrews was born to teacher Paula Andrews and television journalist Steven Andrews. When she was five years old, her family relocated to San Antonio, Texas, then 18 months later to Valrico, Florida, where her father, a six-time Emmy Award winner, began working as an investigative reporter for NBC station WFLA-TV. As a child, Andrews described herself as a tomboy, enjoying a life that centered on athletics, watching NBA games with her father, particularly Boston Celtics games.
Erin Andrews Education
Andrews went to Valrico’s Bloomingdale High School, where she was a member of the dance team, student council, and the National Honor Society. She also attended the Brandon Academy of Dancing Arts in Seffner, Florida, as a child. Andrews has noted that being a tomboy, she did not have many female friends in high school, preferring to hang out with the males and discuss sports with them. Andrews attended the University of Florida after graduating from high school in 1996, earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in telecommunications in 2000.
Is Erin Andrews still married? – Does Erin Andrews have children?
Andrews was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Playboy magazine named her “America’s prettiest sportscaster” in 2007 and 2008. In December 2012, she began dating professional hockey player Jarret Stoll. The pair announced their engagement in December 2016 and married on June 24, 2017. Andrews and Stoll had not talked about marriage or having children at the time of her diagnosis, but she claims it accelerated their bond. Andrews and Stoll decided to stick with their in vitro fertilization reproductive plan (IVF).
Erin Andrews’ Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $30 million.
Erin Andrews Sideline Reporter
Andrews began her career as a sideline reporter for ESPN College Football Saturday Primetime and Big Ten college basketball games, and in 2005, her employment was expanded to include ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime and MLB sideline reporting. She covered the Scripps National Spelling Bee live for ESPN and ABC from 2008 to 2010.
Andrews inked an endorsement contract with Reebok in January 2011 to promote the ZigTech brand. Andrews had noticed Texas Christian University Horned Frogs football players slipping on the grass due to the new Nike shoes they were wearing two weeks previously as a sideline reporter at the 2011 Rose Bowl. Because of the alleged conflict of interest, ESPN updated its endorsement policy for journalists, requiring Andrews to discontinue her endorsement arrangement with Reebok by the end of 2011.
Erin Andrews Cancer
Andrews reported in January 2017 that she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer in September 2016 and had had treatment. She was declared cancer-free after two procedures. After beating cancer and sharing her story with the world, she collaborated with Hologic, a women’s health diagnostics firm, to develop a campaign. The We Can Change This STAT campaign urges women to go to the doctor for their yearly examinations and men to encourage the women in their life to do the same.
Erin Andrews peepholes
Michael David Barrett, then 46, videotaped Andrews via peepholes in her hotel room at the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Radisson Airport hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 2008. Ashley Andrews’ videotaping was shared online on July 16, 2009, and instantly went viral. Ashley Andrews was detained by the FBI on October 2, 2009, for interstate stalking and pled guilty to the charges.
Ashley Andrews was sentenced to two and a half years in jail, three years of probation, $5,000 in penalties, and $7,366 in restitution on March 15, 2010. Ashley Andrews filed a negligence and invasion of privacy lawsuit against Barrett, Marriott International, Radisson Hotels, and five other corporations in connection with the videotaping. Ashley Andrews sued the Nashville Marriott and Barrett for $75 million in October 2015.
Ashley Andrews was awarded $55 million by a jury on March 7, 2016. Barrett was deemed 51% culpable by the jury, while the hotel management business (Windsor Capital Group) and its owner (West End Hotel Partners) were judged 49% guilty. Ashley Andrews stated throughout the trial that her employer ESPN would not let her return to broadcasting unless she talked publicly about the event on television, against her consent, due to allegations that it was a publicity stunt.