Erin Andrews: NFL Sidelines, Setbacks, & Surrogacy

**Alex Cooper** (0:11)
Erin Andrews, welcome to Call Her Daddy.

**Erin Andrews** (0:12)
Thanks for having me.

**Alex Cooper** (0:13)
You are a lead NFL sideline reporter, and you really have inspired so many women who are navigating male-dominated industries, which I guess is every single industry at this point in life.
Also, I love the fact that you know more about football than any man that I know in my life, and it makes me so happy to be sitting with you today. I also can't wait to talk to you just about your career and all the things. So thank you for spending the time with me.

**Erin Andrews** (0:40)
Thank you for saying all those nice things. Do you get awkward when people pay you compliments?

**Alex Cooper** (0:43)
What's your vibe?

**Erin Andrews** (0:45)
I'm already this, sweating from the armpits, even though it's cold in here.

**Alex Cooper** (0:49)
That's what my therapist tell me. She's like, you have to learn how to take a compliment, but it's uncomfortable. We're going to get through it today. Don't worry.

**Erin Andrews** (0:55)
Should I lay down?

**Alex Cooper** (0:56)
No, just like, let's just relax, because I'm pregnant and you're you, and we're going to have a good time. It's September, which means NFL season is upon us.

**Erin Andrews** (1:05)
It's upon us, baby.

**Alex Cooper** (1:06)
How are you feeling?

**Erin Andrews** (1:08)
I'm stressed. We just did, perspective. It's not like bringing your first child in your life, which girl, get ready for the stories. I was already thinking yesterday, as I was walking through lazy acres with this child, I was like, wait till I tell Alex what it's like walking with a kid and just being with a child, things I never anticipated. We just went through a move, we're not done with it yet.
I didn't anticipate what kind of stress that was. I guess people have it ranked, having a baby. I don't know if marriage is up there, probably lose it. Wow, let's get dark right now. Losing a loved one. Moving is like one of the top three, four, five stressors.

**Alex Cooper** (1:42)
It's a lot.

**Erin Andrews** (1:43)
Holy shit, I didn't anticipate. Good morning, acne, how are you? And then I go, no, a ton of them. And then of course I have football around the corner. So it's a lot all at once, but thank God it's here, because it's always like Christmas, you know?
It is Christmas morning.

**Alex Cooper** (2:00)
It feels like Christmas to you? Yeah. Okay, that's exciting.

**Erin Andrews** (2:03)
Yeah.

**Alex Cooper** (2:03)
And then I can't help but think, do your friends allow you to be in the fantasy leagues with them? Like, are you in a fantasy league?

**Erin Andrews** (2:11)
No.

**Alex Cooper** (2:12)
You're not.

**Erin Andrews** (2:12)
No, and we have one, you know, as a group of friends, but I don't, first of all, I can't, I can't, I do care. I think I know too much, but I also am like, I wouldn't know when to get, you know, the players in and all that kind of stuff. Now, my husband's friends do pressure me for information.

**Alex Cooper** (2:29)
I was going to ask you, are they then coming to you being like, give us the tea, Erin, like, who do you think is going to be and what do we do?

**Erin Andrews** (2:35)
Everybody deals with that in the in sports broadcasting. They're just like, what do you know? And nothing. Could you know what? I'm not getting fired and I'm not getting you any information. And there are paper trails. So stop texting me.

**Alex Cooper** (2:46)
Leave me alone.

**Erin Andrews** (2:48)
Alone.

**Alex Cooper** (2:49)
Okay, that's good. But maybe you tell your husband a couple of things just to give him a one up. You're like, nope.

**Erin Andrews** (2:54)
I think he also knows better not to ask me because I'm just like, dude, I don't have time for this.

**Alex Cooper** (2:58)
No, it's true. Okay. That's actually fair. I would love if I could give my husband any insight. So that's why I'm like, oh my God, like, can't you give him something? And meanwhile, you're like, I give him nothing.

**Erin Andrews** (3:08)
How hardcore is he?

**Alex Cooper** (3:09)
He has a big group that he's been doing it with it for years. And Matt doesn't really care, but he won his last year.

**Erin Andrews** (3:17)
Should I come over during the draft?

**Alex Cooper** (3:19)
Maybe, because I feel like now Matt's like, I won last year, now I got to really get into this and care more. And so I think now there's a little ego involved where he's like, oh, let's see if I can do it again. And I have nothing to give him. I'm like, who's that? Because I don't know names, I know teams.