Overview
- On her Calm Down podcast, Andrews said sideline reporting requires loving the work because it means missing holidays, weddings and other life events, echoing a professor’s warning about low starting pay and tough conditions.
- After posts labeled her as being “under heavy fire,” she responded on X that she wasn’t complaining, calling the framing clickbait and stressing she was explaining what the job entails.
- ESPN’s Jenna Laine urged perspective about workers in lower‑paid roles who also miss family time, while Trey Wingo wrote, “That’s literally what they pay you for,” and Andrews replied to both that critics missed the full context.
- Andrews maintained it is “the best job in the world” and worked Fox’s Thanksgiving Lions–Packers broadcast in Detroit as the online debate continued.
- Coverage across outlets highlighted polarized reactions, with some fans calling her comments tone‑deaf and others, including opinion writers, defending her explanation as a realistic description of sports media work.