Erin Andrews reveals the surprising reason she never wears heels while reporting from NFL sidelines (Getty Images)
She is on her feet for four and a half hours straight, navigating a field littered with cables, cameras, and 300-pound men moving at full speed in every direction. You’ve got 300-pound men … there’s so much that you are high-stepping, tiptoeing, pointe-shoeing on.
“First of all, let’s talk about what goes on,” she said. It is banana land,” Andrews said. That one sentence says more than any long-form explanation could. “I’m pretty much a tomboy anyway, and I like to be comfortable on my feet,” she said. That said, Andrews knows how to land a fashion moment when the occasion calls for one.
Erin Andrews has been a fixture on NFL sidelines for years, but one thing you will never catch her doing is teetering around in heels. During her recent appearance on the *Call Her Daddy* podcast, Andrews laid it out plainly. The sideline is not a runway. It is a job site, and a physically demanding one at that. Her candid breakdown of what it actually takes to report from an NFL game is the kind of honesty that rarely makes it past a PR filter. The short answer is that the sideline simply will not allow it. Andrews described the scene to host Alex Cooper in a way that made the math obvious. “You have to be in shape. “You’ve got a field. You’ve got wires. You’ve got cameras. “I can’t! I would sink. The turf would swallow a heel whole. The chaos of a live NFL broadcast leaves zero margin for a twisted ankle. Absolutely, and she has made that case more than once. Andrews describes herself as a self-proclaimed tomboy who prioritises comfort, but that does not mean she phones in her appearance. She admitted to trying pointed-toe shoes once before immediately wanting her sneakers back. She later addressed the reaction on her *Calm Down With Erin and Charissa* podcast, saying: “Listen, this is a girl that walks around with a Tumi backpack and a North Face and a ski suit every week.
Earlier this year, she wore a striking faux fur coat during the San Francisco versus Philadelphia Eagles game that went viral almost instantly.