Blogosphere, Sir Marcus here....So apparently, a couple of weeks or so ago, the one and only Erin Andrews was staying in some hotel and a guy drilled a hole in a wall and watched her walk around her room naked and perform trivial tasks such as iron clothes, brush her hair, etc. Anyone who isn't familiar with her should: first of all, GET OUT FROM UNDER THE ROCK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HIDING UNDER, and GET FAMILIAR. Secondly, you should know that she is perhaps the foremost female sports sideline personality, at least in the present-day sports landscape. I would venture to guess that perhaps there has never been a more popular and/or swooned-over female sideline reporter. Her nickname on various internet websites and pages is "Erin Pageviews" because just a mention of her name normally results in a huge boon in online traffic for that particular site, and rightfully so. Anyone familiar with the sports world knows who she is, and I would say that, at least for me, outside of her being very good looking on a superficial level, her a
ttractivenes comes from a mixture of her knowledge of sports, her seemingly down-to-earth, unassuming, good-girl-next-door nature, and a certain aura of mystery around her. What I mean by th
at is that she has a certain distant-yet-accessible charm to her, and that she sometimes wears form-fitting clothing to give an idea of her body's assets, but since she has to always be a professional first and foremost, we know that the likelihood of ever seeing her wear anything that is too stimulating to our eyes is VERY slight; She certainly won't be popping up in Maxim magazine photo spreads anytime soon. That's certainly disappointing, but it's all apart of her allure.
Now, not to make light of something that is clearly a serious offense, but who does all that stuff naked? Am I the only one who found that weird? No, I have not seen the tape, because I would feel like I was personally disrespecting her, but if I had seen the tape, I can't help but think that I would laugh at the relative absurdity of someone doing that type of stuff COMPLETELY IN THE BUFF. Even in the comfort of our own homes, I would think that most of us don't do a whole 'lotta stuff completely naked. Besides obvious privacy concerns, it just seems like a weird thing to do. That all being said, many people ask "what was the guy that did that thinking?" Now farbeit from me to take the side of this clown, because what he did is absolutely reprehensible and I don't condone it whatsoever. But I would say that he was just a guy who has more than a passing interest in Miss Andrews and though many guys would love to see her naked, most of us aren't crazy enough to drill a hole in the wall of a hotel room to get a look at it. That shit's just wrong on so many levels. I mean, what part of the game is that? What a douche-cannon.
All of that stuff came to light a week or two ago. Today I just found out that she recently placed a call to 911 to report two paparazzi guys who were sitting outside her house in Atlanta, presumably waiting for her to come out. In the call, in vintage Erin Andrews style, she was reasonably calm and collected, and while she did drop a few expletives (***good girl image shatters***), she didn't sound to be too shaken by the whole incident. But, I worry that these events will eventually lead to us seeing less and less Erin Andrews as opposed to the more Erin that we crave. It certainly wouldn't come as a shock, because even the coolest people have their breaking points, as I'm sure Erin and ESPN are going into damage control at the moment.
This recent development, compounded on top of the hotel room fiasco, are just a small taste of what life in front of a camera can lead to. Of course, this just opens up the can of worms that is the debate of when exactly paparazzi crosses the line, which is an entirely other argument for another day. Erin has always seemed to embrace the attention in a most gracious and appreciative manner, but that was, understandably, when the worst thing she ever had to endure was jealousy and/or a negative comment or rumor here and there about her borderline unprofessional flirtatious behavior in team locker rooms. When you're drooled over as much as she is and you're named Playboy's #1 Sexiest Broadcaster two years running, those are just things that will come with the territory. But when the attention starts leading to stuff like this, it can wear on people and may even lead to an eventual complete fading out of the spotlight. It's certainly happened to worse people than Erin Andrews, so if it happened to her, it would be a damn shame, because she never really bargained for any of this. As she so aptly put it in her 911 call, "I didn't do anything wrong, and I'm being treated like fucking Britney Spears." Well put Erin, I couldn't have said it any better myself.
Until next time, this is Sir Marcus T. Williams signing off... Yall take care now.
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