Fox’s Erin Andrews Celebrates Sherman’s Post-Game Rant: ‘Wish More Athletes Would Be Like That’

Howard Kurtz nabbed Fox Sports reporter Erin Andrews for a quick interview that aired on Fox’s Media Buzz Sunday morning. Andrews celebrated Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman’s post-game rant against Michael Crabtree, saying that she enjoyed his spontaneous response and that the two had gotten together since to laugh at the outraged responses.

“I don’t think it was bizarre, I think it was great,” Andrews said, contrasting Sherman’s reaction to the more pedestrian, precooked responses she usually gets from ballplayers. “I wish more athletes would be like that…We want someone to lose their minds like that…That’s why it went viral, that’s why people were going bananas over it. You don’t usually see athletes doing that. You see them very composed.”

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Andrews said she immediately reached out to Seattle once she saw the interview blowing up on Twitter, especially after it “took a racial turn” and people began claiming Andrews had been frightened.

“Obviously he didn’t threaten me or make me feel uncomfortable,” Andrews said. “It was fine. It was tasteful. There was nothing wrong with it.”

Watch the full clip below, via Fox News:

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