FOX NFL sideline reporter Erin Andrews was not impressed by a joke that was made about her on social media by her own employer ahead of Sunday's Week 6 games
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Erin Andrews wasn't a fan of a joke made about her by FOX's social media account(Image: Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
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FOX NFL sideline reporter Erin Andrews was not a fan of a gag made at her expense ahead of Sunday’s Week 6 action.
Andrews has carved out a legendary career as a sideline reporter over the past two decades and now serves on FOX’s lead NFL broadcasting team alongside play-by-play voice Kevin Burkhardt and analyst Tom Brady.
In Week 6, Andrews and company were on-site at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the Atlanta Falcons’ home game against the Chicago Bears. Before the game, she called in remotely for a segment with longtime friend Charissa Thompson, Julian Edelman, and Charles Woodson on FOX NFL Kickoff. This pregame show precedes FOX NFL Sunday every weekend.
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Unbeknownst to Andrews, the setup inside FOX’s Los Angeles studio showed her on a monitor screen that had a pair of robot legs beneath it, which lined up perfectly with Andrews’ upper body and made it look like the legs were hers.
After Andrews finished detailing her chat with Bears star quarterback Caleb Williams, who returned in Week 6 after missing three games with a hamstring injury, the official X account of the NFL on FOX shared a clip of the segment with a nod to the silly monitor setup.
“It’s (Cleatus) leg day for @ErinAndrews,” wrote the account, a reference to FOX’s longtime NFL mascot Cleatus the Football Robot, whose legs appeared under Andrews.
Andrews was unimpressed and replied to the post more than eight hours later, writing, “Why is this funny?”
Fans were quick to reply to Andrews to tell her to find humor in the fact that it looked like she had a robot’s legs. Whether or not Andrews already knew that, or was simply replying to just the post’s caption, is not known.
“You’re lined up with the robot’s legs,” one X user said in reply to Andrews.
“Look at the pic and relax a bit. No one is making fun of you. Why would they? It’s the robot’s legs that makes the scene funny, not you,” added another.
“Why does everyone get butt hurt over everything,” questioned another fan.
Either way, the iconic sideline reporter was clearly not amused with the way she was depicted, even if it was her employer who set her up in that light. Her reply to FOX’s joke marked just her third post on X, formerly known as Twitter, since early May 2026.
It was not the first time Andrews, who first debuted on ESPN in 2004 before joining FOX in 2012, has received backlash on social media.
During the 2025 NFL season, Andrews came under fire after she made comments about missing holidays, weddings, and other events while working for FOX, which requires her to be on-site at NFL stadiums on family-gathering days such as Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Many construed Andrews’ words as a complaint, which she later had to refute on social media, stating that she loves her job and was simply trying to educate those seeking a career in sports reporting.