A little perplexed at the news out yesterday that Erin Andrews will be appearing on Oprah Winfrey’s Sept. 11 show to discuss the nude videos of her that appeared on the internet. Yes, it’s a horrific thing that happened, and something you would assume Andrews’ would want to rid her psyche of as soon as possible.
(Don’t want to write about Andrews’ nude vids anymore? Not yet, kiddo)
So why then is she going on Oprah to discuss the nude videos in front of an audience numbering in the tens of millions, the majority of whom have never heard of Erin Andrews? In other words, news of the videos will be introduced to countless more millions who otherwise wouldn’t have known they existed.
Cathartic? Doesn’t sound like it. Opposite Day? Yep.
In the past I’ve noted that Andrews has said celebrity gossip site TMZ.com is her favorite website. And she’s also hinted in the past year that she wouldn’t rule out a possible career in the entertainment field. But I don’t want to believe that she’s using the Oprah interview as a publicity vehicle to that end.
So why then the appearance on the most-watched talkshow on televison, featuring an audience that mostly has no clue who she is?
As a student of these sorts of viral video-based stories, I’m pretty confident that if Andrews didn’t go on Oprah, interest in the videos would fade away to zero sooner than you probably think. As would the possible inappropriate behavior of fans at games she’s covering.
Somehow though I think it wasn’t her sports broadcasting career that she took into account when she booked the sitdown.
5:24 am on September 1st, 2009
This just adds credence to the theory that Ms. Andrews purposely leaked the videos herself for publicity reasons. She is an attention whore.
7:54 am on September 1st, 2009
Is it just me or is the #1 pick LSU girls on bleacher reports.com top 40 hottest fanbases a airbrushed over sbb girl shot?
8:12 am on September 1st, 2009
Aightguy, check the Auburn girls, they are ALL SBB hotties. The list is bogus.
Signed,
Water is wet
8:17 am on September 1st, 2009
It’s finally boomeranging on Erin, we are finally seeing her for what she is. Why on Earth would you go on Oprah after your “emotional” 911 call about people hounding you.
Reminding me of Darver Conger, remember her……
10:20 am on September 1st, 2009
Hmmmm. I remember being told I didn’t know anything about viral internet video “goings on” when I said she was either dumber than a box of rocks or in on it. I guess I did pick up a bit since starting my business on the internet in 1999.
11:54 am on September 1st, 2009
wow pete. you are awesome.
1:52 pm on September 1st, 2009
I hope this is the last time I ever see “Oprah” and “nude videos” in the same sentence…
3:02 pm on September 1st, 2009
This is a tough one. She’s definitely an attention whore. She’s also been trading on her looks for her entire career.
That said, the facts suggest that she was seriously wronged here. I guess she’s entitled to trade on that as well and make the best of it, but she’s just asking for more attention from the Paparazzi.
For that reason she won’t get much sympathy when TMZ and others make her life miserable going forward every time she steps out in public.
4:06 pm on September 1st, 2009
I was thinking the same thing. Why go on Oprah? If anything it’s one of the biggest entertainment shows out there. Celebrity would kill to get on Oprah. Maybe this is her only chance to get on. She went through a nightmare and has something to say.
Up till now, do you think Oprah even knew who she was?? No. Would she have ever booked her on to talk about sideline reporting? Not in a million years.
This is her chance.
9:41 pm on September 1st, 2009
She’s playing the media like a fiddle..