Fox reporter Erin Andrews accused of ‘making up’ reports during NFL game

For the second time in as many years, FOX Sports sideline reporter Erin Andrews has been accused of making something up while she was working an NFL game.

Andrews was in Wisconsin over the weekend to cover a game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers.

It was a sloppy game in Green Bay, with cold temperatures and lashing rain at kickoff that stayed throughout the contest.

But a local meteorologist took issue when Andrews appeared to ‘make up’ the conditions when she said that there were 43 mile per hour winds and the chance of thunder and lightning.

‘Begging Erin Andrews to stop making up weather alerts,’ meteorologist Sam Kuffel posted to X, formerly Twitter. She added, ‘Stuff like this makes me irrationally angry.’

Andrews interviews Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff after the game on Sunday night

One person replied to Kuffel’s tweet, baffled that Andrews ‘specifically’ said 43 mile-per-hour winds – with the meteorologist replying, ‘Right?!?’

This follows on from controversy last year, where a re-surfaced podcast episode showed Andrews allegedly admitting to fabricating information.

On the episode of her ‘Calm Down’ podcast with fellow sideline reporter Charissa Thompson, Thompson admitted that she made up a report with former Lions coach Rod Marinelli.

‘I was like “Oh coach what adjustments are you gonna make at halftime?,”‘ Thompson said. ‘He goes, “That’s a great perfume you’re wearing.” I was like, “Oh [expletive], this isn’t gonna work.” I’m not kidding, I made up a report.’

Andrews responded, ‘I’ve done that too. For a coach that I didn’t wanna throw under the bus because he was telling me all the wrong stuff.’

That statement drew backlash – prompting her spokesperson, Jill Fritzo, to tell the New York Times, ‘For her entire career, Erin Andrews has worked very closely with coaches, players and PR staffs to ensure accuracy in her reporting.’