How Dare Erin Andrews Be Upset She Misses The Holidays? She’s Rich!

I guess if you’re rich, you’re not allowed to miss your family.

That’s what I’ve gathered from the outrage that followed Fox NFL Sideline Reporter Erin Andrews’s recent comments about how her career affects her during the holidays.

“You gotta love what you do because I miss all holidays,” Andrews said on a recent episode of her podcast, Calm Down. “I didn’t get married until I was in my 40s. Not that that is going to be your route. But I live out of a suitcase. I miss a lot of stuff. I missed a lot of weddings. I miss a lot of events. You have to love it to get through the fact, I’m not gonna be home for Thanksgiving next week. Or, you know, Christmas is cut short.”

You miss out on a lot of holidays, weddings, events and you live out of a suitcase – @ErinAndrews explaining why you have to love what you do to work in sports pic.twitter.com/yf5gDbwY5P

— Calm Down with Erin and Charissa (@calmdownpodcast) November 25, 2025

Andrews wasn’t complaining. She was offering a frank assessment of the sacrifices a sports journalist has to make, especially to those who may want to pursue that career.

Nor was she exaggerating. As a journalist who has covered sports for years, I can’t count the number of times I’ve spent Thanksgiving at McDonald’s or Christmas at IHOP while on assignment for a local television station. Sure, Andrews’s life is a bit more glamorous than that. But missing a holiday is missing a holiday — a disappointment we can all understand.

Well, maybe not all of us. Andrews’s fans and fellow sports personalities rushed to slam her for her comments.

“That’s literally what they pay you for,” sports reporter Trey Wingo said to Andrews.

That’s literally what they pay you for. Erin said it herself once: they pay you for the travel and the sacrifices because doing the games is the fun part. https://t.co/gd2PWnB4oF

— trey wingo (@wingoz) November 27, 2025

Jenna Laine, who covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said Andrews should consider those less fortunate who have to miss the holidays with their family.

“Saw Erin Andrews’ remarks about the challenges in this business,” she said. “Starting out making $40K a year and not having holidays. I appreciate what she’s trying to say, but let’s consider the folks working 2-3 jobs in retail, in warehouses and in the service industry right now, just trying to make ends meet. They’re not getting time with their families either. This would be a dream for them.”

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So, because Andrews is a well-paid TV star and not performing open-heart surgery, she can’t miss her husband and kid? Granted, talking football on TV isn’t the same as being a first responder; anyone with a quarter of a brain knows that.

But Andrews wasn’t asking for sympathy. She was simply observing that even her glamorous TV life comes with setbacks.

“I’m sure you saw it was a segment where we answer questions from people,” Andrews said in response to Wingo’s criticism. “Young woman asking about being a sideline reporter. What to know about it. What you miss. My whole point is, it’s not just about wanting to be on camera and hanging with athletes. You have to work and love it. And deal with overreactions to clickbait.”

I was glad that Andrews pointed out she’d missed weddings and had to get married later because of her career. I did, too. Because my 20s were spent working every holiday, making no money, missing weddings, losing friends, all because of work. And I still love my job!

So does my sister-in-law, who’s going to spend this Christmas in the NICU. Missing holidays is part of many careers. But working holidays doesn’t make you better or worse than anyone else, just like loving your job but wishing you could relax on Thanksgiving doesn’t make you a hypocrite. It’s not a competition.

But, if you have a job where you have to miss holidays, think of it this way: the holidays are a season, not just a couple of days. Take it from someone who’s missed many Thanksgivings and Christmases. If you can find any time to celebrate with the ones you love, you’re not missing the holidays at all.