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Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Erin Andrews wipes away tears as her dad details her 'devastating' stalker hell and secret cancer battle
Erin Andrews was left in tears while listening to her father detail her battles with stalkers, cancer and infertility on a heart-wrenching TV appearance on Wednesday. The NFL sideline reporter and podcast host appeared on TODAY alongside her father Steve, and could not hold back her emotion as he opened up on her strength and resilience to overcome a series of huge traumas in her life. In a rare display of emotion, the 47-year-old dabbed her eyes and wiped away tears while watching a pre-recorded interview with her father, before the pair shared an emotional moment together in the studio. Steve was asked initially about the 2008 'stalking incident', in which Michael Davis Barrett was jailed for recording a nude video of Erin at a hotel in Nashville from the room next door. A second similar incident occurred at a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, a year later, and the videos were published online in 2009. In the aftermath, Barrett was jailed for two-and-a-half years and Andrews won a $55million lawsuit against him and the hotel chain Marriott. 'Her sister called me a day or two after it happened, and she's (saying), "Is she OK? Is she safe, Dad?"', Steve explained on TODAY. 'And I said, "I don't know. I really don't know".' Andrews was overcome with emotion watching her dad's pre-recorded segment on the show He went on to explain that he volunteered to travel the country with her to keep her safe as she continued her work on the NFL, noting: 'You know, I'll be with you 24/7, whatever you want.' A few years later, in 2016, Andrews was handed another huge curveball when she was diagnosed with cancer - something she kept private for a year. 'It's scary to hear your child on the phone calling you and saying, "I have cancer",' Steve told the program. 'I wanted to cry. I was brokenhearted. 'Erin is such a fighter. In broadcasting, when you get knocked down, you gotta be able to get back up. And Erin has experienced these physical, traumatic incidents. 'You would think for the average person, bam, on your back, you're done. And she just used that as motivation to say that this is not going to beat me. And honestly, I don't know that I have it in me to do what she did. She's just so strong, so amazing.' In the years since, Steve has become a grandfather to Mack, Erin's young son who was born via a surrogate in June 2023. The birth of her son was the result of a nine-year journey with in-vitro fertilization with husband Jarret Stoll, and she has remained at the top of her game as one of the faces of the NFL. Once the cameras returned to the studio on Wednesday, host Bush Hager revealed 'we are all in tears', and Erin was given a chance to praise her father. 'He's amazing,' she explained. 'My mom, my sister, all amazing, as welI. I mean, it's funny, you said you don't know if you could do that. 'I feel like - and we've talked about this - when you are faced with certain things, you jut have to put on the persona [of] ok, I've got it, I'll handle it. But then you can fall apart when you're off-camera, and my family has allowed me to do that.'
News.com.au
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘Rip your head off': World's strongest man explodes in viral footage
Former World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall has slammed 'stalkers who harassed' him outside his home after footage of a furious dispute went viral. Hall has responded on social media after footage, which you can watch in the video above, emerged of the 37-year-old in a heated argument with two 'stalkers'. The 2017 World's Strongest Man has come a cult figure, unveiling a wild body transformation last year as he transitioned into MMA, last month scoring an upset win in 30 seconds in his MMA debut. The hulking Englishman was filmed confronting two motorists who drove down his street and loitered outside his house in Newcastle-under-Lyne. The footage shows Hall approaching the drivers in their cars and asking them to leave, before tensions exploded and he screamed expletives at them and chased the cars down the street. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Hall admitted the footage, which racked up millions of views, 'looks bad', but he wanted to give the 'context' behind it. 'It was 9pm on a bank holiday Monday, we had a lovely weekend, and these people come decide to ruin it for everybody,' he explained. In the YouTube video, Hall shows CCTV which appears to show three blacked-out cars parked up outside his property, including one driver who hopped out his car and peered into the house. CCTV then shows Eddie's wife, Alexandra Hall, walking towards the cars with a dog. 'Three cars with blacked out windows came to my home, beeping horns, revving engines, very loud exhaust, and sat there for a total of 10 minutes before Alex went out and told them to go, very politely,' Hall said. 'They then moved from one side of my driveway to the other side of my driveway and stayed there for a further seven minutes.' After her first attempt, doorbell footage then shows Alex's second interaction with the drivers. One woman in the car shouted 'it's a public path, we can do what we want' to which Alex responded 'yes, I know but you're sitting outside our gates like a weirdo, love - move on.' The woman then replied: 'No, we'll stay.' Hall then asked the drivers to leave himself and came face-to-face with the driver, who said he 'just wanted to get a picture with his kid.' At the start of the viral clip posted on social media, the person filming the video is heard saying: 'He's (Hall) just scared me daughter.' The driver supposedly told the strongman he was upsetting their children, to which Hall responded: 'I couldn't give a f**k, what about my kids?' He then said what caused him to 'see red' was that the driver allegedly told Hall: 'I'm gonna knock you the f*** out.' In the clip, the 6ft 3inch, 165kg giant is seen screaming obscenities into the open window of one of the cars, before running at another car. A young child can be heard screaming in the background as the driver speeds off. Hall can then be seen shouting at another motorist in the car behind, saying: 'F*** off, or I'll f***ing do you all, f*** off.' As the motorist tried to drive away, he chased the car and shouted: 'Hey, hey, get out, get out you f***ing prick. 'I'll f***ing rip your head, I'll twist your f***ing head off. All of you get out, I'll rip your f***ing head off.' In his YouTube video, Hall later added: 'You want me to respect your children's emotions, respect my children's emotions.' He said he'd spotted someone recording and ran towards to grab the phone 'just to throw it in a bush or something'. A furious Hall is then seen sprinting towards the man filming, when his Crocs fell off, before the motorist speeds off in a BMW, his daughter crying in the back seat. The footage was later posted to one of the driver's Facebook accounts. They wrote: 'Big Eddie Hall coming smashing our cars and punching me in the jaw and scaring the kids for no reason and damaging the cars. 'We were nowhere near the house. Went to a local pub to Eddie Hall for my cousin's 10th birthday in hopes to catch him there then we took to show him where Eddie lives. 'What a way to ruin a 10-year-old's birthday. 'Not to mention the stress caused to my missus who is 37 weeks pregnant.' Hall denied punching the driver in the jaw and insists he 'did not touch the guy' or their cars. The strongman explained: 'If I'd have hit that guy in the jaw I think he would have said 'ow.'' People were quick to express support of Hall in response to his YouTube video titled 'DON'T VISIT MY HOUSE!!! Stalkers confronted'. One person commented: 'These lads were looking for a reaction, got one, and then played victim, typical.' Another said: 'It's actually sad that Eddie has to clear his name just because this bunch thinks Eddie's house is some kind of an amusement park … Eddie you did the right thing 100% keep your family safe.'
The Sun
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Eddie Hall slams ‘stalkers who harassed me' in new vid after row outside home
Former World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall has slammed "stalkers who harassed" him for 18 minutes in after a furious row went viral. The 37-year-old beefcake has responded to a social media storm after footage came out showing him in a heated spat with two "stalkers." 2 2 He was filmed confronting two motorists who turned up at his house in Newcastle-under-Lyme which prompted accusations that the behaviour was unnecessary. Eddie admitted that the footage "looks bad" but said he was keen to give the context behind it. He explained: " It was 9pm on a bank holiday Monday, we had a lovely weekend, and these people come decide to ruin it for everybody. "Three cars with blacked out windows came to my home, beeping horns, revving engines, very loud exhaust, and sat there for a total of 10 minutes before Alex went out and told them to go - very politely. "They then moved from one side of my driveway to the other side of my driveway and stayed there for a further seven minutes." Eddie then took it upon himself to ask the drivers to leave and faced the driver who said he "just wanted to get a picture with his kids." In the clip, the 6ft 3in, 26 stone giant is seen screaming obscenities into the open window of one of the cars, before running at another motor, trying to grab the driver. A young child can be heard screaming in the background as the driver speeds off. At the start of the clip posted on social media the person filming the video is heard saying: 'He's just scared me daughter.' Eddie can then be seen shouting at another motorist in the car behind, saying: 'F**k off, or I'll f**king do you all, f**k off.' The motorist replied something about his children, to which Eddie said: 'I couldn't give a f**k, what about my kids.' As the motorist tried to drive away, Eddie gives chase, shouting: 'Hey, hey, get out, get out you f**ing pr**k. 'I'll f**king rip your head, I'll twist your f**ing head off. All of you get out, I'll rip your f**king head off.' Raging Eddie is then seen sprinting towards the man filming, before the motorist speeds off in a BMW, his daughter crying in the back seat.
