Speaker 1: I was just in a Sequin boosta with these like
Speaker 1: little shorts, and my stomach was like, I looked like Nicho.
Speaker 1: So I was ready. I had said, if you wanted
Speaker 1: me to read like a stat sheet, I would have
Speaker 1: won that fucking mirror ball. Goddamn right. Calm down with
Speaker 1: Erin and Carissa is a production of iHeartRadio Pregame pre Game.
Speaker 1: Hi everyone, Hello, here we go. You guys. I cannot
Speaker 1: overstate every week how much we appreciate you writing in
Speaker 1: questions for a couple of different reasons. Hey, we get
Speaker 1: to know you, but also I love a follow up.
Speaker 1: We have a couple anonymous in here, and we also
Speaker 1: have a text that our wonderful producer Ryan sent us
Speaker 1: this morning, but we will get to that at the end,
Speaker 1: which made me so happy. Okay, you want to go first?
Speaker 1: Want me to you? Hun? Sure? I love this one.
Speaker 1: Taylor M. Begley advice for building relationships with athletes and
Speaker 1: coaches as women in sports. I love that question. Love
Speaker 1: it for me. I will say, it's just about the
Speaker 1: time spent and the equity that you build up having
Speaker 1: to doing the job for I mean, you and I
Speaker 1: are in fifteen sixteen seventeen years. However many we are
Speaker 1: at this point. Oh my god. An intern yesterday at Fox.
Speaker 1: They were so cute, which I want to talk about
Speaker 1: on the Big Show because I have such a soft
Speaker 1: spot in my heart for insurance. I know too were
Speaker 1: as well, but they were like, oh, we were born
Speaker 1: in two thousand and three. Holy shit, two thousand and three.
Speaker 1: You were born in two thousand and three. I was
Speaker 1: almost graduating college. That's crazy. But anyways, they were so sweet,
Speaker 1: and so they were asking really sweet questions similar to this.
Speaker 1: But yes, I think equity is that. That's a big one,
Speaker 1: and also just being human like saying I don't know,
Speaker 1: or saying can you teach me, or saying can you
Speaker 1: help me? I remember there was a coach that was
Speaker 1: in the in the NFL for a long time, and
Speaker 1: he or in the college game. Excuse me. He was
Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator at Penn State, and he would show
Speaker 1: me different plays and all sorts of different stuff. And
Speaker 1: I just love that learning. And I was open and
Speaker 1: I knew. I grew up around football with my dad,
Speaker 1: and so it's like I obviously knew concepts, and that's
Speaker 1: how I got into wanting to be a sports broadcaster.
Speaker 1: But I just I think being open to the process
Speaker 1: of learning and having humility, right, I think you're one
Speaker 1: hundred percent right. I have a couple of stories. One
Speaker 1: is when I first started in hockey right after college,
Speaker 1: I didn't know a thing about hockey. I knew everything
Speaker 1: about college football because I went to the University of Florida.
Speaker 1: It's all I cared about. All I cared about was
Speaker 1: college basketball because the Gators had just won in the
Speaker 1: national championship or no, they were getting ready to win,
Speaker 1: but they were in the National Championship. I signed on
Speaker 1: with the Lightning and it was one of the best
Speaker 1: things in the world because I didn't know a thing
Speaker 1: about hockey. And I went into John Tortorella, the head
Speaker 1: coach's office, and I basically was like, Hi, my name
Speaker 1: is Aaron Andrews. I was just hired as your rank
Speaker 1: side reporter. I don't know a thing, and I'd love
Speaker 1: you to teach me. He taught me how to ask questions.
Speaker 1: I learned not by towards but by the team. How
Speaker 1: to swear like a guy hang because that's a big
Speaker 1: part of our job. Is I mean, I don't think
Speaker 1: that can be overstated. You know what, that's a great point.
Speaker 1: I'm going to write that down. I'm writing it down
Speaker 1: being able to hang, or as Constance, my manager and
Speaker 1: girlfriend of both of us, would say, be a road dog.
Speaker 1: Being a road dog is a whole other conversation. Yesterday,
Speaker 1: for example, I put it up on the Calm Down
Speaker 1: podcast ig and Jarrett said it when he watched it.
Speaker 1: We travel with all men, Kurris and I do. Jillian
Speaker 1: is there, but that's basically it. There are no other females.
Speaker 1: You have, Kaylee, you have you know, all the other
Speaker 1: females on a limited number on Amazon Crew. You have
Speaker 1: to be able to hang. You got to be downstairs
Speaker 1: on time. Although I was a little late this Sunday. Sorry, keV.
Speaker 1: That's not it's not. But it's also fun. These people
Speaker 1: become like your best friends and you have a great
Speaker 1: time telling stories of would you rather fight a great
Speaker 1: white shark or a silver back gorilla? Rich growth or
Speaker 1: you got to watch our ij Dean Wade in as
Speaker 1: well Dean dB. So anyways, I walked into John Tordorella's office.
Speaker 1: He taught me everything. It has a lot to do
Speaker 1: with what CHRISA just said. You have to show that
Speaker 1: you're a human vulnerability. You are appreciative of what they
Speaker 1: put into it. I think a lot of times with
Speaker 1: these athletes and put it out there as a headline,
Speaker 1: whoever you are, I don't care. You treat them with
Speaker 1: their animals and their machines, and they're not They go home.
Speaker 1: My husband's on the way to the rink right now.
Speaker 1: He already had his dog's ears tested and his fifteen
Speaker 1: month old check up. These guys are real life. They're
Speaker 1: dealing with kids, they're dealing with families, they're dealing with
Speaker 1: being in a hurricane, things like that, and guys really
Speaker 1: appreciate it. I also think last year I had a
Speaker 1: girl that was shadowing me on the sidelines. It was
Speaker 1: the Taylor swift game. It was the game that she
Speaker 1: showed up. Bears Kansas City interviewed Mahomes at the end
Speaker 1: of the game, and before the interview, I said, Hey,
Speaker 1: just have fun with me with this last question, and
Speaker 1: he's like, you got it. And I of course asked
Speaker 1: him about getting the ball to Travis because all of
Speaker 1: the Swifties wanted him to score. To see her reaction,
Speaker 1: and he just said, like there was so much pressure
Speaker 1: on him and he had fun with it. And at
Speaker 1: the end, because Patrick is the best ever and giving
Speaker 1: his time, I gave him a massive hug and I
Speaker 1: just said, thank you so much, You're the best. And
Speaker 1: this intern said to me or this girl that was shadowing, said,
Speaker 1: when do you know it's okay to start hugging athletes?
Speaker 1: And oh, that's once you put your time in, and
Speaker 1: that's once they know you're not bullshit and you're not
Speaker 1: there because you just want to be on television. I
Speaker 1: think all these guys that we cover now know how
Speaker 1: much work we put in, know we are you know,
Speaker 1: we are so appreciative of their time or massive fans
Speaker 1: of them, their team, their competitiveness. Sorry, this answer is
Speaker 1: so long. No takes a lot of work, it does.
Speaker 1: I think this is a good conversation and we'll bring
Speaker 1: it back on the Big Show because there's a couple
Speaker 1: of things here. Saquon I sat down with him. I
Speaker 1: love the part of you said about Michael straighthand always
Speaker 1: gets to do this, because that is true. We never
Speaker 1: get to sit with safe ever. It's always and the past,
Speaker 1: it's always gone destrayed because the giants. But I just
Speaker 1: he was he hit one of his answers was along
Speaker 1: lines like, you know, these fans forget that were people
Speaker 1: and we're humans and that kind of thing. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I would love to address more of this conversation on
Speaker 1: the Big Show because I think there's many parts to it,
Speaker 1: but there get you get the gist of it. In
Speaker 1: Taylor and asking the question. It's about, like any relationship,
Speaker 1: you do have to build it, and that's part of
Speaker 1: your question. Advice for building that is just put in
Speaker 1: the time and treat people like they are humans because
Speaker 1: they are anonymous. I'm the maid of honor and through
Speaker 1: my bestiest show costs tons. Then she asked why I
Speaker 1: didn't get her a gift? Be mad or no? Okay,
Speaker 1: you know what, this is a track of gifts. This
Speaker 1: really strikes a chord in whatever hits a nerve or
Speaker 1: strikes a chord or whatever, because I also feel this
Speaker 1: way about destination. Motherfucking weddings. You are going to ask
Speaker 1: me to spend all this money? No, no, no, not
Speaker 1: don't say you had what? Okay, that's different. Stop if
Speaker 1: you I don't think I bought you a gift, because
Speaker 1: this is along my mind. I didn't want I don't
Speaker 1: need it. Oh, just one of my friends there. Correct.
Speaker 1: But the idea I think that in this question, it's
Speaker 1: the assumption of like, oh, but you should also get
Speaker 1: me this, you should also do that. It's like time out.
Speaker 1: I'm so with you on this, Anonymous. Those showers, whatever
Speaker 1: they are, aren't time. You threw me a shower, Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: you were having a baby, Like, no, you threw me
Speaker 1: when we went to Boo when we got in trouble
Speaker 1: for trying to take a picture that, Yeah, I don't
Speaker 1: remember a thing. I think I fell into a bush.
Speaker 1: That's fine, we did have a great time. But it's
Speaker 1: like those kinds of things are time and effort and
Speaker 1: more than anything, Like, yeah, it's the money part. There's
Speaker 1: always going to be money attached. But if I'm looking
Speaker 1: at it from this perspective of the bride, I'd be like, oh,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for putting that much effort into
Speaker 1: this and planning and all that stuff. So the fact
Speaker 1: that also wants you to get our a gift, I'd
Speaker 1: be like, hey, you know what, Honestly, like I didn't
Speaker 1: even think about it because I thought this was my
Speaker 1: gift to you. And if you thought there was also
Speaker 1: a gift that should have went along with that. Then
Speaker 1: I apologize, but and just turn it back and don't
Speaker 1: be defensive like I'm being, but just be like, oh,
Speaker 1: my apologies. I I thought that this was a gift
Speaker 1: for you, and I thought you would appreciate that as
Speaker 1: something more than just like a small little item that
Speaker 1: you could open. Maybe it's the older I'm getting in
Speaker 1: the fact I got married at an older age, I
Speaker 1: had a baby at an older age. I am so
Speaker 1: appreciative of gifts, but I'm just more appreciative that people
Speaker 1: would take the time to go to a wedding, to
Speaker 1: go to a shower. Time is money, time money. It's
Speaker 1: a lot to ask people to go, and I think
Speaker 1: maybe that's because I don't have time to do anything.
Speaker 1: That's such a good point though, is that because if
Speaker 1: if we were in our twenties, well, I was married
Speaker 1: in my twenties and no one got me a gift
Speaker 1: because no one knew I got married, but I was invited.
Speaker 1: It wasn't no one's invited. I think we have a
Speaker 1: theme here. No one's ever invited to my weddings because
Speaker 1: I probably a deep down no, I shouldn't be doing them,
Speaker 1: but no, I think I might have x one a
Speaker 1: lot to do with it. That the age, So I'm
Speaker 1: not sure what age you are anonymous, but either way,
Speaker 1: it's inexcusable. Your friend should acknowledge how much effort goes
Speaker 1: into it and that sometimes, well more times than not,
Speaker 1: is way better than the gift. Next, I love this question,
Speaker 1: Cassandra Wig. It would Aaron go back on an All
Speaker 1: Stars season of Dancing with the Stars if asked? Would
Speaker 1: Churisa go on if asked? I would not. That ship
Speaker 1: has sailed dead. I have never wanted to go on
Speaker 1: Dancing with the Stars for a couple of reasons, because
Speaker 1: I don't think I could, and I'd be so competitive,
Speaker 1: and I'd be so hard on myself because everyone that's
Speaker 1: done that show, including you, has said how hard it is,
Speaker 1: that it's the most difficult thing you've ever done. And
Speaker 1: I'm an athlete, and I feel like, you know, I
Speaker 1: know how to train, and I know how to compete
Speaker 1: and all that stuff, but like that's a whole different beast,
Speaker 1: and I just, yeah, I've never had a desire. Kendra,
Speaker 1: your sweet sister, spent like three hours teaching me one
Speaker 1: minute of choreography at an equinox on a random Saturday
Speaker 1: for a hip hop dance I wanted to learn. I
Speaker 1: mean it would take me forever to I don't know
Speaker 1: how you did that. I mean you're a great dancer,
Speaker 1: but like just the choreography alone, forget the physical part,
Speaker 1: but like remembering, how do you remember all that stuff?
Speaker 1: I don't know. It was so hard. I mean I
Speaker 1: have a dance background, not a very good one. I
Speaker 1: think I was more of a charity case when I danced, okay,
Speaker 1: because my sister was so good, and everybody's like, oh,
Speaker 1: there's Aaron. Oh stop he's trying. You're so much taller
Speaker 1: than everybody else. This poor picture I'm seeing on Good
Speaker 1: Morning Football of Aaron with the towel over his head.
Speaker 1: Write it down, click bait, write it down. I feel
Speaker 1: so bad that, oh, that shot said it all. Sometimes,
Speaker 1: you know, when our directors of games just get the shot,
Speaker 1: like Tom throwing the surface tablet, Aaron just with the
Speaker 1: you know, towel, owners had poor Taylor Rat trying to
Speaker 1: get up after attempting to tackle Derrick Henry. There's just
Speaker 1: those shots and games you're like, wow, that just said
Speaker 1: it all. Anyways, No, I wouldn't go back on and
Speaker 1: it was amazing and I'll say this, I would take
Speaker 1: my stomach any day that I am on that show
Speaker 1: because I was just losing pounds and losing pounds. How
Speaker 1: much would you doing that? I would say I lost
Speaker 1: ten to fifteen pounds. You ten to fifteen pounds on
Speaker 1: your frame. That's like I was. I looked like a
Speaker 1: twelve year old boy. I mean, I remember every week
Speaker 1: in the wardrobe department, they were like, because you know,
Speaker 1: I don't have any fake, I wish I had to
Speaker 1: start filling them out. They started adding and adding more
Speaker 1: paths more in my bra because I was losing it.
Speaker 1: I looked like a twelve year old boy. Oh, I
Speaker 1: mean I look at that now without it, I just
Speaker 1: that's no. But I had no bumb like it was
Speaker 1: just remember I took my very last I mean man
Speaker 1: to the finale and came because he had danced on
Speaker 1: Dancing with the Stars. He won the mirror Ball. He's
Speaker 1: a gator and I got a photo with him the
Speaker 1: night of the finale and I was just in the
Speaker 1: sequin Boostia with these like little shorts, and my stomach
Speaker 1: was like I looked like Ni Bosa. I was ready.
Speaker 1: It was just huge place. As you finished I got third,
Speaker 1: a little upset on the goddamn metal stand. Good for you.
Speaker 1: I didn't yes that you got third. We went that
Speaker 1: close then. I wish that we were as close then
Speaker 1: as we are now because I would have been at
Speaker 1: every single one of those things. How that I don't know.
Speaker 1: I lost to Nicole Scherzinger pussy katjall, oh that doesn't count,
Speaker 1: and and I lost to my good friend I got
Speaker 1: third to second place was Evan Lysichak, who just won
Speaker 1: the gold medal for figure stand as a cowpic. I
Speaker 1: had said, if you wanted me to read like a
Speaker 1: stat sheet, I would have won that fucking mirror ball,
Speaker 1: like I know. I mean they were already used to
Speaker 1: twirling around and toe tapping and doing all these other things.
Speaker 1: I don't know. Very fair, you technically got first place
Speaker 1: when you would take those cues into consideration. Thank you.
Speaker 1: We used to die because Nicole would learn her routines
Speaker 1: with Derek Huffs so quickly, and it would literally take
Speaker 1: me up to, you know, show day for me to
Speaker 1: learn the routine, and she would walk out of there
Speaker 1: the first day and know the routine and I would
Speaker 1: we would perform at rehearsal in the morning so they
Speaker 1: could get the camera, the lighting, make sure everybody's costumes
Speaker 1: were comfortable, staying on, you know, all that kind of stuff,
Speaker 1: camera blocking. And I would just look at Max, my
Speaker 1: my pro after dress rehearsal, and be like, I'm so sorry, Like,
Speaker 1: oh stop, it never gonna look like that. You're so ridiculous.
Speaker 1: She's a professional dancer. All right, what do we got,
Speaker 1: Brookly be If you had to choose which airport is
Speaker 1: your favorite? We were just talking about this hashtag pilot life.
Speaker 1: Oh I love that we were just talking about this.
Speaker 1: Go oh, I'd have to think about this for a second.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what's my least favorite, respectfully where I'm
Speaker 1: headed this week? Atlanta? It is too big, it is,
Speaker 1: like I mean, and that's just because you could crush
Speaker 1: Atlanta because I lived there for ten years, so I
Speaker 1: could I could crush that report. Yeah, that's my my
Speaker 1: least favorite. For navigation purposes, Detroit's also tough on that tram.
Speaker 1: It is like a single shot like or it's always,
Speaker 1: you know, invariably is like the you're at Gate one
Speaker 1: and need to go to Gate ninety nine on a
Speaker 1: connection hard to Chicago's hard a favorite favorite favorite. God,
Speaker 1: I am just talking about this. I'm gonna be honest
Speaker 1: because I know it, so I can. I can nail
Speaker 1: l a X, I can crash LAX is easy for
Speaker 1: because I'm always going to the same Terminal three every
Speaker 1: single time. Terminal three delta, Terminal five is or four
Speaker 1: depending on is American one Southwest? Yeah, I guess maybe
Speaker 1: la X only because we know it so well. But Austin.
Speaker 1: Have you ever been to the Austin Airport? I have once,
Speaker 1: but it was a connection so I didn't have to
Speaker 1: go through so nice, like so nice. Oh that's cool.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, it's everything that you would think it is.
Speaker 1: So Austin's cool. Also, New Orleans has gotten a lot better. Yeah,
Speaker 1: new area it has that Chili's yea by the gate.
Speaker 1: Two things on the Big Show. I have one hell
Speaker 1: of a travel story something that's never happened that I
Speaker 1: had with Kevin Burkhart. You're going to die Nope. It
Speaker 1: was on our way to Tampa on Saturday. We almost
Speaker 1: I was convinced there was going to be a death
Speaker 1: or an emergency landing. Jesus, it was insane. We told
Speaker 1: the story in our meeting room when we landed, had
Speaker 1: Tom Brady just like laughing, crying. It was so insane. Okay,
Speaker 1: it had never happened on a plate before. You didn't
Speaker 1: even tell me anything like this happened. Is exciting. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so much to talk about, so much to talk about.
Speaker 1: These are the texts I get from Aaron, and I
Speaker 1: hate itau since she's already on the plane. It's like,
Speaker 1: I know today I have our flight today was a circus,
Speaker 1: and I was like, that could have so many meetings,
Speaker 1: like we could be getting popcorn and it was great,
Speaker 1: or it could be like wheels are falling off. It's
Speaker 1: a great text to get the reason why I keep
Speaker 1: interrupting you, and I'm sorry. I looked down at the
Speaker 1: next question read it. I know, I know you already
Speaker 1: knew that was here. I looked ahead. I'm a look aheader.
Speaker 1: Oh not me. I live in the moment. Anonymous, go
Speaker 1: go if Anonymous saying my friend's husband tried to kiss me.
Speaker 1: He was very drunk and has apologized. Tell her, Yeah, yes,
Speaker 1: it'll ruin everything. It'll ruin their marriage and your friendship.
Speaker 1: So don't tell her. This is a real But what
Speaker 1: are you saying? Don't tell her? I don't know. I
Speaker 1: think you should tell her. I'm living in my honesty
Speaker 1: era of like, even if it hurts people's feelings, I
Speaker 1: just go right to it. I'm done with gossip. I'm
Speaker 1: done with I heard so and so said so and
Speaker 1: so behind my back. I go right up to the person.
Speaker 1: So I heard you're talking shit. I'm like, I'm a
Speaker 1: direct line. There is no circuitous route here. If we're
Speaker 1: just going circus circuitus. It's one of my favorite words.
Speaker 1: It means to take like alternative routes, like the long
Speaker 1: way to get somewhere. No, I am at seven times
Speaker 1: today CIRCUITA said Mac needs to start talking. So Mac,
Speaker 1: your first words your cutous. They said, he has to talking.
Speaker 1: He's good with ba ba And she's like, don't sure.
Speaker 1: We went for a fifteen month check up today. Is
Speaker 1: he saying a few words? No, he says ah for
Speaker 1: Almo say yeah hey or hey yeah. That's kind of it.
Speaker 1: So I now feel really insecure. So there's that. There's
Speaker 1: a line baron Andrew's child not speaking, She's insecure, rude
Speaker 1: and personal. Fuck off. We will talk about that as
Speaker 1: well on the Big Show. But back to your question, Anonymous,
Speaker 1: you have to tell her you're not if this is
Speaker 1: not a mist era or well, that's where I'm at,
Speaker 1: but I don't know if you are. If this is
Speaker 1: your friend, you've got to tell her. Yeah, good luck.
Speaker 1: Let us know what happens. You've got to run us back.
Speaker 1: This is really bad and now I'm invested in. I
Speaker 1: feel bad for you. Okay, last one go, Okay, world connics,
Speaker 1: please share your skincare routines flawless they're not, but thank you.
Speaker 1: I actually feel really bad about my skin right now.
Speaker 1: I will so sunburned. We were all back, but I
Speaker 1: just when you get to be forty six, you look
Speaker 1: like you're tired, when you're tired of twenties sunscreen. Because
Speaker 1: I'm learning the hard way that I should have been
Speaker 1: doing it in my twenties. I have learned not to
Speaker 1: screw around with my skincare routine because I was on
Speaker 1: three prescriptions. I still am because I just want to
Speaker 1: be really careful with my skin and what am I doing.
Speaker 1: Augustinus Bader is my moisturizer, and I'm doing this plated
Speaker 1: serum that's supposed to help with pigmentation. Don't know if
Speaker 1: it is, but whatever, I love Augustinus I cream. What
Speaker 1: do you have? I was just looking it up because
Speaker 1: it's called epicure. Oh yeah, O Kuren, did you know
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about? Yeah, Epicuran skin. It has changed
Speaker 1: that in spirilactone. Yeah. I also want to give this
Speaker 1: when I shout out too, because this I saw. Rosie
Speaker 1: was very into this. I started using it Zo Skin
Speaker 1: Health Zo Skin Health. They're great if you have acne.
Speaker 1: They have the skin pads, which I use. I like
Speaker 1: their faith wash. I I'm not pronouncing this right because
Speaker 1: when I put an epicure and it's not coming up.
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna I'll follow up on this because I
Speaker 1: swear so this skincare that I don't know the name of.
Speaker 1: My sweet facialist Donna turned me onto it. It is incredible.
Speaker 1: It's like the oil and then a little bit of
Speaker 1: the exfoliating powder in the shower. Do this a couple
Speaker 1: times a week, then like a normal just daily face washing.
Speaker 1: The same company. They have a lotion and then I
Speaker 1: also use this thing called skin Food. You can get
Speaker 1: it at Whole Foods. It's really thick, thick lotion, so
Speaker 1: you don't use it all the time. But when I'm
Speaker 1: feeling really dehydrated post plane or whatever, or at night,
Speaker 1: I lather that all on and then yeah, as somebody
Speaker 1: who suffered from acne her whole life. If you guys
Speaker 1: are on acutane or anything that's like super strong, please
Speaker 1: go to your dermatologists and ask them about spiralactone because
Speaker 1: I wish somebody would have done that for me years
Speaker 1: and years ago, and it would have saved me a
Speaker 1: lot of heartache, especially if you break out in the
Speaker 1: jaw area. Shocker, I have too much testosterone in my system. Weird.
Speaker 1: I'm a boy, and so that cleared up all of
Speaker 1: that and it's completely changed my skin. So yeah, but
Speaker 1: I'll follow up on the skincare because I love a
Speaker 1: good skincare recommdation. Guys, we have a lot to talk
Speaker 1: about clearly on the big show. Thanks for tuning in.
Speaker 1: Please always writing questions, commons, concerns, and we just love you,
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