Inside Erin Andrews and Jarret Stoll's marriage (2025)

Erin Andrews and Jarret Stoll's marriage seems to be feeling the strain of her public highs and lows.

Thesportscaster, 46, who is set to cover the Super Bowl today for Fox News, recently admitted that husband Jarret wants her to be a little less 'public' following years of controversies that forced her to be thrust into the spotlight time and time again.

Former professional ice hockey player Jarret, 42, has stood fiercely by Erin's side as she has weathered many high-profile incidents over the years.

Erin has endured a horrific cancer battle, a highly publicized $55 million court showdown against a stalker, and a harrowing fertility battle since she and Jarret got together in 2012.

While the TV star initially wanted to keep her struggles out of the spotlight - having initially hid her cancer diagnosis from the world - she has been fiercely honest about her personal battles since then.

In fact, after she endured a tragic pregnancy loss in 2021, she shared a harrowing essay detailing her difficult road to parenthood on Facebookand was applauded by millions.

She also faced off in court against the man who had leaked a naked video of her years prior in a highly publicized legal battle in 2016, laying bare the trauma that the intimate clip had on her as the entire world watched on.

Erin, who rose to fame as a correspondent for ESPN before she joined Fox in 2012, has certainly learned to embrace the public eye and is not afraid to share the intimate details of her life.

But she has now revealed that her husband is not a fan of her openness, as she confessed toSuccessin a new interview,'My husband would rather we not be so public - me not be so public.'

She added of her decision to speak out about their miscarriage and IVF journey,'He was just like, 'Why do we have to say this?' And I said, 'Because these waiting rooms are packed.''

While Jarret may want a quieter life out of the spotlight, that's certainly not an option for Erin just yet as she's about to cover one of the biggest sporting events in history - the highly coveted Super Bowl.

She'll be heard around the country for the game alongside Tom Brady, Kevin Burkhardt, and Tom Rinaldi on Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

As she gears up to cover the event amidst her husband's wishes for some more anonymity, FEMAIL has recapped the many struggles that have tragically plagued the pair over the years.

From her harrowing health battle to the horrifyingpeeping tom that left her with depression and anxiety, take a look back at the many devastations that Erin has had to overcome, all with Jarret by her side.

Horrific stalking incident: Erin endured an extremely public $55 million court battle against a man who took nude videos of her without her knowledge

In 2008, a man namedMichael David Barrett rented hotel rooms next to Erin in various cities, altered the peepholes, and secretly shot intimate videos of her with his cellphone.

He then uploaded some of the clips onto the web - including one in which she was completely nude - where they quickly went viral.

Michael was arrested forinterstate stalking by the FBIin 2009, and he plead guilty, receiving ato two and a half year prison sentence, as well as three years of probation, $5,000 in fines, and $7,366 in restitution.

He was released in July 2012 after 20 months behind bars.

Erin went on to sue her stalker, as well as the Nashville hotel, in 2015 for $75 million.

During the trial, she testified that she suffered fromdepression, anxiety, and panic attacks as a result of Michael's actions.

'I felt embarrassed, humiliated, mortified because of the video,' she said as she broke down in tears on the stand.

'Everybody put up that I was doing it for publicity and attention and that ripped me apart.'

The sports reporter was ultimately awarded with$55 million from the jury, who ruled Michael was 51 percent responsible and the hotel was 49 percent responsible.

Erin later spoke about it on Hoda Kotb's podcast in 2023, and she recalled how many people thought she had taken the video herself.

'People thought it was a scandal, and I'm the square from high school,' she explained. 'I don't do those things.

'I got the phone call from my friend at Sports Illustrated, he said, "There's this video..."

'And I said, "No, there's not. I don't do that. I'm single. I don't have that going on in my life." He's like, "Erin, it's you."'

She said the first thing she did was call her parents, adding that she was screaming so loud they thought she had been in a 'car accident.'

She also told the New York Post last year that she thought her career was going to be 'over' as a result of the ordeal.

'[I thought], "My career is over. I am finished. This is going to ruin me,"' she recalled.

She also said of the aftermath, 'I would walk around stadiums and just think, "Everybody in this stadium has seen me naked, and I didn't have a choice." It was really hard.'

Harrowing cancer battle: Erin underwent two surgeries but continued to work throughout the ordeal, and kept the entire thing a secret until afterwards

In September 2016, Erin faced another battle when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer.

'I'm really healthy. I didn't think I would be a candidate for [cervical cancer],' she admitted to Copingwhile reflecting on her diagnosis.

'I thought I was totally fine and just getting ready for week three in the NFL, and I got a call that I wasn't. And then I think you just go through panic.'

She ultimately had to undergo two surgeries before she was declared cancer free in December 2016.

Fiercely dedicated to her job, Erin continued to work throughout the ordeal - even covering a game a day after her surgery - and kept her diagnosis a complete secret from the public until after it was over.

'My doctor had said that I don't recommend that you travel, but Green Bay is one of my favorite teams,' she recalled of working right after one of her procedures.

'And it was a huge game, one that I'm NOT going to miss. It wasn't comfortable. And I probably wasn't well enough to stand for six hours on the field, but I wasn't going to miss it.'

As for why she kept it hidden, she explained, 'I work in a male-dominated industry, so it's not something you really want to talk about. I felt like it was something I wanted to keep quiet.'

But when she finally shared her health battle with the world in January 2017, the sidelines reporter has said that she was left stunned by the outpour of heartwarming reactions and support from her colleagues and athletes.

'I had grown men who are superstars in the NFL call me, and text me, and pull me aside on the sidelines to cry,' she told the Post.

'They said they were so grateful that I was vocal about cervical cancer.'

Erin also told Coping that Jarret stood fiercely by her side through the whole thing, gushing, 'He was amazing. He was a rock through it.'

Struggles with fertility: Erin endured seven failed rounds of IVF and a tragic pregnancy loss before becoming a mom through surrogacy

Erin and Jarret got engaged almost immediately after she beat cancer in December 2016, and they tied the knot six months later, in June 2017.

They soon decided they wanted to start a family together and have a baby, but they endured a tragic years-long fertility battle before they finally welcomed a baby boy, named Mack, via surrogacy in 2023.

'It was 10 years of hell,' she reflected to the Today show after finally becoming a mom.

Erin explained that she began IVF almost immediately after she beat cancer, but she went through seven failed rounds and a devastating pregnancy loss before finally deciding to use a surrogate for their final egg.

'You feel like s**t. You feel bloated and hormonal for a week and a half.The entire treatment takes such a mental and emotional toll on your body,' she wrote in an honest essay about the experience in 2021.

'You could go through this whole experience and get absolutely nothing out of it, that's the crazy part.

'It's a ton of money, it's a ton of time, it's a ton of mental and physical anguish. And more times than not, they're unsuccessful.'

Looking back, she told Today of that time, 'I really struggled mentally. I didn't handle it very well... I kind of tried to push it aside and act like everything was okay.'

Facing endless scrutiny over appearance: Erin has been subjected to a slew of nasty comments over her appearance

Being on TV all the time means that Erin has been subjected to a slew of nasty comments about her appearance.

Back in November, she admitted during an appearance on the Calm Down podcast with Charissa Thompson that the constant scrutiny over her looks was getting to her.

At the time, she said her biggest pet peeve was people taking about her eyebrows.

'I got them done probably a month and a half ago and people are still talking about these f***ing things,' she said.

'I'm using a serum. Some people say they're buzzard. I'm not trying to make them that way. I just like bushy eyebrows.'

'They look great,' Charissa insisted. 'You're being crazy right now… they look fantastic.'

Erinalso hit back at a troll on X, formerly Twitter, who called her 'too old' and pointed out her 'wrinkles' in December.

She replied to a comment shared by a man that read: 'Erin Andrews is too old now. Can visibly see the wrinkles on the HD. It's been a great run for Erin, but it's time for a younger blonde/brunette to take over.'

'Don't even think you need HD to see them. But appreciating you pointing them out bud,' she fired back.

Recent health woes: In the latest blow to her personal life, Erin revealed that she was suffering from another condition this week

Most recently, Erin revealed that she was suffering from the condition 'dry eye' earlier this week.

'I just thought it was my eyes being tired,' she said to Athletech.'I thought maybe it was just because I'm looking at my screen so much - my eyes always kind of feel a little scratchy, gritty.

'I'm always like wiping them or trying to blink. I just thought that that's how it was. Turns out, I'm an idiot, and my doctor's like, "No, that's dry eye."'

According to Mayo Clinic, dry eye is 'a common condition that occurs when your tears aren't able to provide adequate lubrication for your eyes.'

Erin urged others with discomfort to get themselves checked out by an optometrist or a doctor.

'Like [if you are] constantly rubbing your eyes or blinking or thinking, "Oh, my eyes feel super dry or scratchy," go ask somebody about it because there's actually something that can relieve your symptoms,' she said.