# Erin Andrews peephole video: have you looked? Would you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031 "2009-07-23T20:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/41 "2009-07-24T19:35:57Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Except it’s that same illicitness that _makes_ it appealing to a lot of people. Good point. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/42 "2009-07-24T19:37:53Z")
This is terrible and I’m upset that so many people would want to invade the privacy of a person inside their own hotel room. In fact, I am so outraged I would like to view this personally just to see the kind of filth that we as a society are up against. Does anyone have a link? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/43 "2009-07-24T19:48:44Z")
> [@Atrael](#): > > I read about this the other day and went and took a look. Part of me agrees with the “this was staged” camp. The size of the hole in the wall looked to be fairly large…and as another poster mentioned, if she hadn’t confirmed that it was her, you wouldn’t have been able to tell. The quality was really crappy. She could have just denied it and nobody would have been able to prove that it was her. This is simply bullshit. There is no way that this is a publicity stunt. She’s not some celebutant or wanna be actress. This can do nothing but hurt her career with a DISNEY company and there isn;t another competitor out there for her to go to. I suspect the “large hole” appearance is an artifact of some video processing to magnify the image or correct the image from looking through a peephole the wrong direction. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/44 "2009-07-24T20:12:25Z")
She can work for CBS, NBC, Fox sports, etc. There are lots of places she can go outside ESPN/ABC. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/45 "2009-07-24T21:31:52Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > She can work for CBS, NBC, Fox sports, etc. There are lots of places she can go outside ESPN/ABC. So you’re arguing that she could take a huge pay cut and move form the preeminent worldwide sports network to a failing US competitor? Really? Those options somehow would improve her situation? ESPN, for better or worse, has no peers. > [@jtgain](#): > > In fact, I am so outraged I would like to view this personally just to see the kind of filth that we as a society are up against. Does anyone have a link? I’ll watch it, but I will never distribute it or help anyone to see it. I won’t even share it via BT. Sorry, maybe I’m splitting hairs but that would make me no less slimy than the guy filming it. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/46 "2009-07-24T22:08:26Z")
Why do you assume she would take a huge pay cut? As we now can see, she is very popular. Last time I checked FOX, NBC and CBS have the NFL so I doubt they are paying their guys $10 / hour. CBS has college basketball and SEC sports. I’m sure she wouldn’t mind doing NFL games or college games. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/47 "2009-07-24T22:21:31Z")
I haven’t seen it and won’t search it out. There’s enough porn out there that I don’t need to see a bad video of a woman taken without her consent. If I accidentally stumble upon it I won’t turn away or anything, but I’m not going to go out of my way to find it. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/48 "2009-07-24T22:28:31Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Why do you assume she would take a huge pay cut? As we now can see, she is very popular. Last time I checked FOX, NBC and CBS have the NFL so I doubt they are paying their guys $10 / hour. CBS has college basketball and SEC sports. I’m sure she wouldn’t mind doing NFL games or college games. Are you really making the case that a move to any of those networks is a step up from ESPN? ESPN has been poaching talent from those guys for a decade and those guys have sports on one or two days a week for about 6 months a year. ESPN is 24/7/365. It’s not even a rational argument to think she could use this to go up somehow. She has the dream job already. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/49 "2009-07-24T22:37:52Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > I had reservations downloading it and would never want anyone to make a penny off something this slimy and wrong, but it’s still a knockout with a great body naked. “it’s” just a piece of ass, right? I guess it doesn’t matter that she didn’t consent to people watching her when she had every expectation of privacy as long as they don’t make money off it, right? She probably owes everyone a look and a wank because she’s such a knockout, right? Would people watching a similar video of your daughter or someone else you love be ok as long as others who download it have similar reservations and don’t make money off it? > [@Omniscient](#): > > I’ll watch it, but I will never distribute it or help anyone to see it. I won’t even share it via BT. Sorry, maybe I’m splitting hairs but that would make me no less slimy than the guy filming it. Sorry, but watching it makes you just as slimy. It’s her body and her choice alone as to who she shows it to. And she didn’t choose you or anyone else who watched that video. Shame on you. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/50 "2009-07-24T22:53:45Z")
I suppose you can take me off your Christmas card list. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/51 "2009-07-24T22:58:48Z")
I usually have preternaturally strong Google-Fu but I’m not finding this. Though my heart is not fully in the search due to the malware angle. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/52 "2009-07-24T23:14:27Z")
Just because ESPN is on all day that means they pay their top people more? Do the guys doing poker and bowling and fishing commentary rake in $10 mil a year? Which top people has ESPN taken away from CBS, NBC ,etc? Madden and Michaels left to go to NBC to stick on broadcast TV, not cable because MNF went to ESPN from ABC. Billy Packer the top college BB guy stayed on CBS until he was forced out. All the top NFL guys are not on ESPN. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/53 "2009-07-25T05:21:07Z")
Clearly Andrews staged all this so she can land herself in the running to replace John Madden. That makes total sense. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/54 "2009-07-25T06:19:21Z")
The whole thing was only about 5 seconds - if you looked, then you looked it was over to fast to say you did not look. I was linked from another site and saw a naked women getting out of a shower - that was IT. What is the big deal? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/55 "2009-07-25T07:57:45Z")
> [@King\_Bobo](#): > > The whole thing was only about 5 seconds - if you looked, then you looked it was over to fast to say you did not look. > > I was linked from another site and saw a naked women getting out of a shower - that was IT. > > What is the big deal? I’m not sure what you saw, but the full video is about 3 minutes long. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/56 "2009-07-25T08:16:07Z")
What I saw was barely (pun intended) just seconds. Sure there was a full frontal, but it was fleeting. It was posted on a sports site and was removed after, maybe a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/57 "2009-07-27T16:18:22Z")
I went back and re-watched it and a couple of things to note: 1. This was **not** shot through a peephole in the door. At least not one that had an actual peephole in it. You could hear sounds from inside the room very clearly. 2. The person recording the video could see it real time. They’re moving the camera in response to how she moves around the room. 3. I can’t figure what the layout of this room would be. She’s standing at the dresser to do her hair, rather than at the bathroom vanity. 4. How did this person know the exact time she’d be standing around naked? What did he do, tape 24/7 and hope for a good shot? But then it’s obvious that he’s adjusting the camera…so how did he know when to do that? I won’t get into how this impacts ESPN work, or how much she might make by going someplace else or any of that. I will say that I’d never heard of her until this incident. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/58 "2009-07-27T16:49:42Z")
Is there any reason to believe that this would hurt her career in any way? I don’t understand why it would. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/59 "2009-07-27T16:58:01Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Just because ESPN is on all day that means they pay their top people more? Do the guys doing poker and bowling and fishing commentary rake in $10 mil a year? Do you consider the guys doing poker, bowling and fishing to be their _top guys_? It’s ridiculous to bring up those categories when trying to come up with a comparable to Erin Andrews - who is the most popular non-host ESPN has on their payroll. @Atrael: _1) This was not shot through a peephole in the door. At least not one that had an actual peephole in it. You could hear sounds from inside the room very clearly._ When I stand a few inches away from a door, I can hear quite a bit that’s going on inside. _2) The person recording the video could see it real time. They’re moving the camera in response to how she moves around the room._ When I look through a peephole, I can see quite a bit of range in either direction. \*3) I can’t figure what the layout of this room would be. She’s standing at the dresser to do her hair, rather than at the bathroom vanity. \* Every hotel room I’ve ever been in has a very large mirror in front of the dresser. And nearly ever hotel I’ve been in retains a large amount of humidity after taking a shower, making using the mirror a pointless exercise. \*4) How did this person know the exact time she’d be standing around naked? \* If he had an adjacent room, he could probably hear the shower running. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031/60 "2009-07-27T17:07:59Z")
Been there, seen it, got the virus\*. I sort of know her- I used to do very occasional promotional work for the Orlando Predators ticket sales department, and she did Predators coverage for FSN Florida. \*Well, an assload of malware- I had just disabled AVG and Spybot because I was playing a game, and I happened to hear about it on the radio at that moment… and… you get the idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031.md?page=4)