Sportscaster and TV personality Erin Andrews and former NHL star Jarret Stoll have settled
into married life.
But the road to the altar featured enough drama for a Netflix series.
Here's what almost put this sports couple's relationship in the penalty box for good.
Three years after his cancelled 2009 wedding to model Rachel Hunter, Jarret Stoll was single
and very ready to mingle.
With his sights set on Fox Sports reporter Andrews, he did the only thing he knew to
do: As Harper's Bazaar told it,
"At the 2012 World Series, two-time Stanley Cup winner Jarret Stoll sent a text to his
friend […] Michael Strahan.
It read: 'Can you set me up with Erin Andrews?'
One text lead to another.
Strahan texted Erin, 'My friend Jarret Stoll wants to take you to dinner.'"
But Andrews shut it down, not wanting to be bothered at work.
So Stoll took matters into his own hands.
The outlet reported,
"Jarret figured he'd try to make a move in person, walking past two security guards and
bending over a railing to get to the dugout that Erin was reporting from.
[…] After the World Series, the two went to dinner in Hollywood."
And the duo has been together ever since.
Oh, and wingman Michael Strahan was still invited to the wedding despite being of no
help whatsoever.
It turns out Stoll has a few bumps on his track record.
"Jarret Stoll has been charged with possession of a controlled substance."
According to TMZ Sports, in 2015, the former NHL star attempted to quote, "smuggle an 8-ball
of cocaine and 8 grams of Molly into a Vegas pool party … by hiding them in his board
shorts."
Stoll was busted around 4:30 p.m. at MGM Grand security.
Admitting the drugs were his, Stoll was arrested and released on $5,000 bond.
Although, this didn't cause Stoll and Andrews to break up, she did make her thoughts known
the very next night during Dancing with the Stars.
Per TMZ Sports, while interviewing contestant Willow Shields, Andrews asked if Willow ever
danced like that on Spring Break.
Shields said no, to which Andrews took a shot at Stoll, adding,
"There's nothing wrong with that.
I feel like some other people should learn from you.”
Stoll was ordered to complete 32 hours of community service.
During a 2016 Christmas visit to Disneyland with Andrews, Stoll decided the park's Club
33 restaurant would be the perfect place to put a ring on it — a ring he had carefully
hidden in his jacket.
But he didn't count on his girlfriend wanting to enjoy some rides before the meal.
Harper's Bazaar reported,
"He hid the ring in his jacket pocket, and didn't realize that certain rides would result
in a few close calls of Erin just missing the ring box as she grabbed for his jacket
during some of the rides' twists and turns."
Eventually, despite a few close calls, the question was popped as planned and Andrews
was actually surprised.
She told the mag,
"We drank champagne, took pictures […] and cried."
In 2008, insurance exec, Michael David Barrett, reportedly stalked Andrews at multiple hotels
and recorded videos of her in various stages of undress through hotel room peepholes.
"I feel so ashamed."
According to ESPN, Barrett was sentenced to 27 months in prison and quote, "ordered to
pay $5,000 in fines and $7,366 in restitution" in 2010.
Later, in 2016, Variety reported Andrews was awarded $55 million in a civil suit against
Barrett and one of the hotels where Barrett shot the footage.
"Everybody put up that I was doing it for publicity and attention and that ripped me
apart."
During the second day of her testimony in her civil trial, Andrews cried while explaining
how the violation she suffered almost destroyed her relationship with Stoll.
She said on the stand,
"I feel sad because I think he would have loved the girl more that was there before
this happened.
And I feel very guilty about that."
Less than a year after the trial, Andrews and Stoll were faced with a life-changing
obstacle when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016.
"Go get checked.
I mean, that's what women need to do."
Andrews made the choice to keep her condition a secret, telling Health magazine,
"Working with a bunch of men, I didn't wanna be like, 'Sooo, they think I have cervical
cancer," and they'd be like, 'Where's your cervix?'
[…] I also think that I didn't want to believe it was that big a deal, so we kept it quiet."
"To be honest with you, it could have been a lot worse.
And I could have been in, it could have gone in a different way."
If there was a silver lining, it came in the form of Andrew and Stoll's relationship, which
grew stronger because of her battle.
She told the outlet,
"'It really puts things on the fast track for you — because you have an oncologist
saying to you, 'We highly recommend that you guys do your embryos right now, freeze them.'
I'm like, 'Hi, hon.
I love you.
I hope we're spending our lives together.'
And he was amazing."
"I remember my husband being like, it's ok babe, we got this.
We're gonna beat this, we got this."
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