In 2009, Michael Barrett was arrested by the FBI for stalking reporter Erin Andrews. The stalking began in 2008 and included videos of a naked Andrews taken through a peephole of a Tennessee hotel. It was a disturbing invasion of privacy and moreover a disgusting story of a serial stalker.
Barrett served 30 months in prison. Meanwhile, Andrews worked with Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota to enact a new federal anti-stalking law.
All of that leads to this moment from last night’s finale of Dancing With The Stars. After Andrews begged and pleaded Will Smith to come support his buddy Alfonso Ribeiro, her co-host Tom Bergeron dropped this line…
“Hey Will if you’re gonna have a stalker, Erin Andrews is a good one.”
Awkward. So damn awkward. Naturally, Dancing With The Stars fans weighed-in.
Tom Bergeron made a joke about Erin Andrews being "a good stalker to have" … that was probably ill-advised. Yikes. #DWTS
— Sam (@sgreen3) November 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/jaclarke21/status/537062682139299841
https://twitter.com/KanelJHawk/status/537063022049517568
https://twitter.com/DawsonOakes/status/537064933666861056
Tom Bergeron you did NOT just make an Erin Andrews/stalking joke!?!? Wtf #dancingwiththestars
— Nancy King-Fawcett (@fancynancy9920) November 25, 2014
