Fox Sports’ Charissa Thompson was the focus of high criticism from fellow NFL sideline reporters on Thursday after the now host of Fox NFL Kickoff admitted that in the past, she has made up quotes from coaches during sideline reports.
In a recent interview on the Pardon My Take podcast, Thompson admitted that if she wasn’t able to speak to a coach at halftime, she would make up a broad report.
“I’ve said this before, so I haven’t been fired for saying it, but I’ll say it again,” Thompson said. “I would make up the report sometimes because A, the coach wouldn’t come out at halftime or it was too late and I was like, I didn’t want to screw up the report, so I was like, ‘I’m just gonna make this up.’
