Former Dallas Cowboys football player Michael Irvin will no longer have appearances on the NFL Network for the remainder of Super Bowl week after a woman complained about an encounter Sunday evening in Arizona.
Irvin claims the interaction was a non-physical encounter. He told The Dallas Morning News that “he engaged in no physical contact with the woman beyond a handshake when they parted ways.”
“Michael Irvin will not be a part of NFL Network’s Super Bowl LVII week coverage,” said Alex Riethmiller, NFL Media vice president of communications, in a statement.
Irvin works for NFL Media but makes frequent appearances on ESPN.
“Honestly, I’m a bit baffled with it all,” Irvin said. “This all happened in a 45-second conversation in the lobby. When I got back after going out … I came into the lobby, and I talked to somebody. I talked to this girl. I don’t know her, and I talked to her for about 45 seconds,” Irvin said.
“We shook hands. Then, I left. … That’s all I know.”
Irvin says he hasn’t seen the woman since before and after the talk.
“What law did I break?” Irvin said. “There was definitely nothing physical. … That’s honestly all that happened. Nobody was in my room. It was a 45-second conversation in the lobby, a handshake and we left. … I don’t know. I don’t know what this is, and it’s running me crazy.”
