NFL Network Pulls Michael Irvin From Super Bowl Week Shows After Woman Complains About Encounter

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.”