Erin Andrews contacted Aaron Rodgers to dispel headlines

Erin Andrews isn't arguing with Aaron Rodgers and she wants everyone to know that, especially the New York Jets quarterback himself.

For the sake of factual accuracy, let's first reiterate that Erin Andrews is not mad at Aaron Rodgers and Aaron Rodgers is not mad at Erin Andrews.

Also for the sake of factual accuracy, Andrews would have liked to have seen Rodgers hanging out with Charissa Thompson on the set of Amazon Prime Thursday Night Football Postgame show two weeks ago, but it didn't happen.

Rodgers conducted an interview with sideline reporter Kaylee Hartung but was unavailable for a less formal conversation with Thompson, Tony Gonzalez, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Andrew Whitworth and Richard Sherman. Following his absence, Andrews expressed her disappointment in Rodgers, albeit in jest, in her final podcast episode with Thompson.

“I was looking forward to two of my really good friends making fun of it,” Andrews said two weeks ago, later explaining that she gets sensitive when friends turn down her interviews.

Andrews' disappointment, which he cheekily expressed, made headlines and she was getting her nails done when Thompson wrote one of those headlines, which proved problematic as she rushed to contact the Jets quarterback.

“I get this text from Charissa, I can't use my hands and it's like, 'Oh my God, look at this stupid headline.' So I read it: “Rude, Personal Erin Andrews Calls Out Aaron Rodgers.” If you know anything about me and my 7,000 meetings with him and what we talk about on our show, he's actually a really good friend of mine Andrews said. “I get all hot and bothered and worried because I'm like, 'Wait a minute? I don't want this to catch on.'

“My hands are in this stupid gel thing and I'm thinking, 'I have to call this guy, I have to call him, I have to call Charissa.' We end up giving each other voice notes,” Andrews continued. “That was great, by the way, because I was like, 'Aaron, there's this stupid headline out there, I'm so sorry.' And he's like, 'You guys are crazy, who cares?'”

Considering all the headlines that have circulated about Rodgers in recent years, it's safe to assume he wouldn't be too worried about Andrews asking why he hadn't given an interview Thursday Night Football. Still, Andrews wanted to make sure there wasn't a feud brewing between them.

Andrews and Thompson repeatedly pointed to the US Weekly headline that read, “Erin Andrews Criticizes Aaron Rodgers for Snubbing Charissa Thompson Interview.” But let's also be self-aware enough to acknowledge that Awful Announcement is the one story first had a headline that read, “Erin Andrews reprimands Aaron Rodgers for snubbing Charissa Thompson: 'It's actually getting personal.'

Did “Awful Announcement” contribute to Andrews' need to exchange voice messages with Aaron Rodgers while she was getting her nails done? Perhaps. However, we pointed out in the first post and continue to point out that Andrews challenging Rodgers was a joke. But Andrews calling Rodgers a joke doesn't change her fundamental view that someone might take it personally if a friend declines her interview request. That doesn't mean that a snub in the interview means the end of a friendship, but it's fair to at least consider it disappointing or frustrating without it becoming a sticking point in the friendship.

(Calm down with Erin and Charissa)