Danyelle Sargent guested on Dan Patrick’s radio show today to give her side of the story about the Bill Walsh-Mike Singletary interview debacle.
(Clip reposted - for now)
Sargent, who acknowledged that she was nervous about her first NFL sideline reporting gig, said the question she intended to ask Singletary was, “I heard he (Bill Walsh) was one of the first phone calls you made when you decided you wanted to get into coaching. … I didn’t even realize I misspoke. … We did it again and it went fine.”
Amazingly, Sargent didn’t hear about the fallout until she flew into Los Angeles from San Francisco the next day: “I still didn’t know what had happened until the next morning until I got a text message from someone saying, ‘hang in there.’”
She then called the messenger and found out what had happened: “I never saw the clip I tried to avoid the internet like the plague for the5-6 hours after I found out.“
By the way, this is the same Sargent who dropped an F-bomb as an anchor on ESPN News, something she also discussed with Patrick.
Though she presented a cheerful, almost breezy personality throughout the interview, she did make her displeasure known when it came to Mike Francesa’s airing of the Singletary interview clip: “I have worked hard and I’ve been at Fox for two years. And I do a really hard highlight show and I do it by myself.
“And it’s two years of working hard and doing a great job on that show … it’s basically torn down by 30 seconds of someone deciding, in my opinion, being malicious and put something like that on-air to make me look stupid.” (audio link)
It’s amusing to hear Sargent say Francesa was malicious for merely airing something she said. But as we all know, there are plenty of “Anchorman” moments that never make air, which is probably the root of Sargent’s incredulous response.
3:50 pm on October 28th, 2008
All Danyelle's talk about doing hard work is turning me on.
4:01 pm on October 28th, 2008
Sounds like Danyelle took the wrong approach to this little clip controversy. Had she just laughed it off, a lot of people would've thought, "Wow, what a cool chick." But by taking herself so seriously, a lot of people will likely think, "Wow, what a killjoy."
4:07 pm on October 28th, 2008
I don't blame Danyelle for getting miffed. No reason for her to be raked over the coals over a small flub that didn't even make it to air.
4:16 pm on October 28th, 2008
Can't the poor girl be left alone?
4:20 pm on October 28th, 2008
If Danyelle's going to make it in today's sportscasting world, she's going to need to grow some thicker skin.
4:25 pm on October 28th, 2008
When Danyelle heard about what Mike Francesca did, her first response was, "What the f*** is that?!"
4:43 pm on October 28th, 2008
And the malicious spirit of Mike & The Mad Dog lives on.
4:49 pm on October 28th, 2008
How is Francesca being malicious? I don't hear him saying, "boy, this girl is stupid."
4:58 pm on October 28th, 2008
Danyelle should have had a few pre-interview drinks to calm her nerves. Then it would have been really fun to hear what she would've asked Singletary.
5:08 pm on October 28th, 2008
Francesca may be malicious, but Danyelle's delicious!
8:37 pm on October 28th, 2008
One could argue that not knowing Bill Walsh was dead could be considered "malicious" toward the late coach's family.
9:01 pm on October 28th, 2008
Welcome to the wonderful world of the Internet, Danyelle.
9:02 pm on October 28th, 2008
Danyelle, if you need a shoulder to cry on, I'll be there. Just let me change my shirt first.
9:05 pm on October 28th, 2008
Hope she can parlay this little gaffe into a role in "Anchorman II".
Not that there's an "Anchorman II" in the works, but wouldn't it be cool if there was?
9:39 pm on October 28th, 2008
Danyelle's never going to hear the end of this, I swear.
And she swears, too, apparently.
9:47 pm on October 28th, 2008
Bloopers like this happen all the time. It's best for Danyelle just to laugh, forget about it, and move on.
9:53 pm on October 28th, 2008
It would be fun to see Danyelle Sargent and Mike Francesca face off in an interview segment.
12:18 am on October 29th, 2008
another example of how looks attract viewers even when they are attached to a total ditz. She wants to say that them airing it was "malicious".
The ignorance in that statement speaks for itself. How about the disrespect she displayed towards the sport and the legend? What a vein "straight haired ho".imus resurrected!!!
4:46 am on October 29th, 2008
She should be fired! She knows nothing about football. Nothing but a teleprompter reader. Her “explanation” sounds like a pile of CYA crap. We fans deserve more. Who hires these sideline bimbos?
12:22 pm on October 29th, 2008
Where's Al Sharpton running in, yelling about racism?
12:24 pm on October 29th, 2008
Danyelle should be happy. This little mistake has turned her into an instant online celebrity, a la Erin Andrews.
4:06 pm on October 29th, 2008
The point is…how are you part of the sports media doing "a really hard highlight show" for two years, and not know that one of the most iconic coaches in football history died? I'm surprised her follow up wasn't asking how Walter Payton was doing…
9:40 pm on October 29th, 2008
Take it easy, Danyelle - you're the one who forgot Bill Walsh was dead.
2:23 am on November 5th, 2008
This is the girl who is being spotted everywhere with former Sacramento Kings coach Eric Musselman (checkout their picture on her facebook homepage). I'm sure he can give her lots of advice. Remember he was fired after only 1 season with the Kings because of drunk driving before the season started. What losers!
4:40 pm on January 14th, 2009
hey danyelle you have absolutely lost it