Joe Buck, who is married to sports commentator and TV personality Michelle Beisner-Buck, recently opened up about "stalking" his wife, before he started dating her. According to US Weekly, Joe Buck appeared on The Pivot Podcast, hosted by Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder, and Fred Taylor earlier this week, on October 14, where he revealed the stalking incident involving Michelle, and said:
"She saw me on a national car rental commercial and thought I looked like a smug a*shole. And now looking back on it, I think I did look like a smug a*shole. When I saw her, she was working for the NFL Network at the time and was standing against a wall. I was walking out of [Denver’s] Mile High Stadium and I saw her and I was like, ‘I think I’m going to stalk that person.’ And I did.”
Joe Buck was previously married to Ann Archambault, with whom he tied the knot in 1993. The couple were together for eighteen years until their divorce in 2011. They welcomed two daughters, Natalie and Trudy, during the course of their marriage. Joe Buck later married Michelle Beisner-Buck in April 2014, and the couple welcomed their twin sons in April 2018.
More about Michelle Beisner-Buck, as husband and NFL announcer Joe Buck reveals how he first met his wife
Michelle Beisner-Buck, who was born on October 15, 1976 in Telluride, Colorado, began her career as an actress and dancer. According to ESPN Press Room, Beisner-Buck initially pursued a career as a cheerleader for the Denver Broncos, a role she held for six years from 1997 till 2003. In a October 2020 interview with Charges, the TV host reminisced her time as a cheerleader, during which she had performed at the 1998 Super Bowl. She said:
"There is definitely a performance aspect of what we do. And a cadence and tone and a rhythm a choreography to the way you deliver a lead-in or a tag, the way that you sit with someone, interact, the way you ask your questions, the way you navigate and dance through a feature."
After her stint as a cheerleader, Michelle Beisner-Buck began working in television as a field reporter for the official NFL Network in 2006, where she remained until her resignation in 2014. She was involved in reporting and hosting various programs, including NFL Fantasy Live and GameDay Morning among others.
According to People Magazine, soon after leaving the NFL Network, Michelle Beisner-Buck began working as a features reporter for ESPN in 2014. During her time at ESPN, she received the Marjorie Guthrie Award in 2018 from the Huntington's Disease Society of America for her coverage of Bill Johnston, the former Public Relations Director for the Los Angeles Charges, and his wife, Ramona Johnston, who was diagnosed with Huntington's Disease in 1999.
In her interview with Chargers, Michelle revealed how she connects deeply with the stories she tells and the people she interviews, saying:
"That person that you are interviewing has to be the most important person you've ever sat with. You have to make them feel that way. You have to be committed from start to finish in making sure that you are allowing them to tell their best story."
Beisner-Buck further shared in her interview that her versatility, which included her ability to write, edit and produce content, is what makes her so sought-after in the industry.
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