Michael Irvin pulled from NFL Network Super Bowl LVII coverage following complaint at hotel

The NFL Network has pulled Dallas Cowboys legend Michael Irvin off of Super Bowl LVII coverage this week following an unspecified complaint from a woman who was staying at the former receiver’s hotel in Arizona, according to a report from the New York Post.

“Michael Irvin will not be part of the NFL Network’s Super Bowl LVII week coverage,” NFL Network spokesman Alex Reithmiller said in a statement to The Post.

Irvin discussed the matter in an interview on 105.3 the Fan on Wednesday, but his recollection of the incident that led to him switching hotels and then exiting the network’s Super Bowl is allegedly hazy.

The complaint stemmed from an interaction he had with a women in the lobby of the hotel, which according to Irvin, the hotel captured on video. Per his own admission, he had consumed alcohol prior to the interaction.

Irvin shares his story regarding hotel complaint

“When I came into the hotel, they asked what I did and I said, ‘I just went straight to the room,’” Irvin said. “But I guess I had met somebody in the lobby. Talked to somebody in the lobby for about a minute and then I went to my room. And then after I got up there, they said they had to move me in the hotel. I said, ‘Move me in the hotel for what?’”

“So they moved my hotel, and I said, ‘What’s going on, guys? What’s happening? Why are are we moving hotels?’” Irvin continued.

“They said, ‘Well, last night you walked in, you talked to somebody.’ I said, ‘I didn’t talk to anybody. I went straight to the room.’ And then they showed it on camera that I did talk to somebody. I talked to this girl for about a minute. I don’t know what — they didn’t show it to me. They told it to me. I didn’t see it. But that’s why they moved me, because I guess the girl said I said something to her within that minute that we talked, and so they moved me.”

Irvin also told the Dallas Morning News that there was no physical interaction with the woman beyond a handshake.

The former Cowboys star was apparently expecting some kind of response based on the incident.

“That’s why I’m kind of hiding to wait and see how everything comes down,” Irvin said. “It was a minute meeting somewhere in the lobby. I don’t even remember it really because I had a few drinks, to tell you the truth.”