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Fans are once again worried for FOX sideline reporter Pam Oliver.
On Sunday, Oliver appeared to slur her words while reporting during the Cowboys-Cardinals game.
Pam Oliver sounds a bit off during Cowboys-Cardinals game pic.twitter.com/DXZKdlsjvM
— sportsvids99 (@sportsvids991) September 24, 2023
Fans immediately were worried about Oliver’s condition after hearing her speak.
Pam Oliver def sounded unwell just now.
— BIG Lowe (@marL0wE) September 24, 2023
Apparently, Oliver suffers from migraines, which causes a change in her speech. Here’s Oliver speaking about her condition during an interview with Richard Deitsch.
“Well, I’ve had several [migraines] over the course of the football season,” Oliver said of her migraines during a November 2021 interview with Richard Deitsch. “For example, I’ve gone from averaging 5-6 a month down to averaging 3 a month. I consider that being lucky. They’re very debilitating for me. They’ve been a problem for a very, very long time. It’s caused me to miss a few games over the span of my career because I just couldn’t take the noise and the light and the sickness that comes with that. The nausea and the vomiting.
“There was one game, about three-four years ago. I live in Atlanta. I was minutes from Mercedez-Benz [Stadium]. My driver, I said, you gotta pull over. We were less than five minutes from the stadium. I’m hurling. My head is pounding. And I made the decision right then and there, I’m no good to anyone. There’s no way that I felt like I was gonna get through that game, be productive, help the crew, contribute in any way. So, turned around and I went home. I felt so guilty about that for the longest time, but they really do knock me out of action.
“I feel like they’ve gotten better, just from the standpoint of having fewer. But they definitely are real. And they continue to plague me. And not to have people feel sorry for me, but that’s just the way it is. That’s just part of my health issue.