Erin Andrews Tells Oprah Winfrey: 'It's Been a Nightmare'

Making what she vowed would be her first and last public comments about an Internet video showing her naked in a hotel room, ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews said that she was devastated by the invasion of her privacy and is still feeling the effects of it.

Appearing with Oprah Winfrey in a previously recorded episode that aired today, Andrews first watched a compilation of news coverage of the peephole video and then said, "It's tough to see that again because you just feel like you relive it, but I'm getting better. ... It's been a nightmare."

Andrews said she still does not know who took the videos, but she said it was a stalker who followed her to at least two different places.

"I am a victim of a stalker because we know this happened in at least two rooms -- they got me in at least two rooms," Andrews said. "I'm a crime victim ... How do we find this person?"

Andrews said that when a friend called her and told her there were nude pictures of her on the Internet, she initially laughed, saying she was certain there were no naked pictures of her anywhere. But when she went online and looked herself, she instantly recognized the grainy images as being of herself in a hotel room on a business trip. And although Andrews said she is working hard at getting the images taken down, she has learned that once something is online, it never disappears for good.

"I've had law enforcement tell me, 'You're just going to have to deal with the fact that this is never going to come off the Internet,'" Andrews told Oprah. "They're never going to be able to get it down. ... The images are still up."

Andrews said she immediately called her parents when she saw the photos. Her father, who was at the Oprah taping, said, "She was melting down and I tried to calm her down. ... I was dying inside."

Although she tried to put on a brave face, Andrews displayed the physical signs of stress: She shook as she recounted how difficult the summer had been for her, and even under her heavy makeup on the show, it was plain to see that her skin had broken out into hives.

Still, Andrews insists that she won't let this break her.

"I'm not going away," Andrews said. "I'm going back to work."

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Erin Andrews Snapshots

In this photo provided by Harpo Productions, ESPN college football sideline reporter Erin Andrews, left, talks with television talk-show host Oprah Winfrey during a taping for an upcoming show Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, in Chicago. In the interview, which airs Sept. 11, Andrews tells Winfrey that having secretly videotaped nude footage of her distributed on the Internet was a "nightmare."

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Erin Andrews of ESPN attends the ESPN the Magazine's 6th Annual Pre-Draft party at Espace on April 24, 2009 in New York City.

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ESPN reporter Erin Andrews reports during the Wisconsin Badgers game against the Purdue Boilermakers at the Kohl Center on January 27, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin. Purdue defeated Wisconsin 64-63.

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ESPN television college basketball reporter Erin Andrews looks on during the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Connecticut Huskies at Joyce Center on January 24, 2009 in South Bend, Indiana. Connecticut defeated Notre Dame 69-61.

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TV Personality Erin Andrews watches the action from the sideline between the West Virginia University Mountaineers and the Auburn University Tigers on October 23, 2008 at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. West Virginia won 34-17.

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ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews smiles on-air during the game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Miami Hurricanes at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field on November 20, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia Tech beat Miami 41-23.

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ESPN reporter Erin Andrews interviews forward Marcus Landry #1 of the Wisconsin Badgers after the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Kohl Center on February 14, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin beat Ohio State 55-50.

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Commentator Erin Andrews of ESPN reports from the sidelines as the University of Miami Hurricanes host the Texas A&M Aggies at the Orange Bowl on September 20, 2007 in Miami, Florida.

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ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews looks for interviews on the field prior to the Virginia Tech Hokies against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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ESPN reporter Erin Andrews poses for a photo after the Wisconsin Badgers game against the Michigan State Spartans at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

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