Terry Bradshaw turned a routine FOX NFL Sunday breakdown into another live-TV moment on Sunday when a coffee spill sent Curt Menefee scrambling at the desk.
Bradshaw was sitting with Menefee on the pregame set as the crew sized up one of the day’s bigger matchups: the Broncos and 49ers. San Francisco came in at 3-0, while Denver was 2-1 after its own strong start. A graphic on the broadcast listed the 49ers as 2.5-point favorites, with the over/under set at 47.5 points.
Then the segment veered off course. While gesturing, Bradshaw knocked over a cup of coffee.
He never stopped talking through the preview, even as the drink spread across the desk in front of him. Menefee got up to clean it up, and Bradshaw checked on him with a quick, “You ok, bud?”
Menefee told him he’d be right back.
Because FOX NFL Sunday airs live, there was no cutting around the spill. Viewers saw the whole thing unfold in real time as Bradshaw kept the Broncos-49ers discussion moving until Menefee returned.
It was another unscripted flashpoint for Bradshaw, who has already drawn attention more than once this season for moments that go viral for all the wrong reasons. The reaction around him has included fans calling for him to be removed from the desk, but Bradshaw has brushed that aside.
“It is my life. It’s all I’ve ever done,” he said recently.
“My biggest fear, if I have a fear, is not being able to work at FOX NFL Sunday,” he added.
Bradshaw turned 78 in September and has been part of the show since its 1994 debut. He still appears alongside Strahan, Howie Long and Rob Gronkowski most weeks, and Sunday’s coffee mishap became the latest clip in a season already filled with scrutiny and attention.
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