'Erin Andrews is so hot!' gushes her Dancing with the Stars partner

ESPN's Erin Andrews is competing on Dancing with
the Stars. Her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy says
she's super-sexy. (Photos/Getty, AP, SI.com)

ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews is used to turning heads as a sideline reporter at male-dominated football and basketball games.

But her blonde good looks have also cast a spell on Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Erin's partner on season 10 of Dancing with the Stars.

'SEXY ERIN MADE ME BLUSH'

As a professional dancer, Chmerkovskiy is around beautiful, fit women all the time, but says Andrews' off-the-charts sex appeal made him blush.

"I walk in and BAM! She is my height and gorgeous, " Maksim tells Hollyscoop of their first encounter. "Seriously, who would not get uncomfortable?"

[Editor's note: Maks is 6'2", while Erin is 5'10."]

Chmerkovskiy, 30, says meeting the statuesque Erin definitely got him flustered.

"We did have to take two or three takes at our first meeting because I kept messing up," recalls Maksim. "The last time I blushed [that much] was when I was in high school."

'MAKSIM SAYS I WALK LIKE A DUDE'

Ironically, Erin, 31, tells radio station WCNN in Atlanta that Chmerkovskiy told her she walks like a man!

"I am not really used to spins and turns in high heels," says Andrews, who normally wears flat shoes. "It is different [from how I normally dress]. Maks says I walk like a guy. I am surrounded by [men] 24/7, so now I have to walk like a chick. I am learning how."

NAKED PEEPHOLE VIDEO SCANDAL

Erin, who has been working at ESPN since 2004, recently made headlines when a nude video and photos of her were posted online by a creepy stalker who had taped her through a peephole in a hotel room.

The infamous racy nude peephole videos were posted on the Internet in July 2009. In the videos, a naked blonde woman is seen curling her hair nude and walking around undressed in front of a mirror.

The day after the video went viral, Andrews' attorney issued a statement confirming that she was the woman in the videos, and that they were made without her knowledge or consent.

27-MONTH JAIL SENTENCE FOR STALKER

In October 2009, the FBI arrested Michael David Barrett, a 48-year-old insurance executive who lives in Westmont, Ill., after learning he had tried to sell 8 separate nude videos he had made of Erin to celebrity website TMZ.

According to investigators, the videos were taken through a modified door peephole while Andrews was alone and naked in hotel rooms in Nashville, Tenn., in September 2008.

On December, 2009, Barrett pled guilty to interstate stalking. In February 2010, he was sentenced to 27 months in prison.

Andrews has called the peephole incident a "nightmare," but is determined to put the scandal behind her, which is part of the reason why she's doing DWTS.

'I WANT TO PUT THE SCANDAL BEHIND ME'

"I need something to make me happy," says Erin. "I just thought this would be a good way to forget about everything that had happened and maybe talk about something new with my life."

Despite her hectic work schedule (which requires a lot of traveling), Erin maintains her superfit physique by weight training wherever she can.

“Grab a set of weights," she says. "Do squats and arms at the same time. You’d be amazed at what you can accomplish in just 20 or 30 minutes."

Andews adds: “I just love to eat, and I want to be able to eat when I want. Exercising allows me to do that.”

The two-hour season premiere of Dancing with the Stars airs March 22 on ABC.

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