ESPN knew exactly what they were doing during Monday’s CFP championship game.
No. 1-ranked Indiana and No. 10-ranked Miami faced off on Monday for the College Football Playoff National Championship at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. While the game itself was extremely entertaining for a number of different reasons (including some heroics by reigning Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza of Indiana), one interesting sidelight was the celebrity who made her way onto the ESPN broadcast during the fourth quarter.
After a pass by Miami’s Carson Beck fell incomplete on a 1st-and-10 play with 6:44 remaining, ESPN cut to Abella Danger sitting in the stands. Here is the video.
ESPN REALLY PUT ABELLA DANGER ON THE SCREEN
— Hater Report (@HaterReport_) January 20, 2026
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Many fans were stunned that Danger, a famous adult film actress, managed to get screentime on The Worldwide Leader, especially at such a crucial point of the game. Take a look at some of the reactions to the cut to Danger.
They really showed Abella danger everyone pointing like pic.twitter.com/ncLhAlqxbw
— r3hab3000s burner (@R3HAB3K) January 20, 2026
Never thought I’d see Abella danger on ESPN pic.twitter.com/gqGYru3eLc
— Josh Ceranic (@joshceranic) January 20, 2026
Camera man panning to Abella Danger like the NFL did with Taylor Swift after every big play
— Tommy Norris (@Daguch77) January 20, 2026
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Miami’s best weapon isn’t even on the field pic.twitter.com/wPoW0mfL9H
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) January 20, 2026
If the goal by ESPN was to draw attention and go viral with that camera shot of Danger, they definitely succeeded. Within minutes, Danger quickly became the top trending topic on X for the evening.
Danger, 30, is actually a student at the University of Miami taking law classes and thus was there to cheer on the Hurricanes. You may recall that Danger was also spotted cheering on Miami during a previous CFP game on the road a few weeks ago.
