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Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo has been put on leave by CBS Sports after he was arrested and cited last week for drunk driving in Wisconsin.
Shortly after news broke of his July 23 arrest in Milwaukee, police released body cam footage showing Romo’s interactions with cops.
During the traffic stop, Romo claimed he hadn’t been drinking at all and was even willing to take a field sobriety test.
Throughout the exchange, Romo repeatedly said he wanted to get in contact with his lawyer.
Moments later, an officer could heard saying she smelled alcohol in the vehicle and observed multiple unopened bottles inside.
Romo has served as the analyst for CBS Sports’s top NFL booth alongside Jim Nantz .
CBS Sports put Romo on leave Friday, Page Six reported:
“Tony Romo is on leave from his role at CBS Sports until further notice,” a rep for the network told Page Six on Friday — just over a week after the retired NFL star was nabbed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Romo has yet to address the matter publicly, and his reps have not responded to our repeated requests for comment.
Following his April 2017 retirement from playing football, Romo began working for CBS Sports and is currently the network’s lead NFL game color analyst.
Tony Romo will be taking a leave from CBS
JJ Watt will join Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson as CBS Sports' lead NFL team during Tony Romo's absence.
We will release the remainder of our NFL ON CBS roster at a later date.
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) July 31, 2026
In the footage, Romo tells the officer “I’ll do it but I’m not allowed to call my lawyer first? Am I allowed to call my lawyer first?” in reference to a field sobriety test.
The officer then tells Romo, who retired from the NFL after 14 seasons, that he could not.
Romo also asked the officer: “Because I’m coming from a golf course you think I’m drunk?”
With Romo out of the picture for now, fellow CBS analyst and ex-NFL star JJ Watt will take his place in the booth.
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