Charissa Thompson showed up to the 2016 Golden Globe Awards dressed like a headliner. The navy blue, floor-length sequin gown shimmered under the Beverly Hills sun. High neckline, sleek silhouette, stacked gold bangles—she had it all working.

That night, she was on the red carpet with Extra, professing her girl crush on Kate Hudson, chatting football, fashion, and fitting right in with Hollywood’s A-listers. What wasn’t red carpet-ready? The heat. Or, more specifically, the uninvited guest under her sleeves.

During the latest Calm Down podcast, that moment made a sweaty comeback—this time with full play-by-play. “I was sweating,” Charissa admitted, revisiting the memory. “I was in a real phase of my life where I was sweating through everything. So why I decided to wear this dress—and it was like a hundred degrees on the red carpet…”

Every picture from that 2016 night? A sweaty reminder. Charissa summed it up best: “I also thought the hand-on-the-hip move was cute—sweat stain, the whole thing. Classy.” That kind of honesty is exactly why listeners keep coming back to Calm Down.

Charissa doesn’t dodge the cringe—she embraces it. We’re talking human sweat, not scandal, and somehow she makes it hilarious. There’s a charm in that level of self-deprecation, especially when it’s wrapped in sequins and a red carpet backdrop. It’s the pure, unfiltered charisma.

So when Erin and Charissa invited their significant others—Jarret Stoll and Steven Cundari—on an episode, fans lit up like it was a crossover episode of The Bachelor and Inside the NFL. Even Travis Kelce couldn’t resist dropping into the comments, “Shoutout to The Plus Ones!!!” At this point, they’re not just talking shop—they’re living it, laughing through it, and bringing the audience along for every sweaty, sequined, sideline moment.

The topic, or let’s call it the sweat problem, wasn’t just a Charissa-issue.

Even Erin Andrews had her own oopsie-daisy sweaty pit moment

Charissa’s co-host, Erin Andrews, had her own pit-flashbacks. “I almost thought about wearing like, wait for it—a maxi pad on my armpits. That’s a weird phase.”

Weird? Sure. And not exactly FDA-approved. Slapping maxi pads under your pits might soak up the sweat, but it also invites fabric bunching, skin irritation, and the strong possibility your dress turns into a DIY science experiment. There are actual sweat pads for this stuff. Erin just got creative before Amazon figured it out.

“I was dancing a lot… I couldn’t even put a shirt on without, as Jarrett said, pit it out,” Erin gave her reasons. Charissa doubled down, recalling how just the wrong kind of fabric could turn her into a human sprinkler. “I’m not a sweater… but the second that a certain, like, silk material or something went on… I’m sweating just thinking about it.”

So yeah, back in 2016, Charissa looked like a fashion icon on the carpet. What no one saw—unless they zoomed in real close—was that behind every pose was a silent cry for a portable fan. Sigh… But now, just by listening to their moments, we have got the real-life solution to yet another real-life problem. We might as well go cheeky at this point and say, calm down.