Jerry Sandusky's Wife Dottie Did a TV Interview This Morning, and Twitter Was Not Happy With What She Had to Say

She thinks her husband is innocent.

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Earlier this morning, Dottie Sandusky—the wife of former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky—did her first-ever TV interview with Today host Matt Lauer and talked at length about her husband and the crimes that he's been accused of committing over the course of the last couple of years. And during that interview, she was adamant about the fact that her husband did not commit the crimes. In fact, she went as far as to say that he's completely innocent.

"I think people need to know that Jerry is not guilty," she said in the pre-recorded interview. "I'm not saying the accusers lied but I'm saying I don't believe their stories because there is evidence that cannot be let out at this time that their stories are not true."

She also claimed that lawyers are to blame for all of the accusations made against her husband.

"I think it was, [Sandusky's victims] were manipulated, and they saw money," she said. "Once lawyers came into the case, they said there was money."

And she finished up by answering all of her critics out there who have given her grief for not leaving Sandusky in light of what he did.

"I'm not a weak spouse," she said. "As you know, my name—they call me 'Sarge' because Jerry said I kept everybody in line. If they want to say that, let them say that. I know who I am. And I know who Jerry is. And I know he did not do the horrible crimes he's been convicted of."

It was quite an interview. And as you might expect, people—specifically, people on Twitter—did not respond well to it. To show you just how pissed off a lot of people were about the interview, we gathered up 25 of the craziest Twitter reactions to Dottie's interview. Here's how mad she made people this morning:

I find it very awkward and uncomfortable that Dottie Sandusky does not think her husband is a rapist. That's a special kind of ignorance.
Just watched the Dottie Sandusky interview and it makes me sick. Crying for your husband? How about crying for the boys he abused? #Denial
Dottie Sandusky shouldn't be given 15 minutes when she probably really deserves 15 years. #orangeroom #today
Dottie Sandusky thinks Jerry Sandusky "isn't the monster" people have made him out to be... FOR RAPING CHILDREN. Are you high?
In other words, Dottie Sandusky condones her Husband behavior..? DISGUSTING
He showered with children and that's okay? Lady, what the fuck is wrong with you? #DottieSandusky
#DottieSandusky Needs to be in a cell right along side her husband.
OMG! Dottie should be in jail with her husband! No victims???? She was fully aware of Sandusky's actions! They are both guilty! #orangeroom
Dottie Sandusky is in need of some serious mental care. Denial is probably the only way she can cope with what he did?
No, Dottie Sandusky, they weren't manipulated by lawyers, they were raped by your disgusting excuse for a husband. @TODAYshow
Dottie Sandusky should probably be thrown in jail, not be thrown softballs by Matt Lauer. #orangeroom
Watching Dottie Sandusky on @TODAYshow. This is a woman who gets it. And by "gets it," I mean, "doesn't get it."
Dottie Sandusky. Go away. Stop it. The court has spoken definitively and I'm damn sure the court of public opinion has as well. Enough!
Dottie Sandusky must not have seen her husband was charged with over forty counts of child molestation
@TODAYshow This #DottieSandusky interview boggles my mind. Glad to hear that he's "happy". How sick.
#DottieSandusky There's a special place in hell with your name on it
Dottie Sandusky's interview... Oh my god.
If delusion were a crime, Dottie Sandusky would be squirming in the electric chair.
Hey Dottie Sandusky Victims want JUSTICE not MONEY !
Dottie Sandusky should be ashamed of her new found fame, should have gotten divorced and changed her name.
#DottieSandusky and her Atty are SCUMBAGS. I believe she knew and chose to ignore it. Accusing them of lying = violating them twice.
Rain, rain, go away...and please take Dottie Sandusky with you.
Dottie Sandusky is just as guilty as her vile husband and no one believes her
Dottie Sandusky is a piece of human trash
NBC sucks for even giving Dottie Sandusky the platform to spew nonsense

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