She's not a reporter, she's a co-wrestler of him and they are friends, he is talking about his dead mom and she shows compassion not WANT-THE-D's, and his wife is right there next to them.
I remember reading that the guy's wife was just outside of the shot and she wasn't exactly happy that the reporter was looking her husband up and down.
What actually is happening is that he's telling the sob story of how he's been through a lot of hardships the time before this interview took place, and she is basically sniveling and holding back her tears.
I just saw the video, and the point still stands. He is speaking about how hard the last 18 months were for him, but she is still ********** him the whole interview.