{"id":6632,"date":"2026-06-24T13:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/dianna-russini-breaks-silence-on-mike-vrabel-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:37:11","slug":"dianna-russini-breaks-silence-on-mike-vrabel-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/dianna-russini-breaks-silence-on-mike-vrabel-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dianna Russini breaks silence on Mike Vrabel scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F132066723.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/24\/nyregion\/dianna-russini-mike-vrabel-athletic-new-york-times.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times reached out to the NFL reporter<\/a> in early May for comment regarding an article about the scandal, Russini cited the \u201cintense scrutiny and personal attacks\u201d she had faced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has had a significant impact on my life, both professionally and personally,\u201d she told the newspaper via text message. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Dianna Russini said the  Mike Vrabel (seen above with the reporter in 2019) scandal has impacted her life. <span class=\"credit\">Dianna Russini\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThis has had a significant impact on my life, both professionally and personally,\u201d she told the NYT via text message. (Pictured: Russini kissing her husband in May.) <span class=\"credit\">Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Russin \u2014 who also referred to herself as a \u201cformer journalist\u201d \u2014 asked the reporter not to quote from the text messages.<\/p>\n<p>However, the NYT reporter told Russsini, 43, that her comments would be included because she never asked them to be off-the-record.<\/p>\n<p>The former \u201cSportsCenter\u201d anchor then emailed the publisher of her most recent job, the Athletic, and two senior editors at the Times to restate that she did not want her comments included in their article.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Russsini (seen above in 2018) asked the NYT not to publish her comments but they told her the remarks would be included because she never asked them to be off-the-record. <span class=\"credit\">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Russini\u2019s affair with Vrabel (seen hugging the reporter above) was exposed in April. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Page SIx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The sports reporter and the New England Patriots head coach \u2014 who are both married to other people \u2014 initially denied anything romantic was going on between them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In March, the pair (seen holding hands above) enjoyed time together at a swanky resort in Arizona. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The New England Patriots coach and the NFL reporter (both seen above in a jacuzzi) denied being more than friends. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Page SIx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Due to an investigation, Russini (seen above with Vrabel in 2020) resigned from her job at the Athletic. <span class=\"credit\">Dianna Russini\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They also claimed they were joined on the trip by friends \u2014 despite those claims being disputed by eyewitnesses.  <\/p>\n<p>Amid the Times\u2019s investigation of Russini\u2019s actions in the scandal, she <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/14\/entertainment\/nfl-reporter-dianna-russini-resigns-from-the-athletic-after-photos-with-mike-vrabel\/\">resigned from her position<\/a> as a senior NFL insider. At the time, she was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/24\/celebrity-news\/dianna-russinis-nyt-salary-before-she-lost-her-job-over-mike-vrabel-photo-scandal-revealed-report\/\">making $800,000 annually<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Vrabel, 50, then announced that he would skip some of the 2026 NFL draft to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/23\/celebrity-news\/mike-vrabel-seeking-counseling-after-dianna-russini-photo-drama\/\">enter counseling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Page Six also published photos of the couple kissing in a NYC bar in 2020 (as seen above). <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Russini was set to marry Kevin Goldschmidt (see above with his wife) six months after those kissing photos were taken. <span class=\"credit\">Dianna Russini\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The NYT is still investigating Russini\u2019s actions. (Pictured: Russini at the 2026 Fanatics Super Bowl Party.) <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Fanatics<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time, Russini was slated to exchange vows with her now-husband,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/celebrity-news\/who-is-kevin-goldschmidt-dianna-russini-husband\/\">Shake Shack executive Kevin Goldschmidt<\/a>, just six months later. Meanwhile, the former NFL star had already been married to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/entertainment\/who-is-jen-mike-vrabel-wife\/\">his wife, Jen Vrabel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The NYT investigation into Russini\u2019s affair is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/07\/celebrity-news\/nyt-investigation-into-dianna-russini-still-not-finished-2-months-after-mike-vrabel-photo-scandal-causing-staff-unrest\/\">still ongoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/24\/celebrity-news\/dianna-russini-breaks-silence-on-mike-vrabel-scandal-significant-impact-on-my-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the New York Times reached out to the NFL reporter in early May for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/132066723.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}