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Dianna Russini's old Mike Vrabel interview surfaces after photos cause stir; ‘we know what he was doing…’
A 2025 interview of Dianna Russini with Mike Vrabel has resurfaced after the New York Times NFL reporter was seen with the New England Patriots head coach.
A 2025 interview of Dianna Russini with Mike Vrabel has resurfaced after the New York Times NFL reporter was seen with the New England Patriots head coach. Page Six reported that the two were seen hugging and holding hands at the Ambiente in Sedona, Arizona.
Notably, both Russinin and Vrabel are married to other people and each have two kids with their spouses. They have clarified the issue of the pictures even as they fueled speculation of an affair. “These photos show a completely innocent interaction and any suggestion otherwise is laughable,” Vrabel told the New York Post. “This doesn’t deserve any further response," he added. Russini also joined in and said "The photos don’t represent the group of six people who were hanging out during the day. Like most journalists in the NFL, reporters interact with sources away from stadiums and other venues.”
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Russini herself had posted the video of the interview with Vrabel. “Well, now we know what Mike Vrabel was doing while he was searching for his next job. The Patriots head coach and Drake Maye joined me to discuss a new era in New England,” she wrote.
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The NFL reporter added “Mike Vrabel’s attention to detail extends to being the unofficial parking lot police. My conversation with the Patriots’ head coach on his QB, his former jobs, and expectations this season…”.
In the clip, Russini asks Vrabel if there's something outside football that drives him nuts. The coach explains its when people take carts and leave them anywhere in a shopping area. He also went on to say that people who're not handicapped, parking in handicapped spots irked Vrabel. The coach went on to detail how he wanted to boot their cars with a sign that they'd parked in a handicapped spot despite not being handicapped. In the clip, Russini can be seen laughing as Vrabel describes how he'd set things right.
The clip has now drawn comments in light of the photos of the Vrabel and Russini surfacing. “Dam never thought to use the shopping cart return as a pickup line,” one person remarked. Another simply responded with a gif expressing ‘cringe’.
Yet another said “Seriously?! I really respected both of you though…”.
Another clip from the same interview was shared by a page which wrote on X “Dianna Russini was daring Mike Vrabel to say, ‘making love to you in your hotel room this morning’.”
Russini was heard asking Vrabel what had been the best part of his birthday thus far, and the coach said something about his son, Carter, in the clip shared online.
Both Vrabel and Russini's close ones have indicated that the two were there with friends. Vrabel reportedly drove to meet Russini and her friends in Sedona and then drove back to where he and a friend were staying – about two hours away. Russini, meanwhile, was reportedly there on a trip with some female friends.
