Mike Vrabel‘s wife, Jen Vrabel, was photographed for the primary time since her husband’s friendship with NFL insider Dianna Russini sparked controversy.
In photographs published by TMZ on Tuesday, April 28, Jen was seen wearing a big ring on her wedding finger while walking through Salt Lake City International Airport earlier that day.
The outlet also published a video that shows Jen, who has been married to the Latest England Patriots head coach since 1999 and shares two sons with him, taking her phone out while waiting to ascertain into her flight. The ring can also be visible within the video.
The general public sighting comes amid Mike, 50, returning to work after a weekend trip to Utah to attend counseling in light of multiple sets of photos that captured him having fun with time with sports journalist Russini, 43.
Mike announced his plans to attend counseling via an announcement shared with ESPN on Wednesday, April 22. “As I said the opposite day, I promised my family, this organization and this team that I used to be going to offer them the perfect version of me that I can possibly give them. As a way to accomplish that, I actually have committed to looking for counseling, starting this weekend,” the statement read. “That is something that I actually have given loads of thought to and is something I’d advise a player to do if I used to be counseling them.”
It continued, “I actually have at all times wanted to guide by example, and I imagine that is what I actually have to do to be the perfect husband, father and coach that I possibly may be. This isn’t a simple thing for me to confess, but it surely is one which I do know will make me a greater person. I appreciate the support that everybody has given me and promise a stronger resolve because of this.”
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Page Six initially published a series of photos on April 7 that showed Mike and Russini, who’s married to Kevin Goldschmidt, linking hands and sharing a hot tub at an Arizona resort one month prior.
After the photos circulated online, each Mike and Russini issued statements to the outlet. Mike’s statement read, “These photos show a very innocent interaction and any suggestion otherwise is laughable. This doesn’t deserve any further response.”
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Russini’s read, “The photos don’t represent the group of six individuals who were hanging out in the course of the day. Like most journalists within the NFL, reporters interact with sources away from stadiums and other venues.”
One week after the photos were published, Russini resigned from her job at The Athletic.
Dianna Russini Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for SiriusXM
Just over one week later, on Thursday, April 23, Page Six published additional photos of the duo seemingly kissing in a Latest York City bar six years before the resort visit occurred. Within the outlet’s second round of photos, Mike and Russini are seen sitting opposite each other on bar stools amid physical touches between each other.