{"id":315401,"date":"2026-04-08T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=315401"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:30:43","slug":"patriots-mike-vrabel-dianna-russini-react-to-hotel-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/patriots-mike-vrabel-dianna-russini-react-to-hotel-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots’ Mike Vrabel, Dianna Russini React to Hotel Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Latest England Patriots\u2019 head coach Mike Vrabel<\/strong> and sports journalist Dianna Russini<\/strong> have broken their silence after they were spotted holding hands and hugging while seemingly on vacation.<\/p>\n

The photographs, which were published by Page Six<\/em><\/a> on Tuesday, April 7, showed Vrabel, 50, and Russini, 43, spending time together at an opulent resort in Arizona. In response to the outlet, the photographs, through which the pair clutched hands and wrapped their arms around each other on a rooftop, were taken \u201ctwo weekends ago\u201d at a boutique hotel in Sedona.<\/p>\n

Additional photos published by the outlet showed the duo relaxing by a pool next to 1 one other, having fun with time in an out of doors spa together and individually walking around the identical outdoor space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese photos show a very innocent interaction and any suggestion otherwise is laughable,\u201d Vrabel, who shares two children with wife Jen<\/strong>, told the Post<\/em>, per reporting by NBC Sports<\/em><\/a>, on Tuesday. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t deserve any further response.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Russini, who shares two children with husband Kevin Goldschmidt<\/strong>, also reacted to the snaps making headlines, telling the outlet, \u201cThe photos don\u2019t represent the group of six individuals who were hanging out throughout the day. Like most journalists within the NFL, reporters interact with sources away from stadiums and other venues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russini currently covers the NFL for The Athletic<\/em>. The outlet\u2019s executive editor, Steven Ginsberg<\/strong>, gave his own statement<\/a> concerning the journalist on Tuesday. \u201cThese were public interactions in front of many individuals,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cDianna is a premier journalist covering the NFL and we\u2019re proud to have her at The Athletic<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to representatives for Vrabel and Russini for comment.<\/p>\n

Vrabel, a former NFL player who won three Super Bowls with the Patriots, spoke to The Athletic<\/em> in January 2025 about celebrating his twenty fifth wedding anniversary with wife Jen in Italy several months prior.<\/p>\n

The pair were college sweethearts after forming a connection as students at Ohio State University. Jen said in an interview with ESPN<\/em> in 2019 that as her husband\u2019s coaching profession developed after playing football, the pair ensured their family remained a top priority.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFridays are at all times our nights because now we have a teenage son that doesn\u2019t want to hang around with Mom and Dad, so he goes to highschool football games,\u201d Jen told the outlet on the time. \u201cIt\u2019s fun. He\u2019s normally home earlier, and we grab dinner. When he coached in college, he really didn\u2019t have an evening like that, so we cherish that night. It was the identical when he played. Fridays were at all times one of the best. It became like a date night or family night.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Russini, who built her profession as a broadcaster for ESPN<\/em>, the reporter reflected on her marriage to Goldschmidt via Instagram in September 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201c2 years today was one of the best day of my life\u2014after I married Kev in front of our family and dozens of friends over Zoom,\u201d Russini wrote, recalling her wedding ceremony amidst the coronavirus pandemic. \u201cIt\u2019s you and only you, for me, ceaselessly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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