Dianna Russini Resigns – April 14, 2026
The Drew Lane Show
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 174 minutes
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Summary
- Dianna Russini leaves The Athletic, Gary Graff joins us as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class is announced, WATP Karl on Stuttering John & Whitney Cummings, Donald Trump v. Pope Leo XIV, and Clavicular v. 60 Minutes Australia.
- Dianna Russini has resigned from The Athletic. Her scandal partner Mike Vrabel is doing just fine.
- Amy Robach and TJ Holmes are still doing a podcast.
- We learn that there is a Katy Perry-verse out there.
- Not-a-Prince Harry and that beast Meghan Markle have touched down in Australia.
- Gary Graff joins the show to break down the 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. We still don’t know how many people are in a 3-piece band.
- Every morning show covered the reunion between WNBA #1 Pick Azzi Fudd and her college teammate Paige Bueckers. They forgot to mention the two are getting it on.
- No Nike shoe for you, Bronny James.
- Karl from WATP drops by to recap Hackamania 3, update on the latest with internet lolcow Stuttering John Melendez, poke fun at a clueless Brendan Schaub, and check out Whitney Cummings’ advice for 20-year-olds.
- Back to the Perry-verse as Anna Kendrick has claimed she was groped by Katy over 10 years ago.
- Looksmaxxing guru, Clavicular, stormed off in a huff on 60 Minutes Australia.
- ‘Baby Jessica’ McClure is in the news for the wrong reasons, but Drew can’t understand how she’s handled her finances in the past.
- Politics: Donald Trump vs The Pope. How are the mid-terms shaping up? Joe Biden wanted Gretchen Whitmer as his VP… not Kamala Harris. Eric Swalwell is OUT. Tony Gonzales is OUT.
- OpenAI’s Sam Altman is being harassed.
- Britney Spears has reversed roles with her children now that she’s in rehab and they need money.
- Dave Landau and Jim Bentley tomorrow!
- Merch is for sale! Buy it now before it’s gone and you miss out forever.
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| 0:11.4 | Man, we've got Gary Graff talking about the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame entrance. |
| 0:16.2 | They've been announced, and of course they'll be performing later on. |
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| 1:15.1 | is resigning from the athletic and she has done a she made a brilliant move i think she's taking |
| 1:20.7 | the victim position well she was never going to win no she wasn't this is so lame. And I know some people are going to support her and say, oh, my God, I can't believe what they did to Diana. She didn't want to interlock fingers? Is that it was... No, she didn't do anything wrong. She's leaving not because she did anything wrong, but because of the self-feeding speculation that's simply unmoored from the facts. |
| 1:45.1 | Oh, I see. |
| 1:46.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:46.5 | She also handled her responsibilities with professionalism and dedication throughout her career. |
| 1:51.4 | And she stands by every story featuring her byline. |
| 1:54.9 | So, no, that's fine. |
| 1:56.4 | Well, yeah, she got great info from him. |
| 1:58.3 | It's not professional to be holding hands and hugging and dancing with a head coach that you cover. That's not professional, Diana. Sorry. Maybe not, but boy, can you get some scoops from it? Moreover, this media frenzy, by the way, the mainstream media is barely touching the story. It wasn't on any of the morning shows today. It is hurtling forward without regard for the review process the athletic is trying to |
| 2:18.1 | complete it continues to escalate fueled by repeated leaks i don't know what she's talking about |
| 2:23.4 | i really don't what's leaked photos i guess just the photos yeah that's the origination of the |
| 2:30.7 | story there's no story without the photos. What are the athletic leak? |
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