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Rogue Energy

“I’ve Had Difficult Conversations” Patriots’ Head Coach Breaks Silence on Photo Controversy

Rogue Energy

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.04.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

New England Patriots’ head coach Mike Vrabel has finally addressed the photos showing a cozy relationship with an NFL reporter who has since resigned her position amid the controversy. Vrabel only saying he’s had difficult conversations with family, friends, colleagues and his players. Unlike former NFL reporter Dianna Russini, who was pictured holding hands with Vrabel at a romantic resort, Vrabel is not facing an internal investigation into the nature of their relationship.  

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.1

Hey there, folks.

0:07.1

It is Tuesday, April 21st, and he has finally spoken.

0:10.6

The New England Patriots head coach, Mike Rable, has just made his first comments since that

0:16.2

firestorm, since that tabloid story exploded with pictures of him and an NFL reporter who was not his wife.

0:25.6

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. folks know this story by now. Robs, Diana Rusini, is the person he was seen in pictures with. She has since resigned from the athletic, but everybody was waiting to hear from him. We just heard from him.

0:38.5

At a press conference, made comments with about three minutes.

0:41.1

I, in particular, Robes asked you, don't tell me, when I said, what did you think of what

0:47.6

you just heard from him?

0:48.5

And I actually don't know your answer.

0:50.0

Just your impression, first of all, of what he said.

0:52.5

I just think that it is a glaring example of a double standard, where, look, I understand

1:00.5

they were in different roles that Diana Rossini was a reporter, a journalist, working for a

1:06.7

very reputable sports organization, the athletic, which is owned by the New York Times. And there are

1:12.9

ways of operating. And she, it seems, at least had the appearance of violating those standards. And so

1:19.6

she resigned. Mike Rable is not being investigated. No one is looking into any misconduct. We don't

1:26.1

know what's going on in his personal life,

1:27.6

but it seemed as though all he had to deal with was his personal stuff. And that is what he

1:32.1

acknowledged without giving any specifics and apologize for any distractions and moved on

1:38.9

and went about his business of being the head coach of the New England Patriots. End of story. It's almost as if I saw him

1:46.8

just kind of go, yep, let me just acknowledge this and then move on. And look, maybe that's fair

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