{"id":628545,"date":"2026-05-07T08:53:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/628545\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T08:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:53:21","slug":"mike-vrabel-and-pregnant-dianna-russini-rented-private-boat-together-2-months-before-birth-of-her-first-son-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/628545\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Vrabel and pregnant Dianna Russini rented private boat together 2 months before birth of her first son: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A year after Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini were spotted kissing in an NYC bar<\/a>, the pair reportedly rented a private boat together \u2014 just months before she gave birth to her first child.<\/p>\n

In June 2021, the NFL coach and former ESPN reporter rented a boat for two to three hours in Putnam County, Tennessee, a source with direct knowledge told TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Documents obtained by the outlet show Vrabel and Russini \u2014 who were allegedly the only people on the boat \u2014 both signed a waiver before boarding the vessel.<\/p>\n

The outlet reported that the duo was \u201ccautious about photos being taken\u201d with Russini refusing to take photos with staff, and Vrabel only allowing one photo to be taken \u2014 with a request not to post it publicly.<\/p>\n

Reps for Vrabel and Russini did not immediately return Page Six\u2019s requests for comment Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\"According<\/p>\n

According to TMZ, Mike Vrabel rented a boat with Dianna Russini in 2021. He\u2019s seen above taking a snapshot with boat rental company staff. TMZSports.com<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The duo both signed a waiver for the rental, as seen in photos obtained by TMZ. TMZSports.com<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The rental for for approximately 2-3 hours. TMZSports.com<\/p>\n

At the time, Russini was pregnant with her first child with husband Kevin Goldschmidt<\/a>, whom she married in 2020. Months later, on Aug. 7, 2021, she gave birth to her first son<\/a>, also named Michael.<\/p>\n

Last month, Page Six released exclusive photos<\/a> of Vrabel and Russini embracing and holding hands<\/a> at the Ambiente in Sedona, Arizona, in March.<\/p>\n

A spy told Page Six that during the March getaway, the duo had breakfast at the hotel restaurant<\/a> patio around 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Then they spent about an hour together at the pool and lounging in a hot tub, per the eyewitness, before being seen that evening on the private rooftop of a resort bungalow.<\/p>\n

The New England Patriots head coach \u2014 who has been married to Jen Vrabel<\/a> since 1999 \u2014 and the reporter denied any wrongdoing and said they were joined by several other pals at the resort.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The alleged boat rental came a year after Dianna Russini and Vrabel were spotted in a New York City bar by an eyewitness (as seen above). \u00a9 Page Six<\/p>\n

\"They<\/p>\n

They were \u201ckissing and they were all over each other,\u201d according to the Page Six spy. \u00a9 Page Six<\/p>\n

\"Scandal<\/p>\n

Scandal erupted last month after Page Six published photos of Vrabel and Russini embracing at the Arizona resort (above.) \u00a9 Page SIx<\/p>\n

Vrabel told Page Six that the photos \u201cshow a completely innocent interaction and any suggestion otherwise is laughable\u201d and said it \u201cdoesn\u2019t deserve any further response.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russini, meanwhile, said that the photos \u201cdon\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reporter was sidelined by the New York Times<\/a> before resigning from her post as senior NFL insider<\/a> at the Athletic.<\/p>\n

Snapshots of Vrabel and Russini kissing in a New York City bar in 2020 \u2014 years before being spotted in Arizona \u2014 were subsequently published by Page Six on April 23.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were kissing and they were all over each other,\u201d an eyewitness told us, noting that Vrabel \u201chad a ring on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"They<\/p>\n

They were also snapped poolside (as pictured above), though they denied wrongdoing in statements to Page Six. \u00a9 Page SIx<\/p>\n

\"Russini<\/p>\n

Russini (above in 2017) insisted others had joined them on the outing.
Getty Images for ESPN<\/p>\n

\"Vrabel<\/p>\n

Vrabel (seen above at a press conference last month) denied wrongdoing, but later admitted his \u201cprevious actions don\u2019t meet the standards that I hold myself to.\u201d AP<\/p>\n

Vrabel announced he would step away from the Patriots the third day of the 2026 NFL Draft to seek counseling<\/a> and focus on his family and marriage, stating that his \u201cprevious actions<\/a> don\u2019t meet the standards that I hold myself to\u201d during a NFL press conference that day. He added that his \u201cfamily needs me this weekend and that\u2019s where I\u2019ll be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the release of new photos, Russini deleted her social media accounts<\/a>. Vrabel and his wife, meanwhile, headed to Park City, Utah, where they are said to own a home, for an emergency 24-hour marriage summit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Russini was offered a new job<\/a> by her pal Jon \u201cStugotz\u201d Weiner amid the drama.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did say if the Athletic fired her, I would hire her,\u201d he said during a recent episode of his \u201cStugotz and Company\u201d podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey didn\u2019t fire her,\u201d he said. \u201cShe stepped down from the Athletic, and the offer holds forever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A year after Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini were spotted kissing in an NYC bar, the pair reportedly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1017,94756,265844,8225,1815,349,251733,271884,99,23058],"class_list":["post-628545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arizona","tag-dianna-russini","tag-jen-vrabel","tag-mike-vrabel","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-page-six","tag-private-boat","tag-sports","tag-tmz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}