Make New York Post a Preferred Source Dianna Russini didn’t address the elephant in the room but she did talk around the reaction to the allegations that she and Patriots’ Mike Vrabel had a years-long affair in her show debut.
However, guest Damon Amendolara brought up the coach and the former NFL insider looked stunned.
Before the two started their segment around the NFL trade deadline on Russini’s new show with BetUS “The Russini Report” on Wednesday, the former CBS and Sirius XM radio personality asked Russini if she had “seen any good memes lately.”
“Yeah, a lot of them. A lot of memes out there, D. Thank you for reminding me,” she responded. “I will say, though, I do think the AI version of me is like an L.A. 10. That is the way I want to look, my nose is small, my forehead only looks three fingers. I’m like, ‘This is what I want to look like.’”
Amendolara went on to admit his favorite was the Patriots meme on the “Tiny Desk” that shows Patriots players and Vrabel reacting to Russini playing the saxophone.
“To have Vrabel and Patriots playing, outstanding, and then the big reveal having you on sax, was amazing,” he said. “That to me was peak apex Dianna Russini and this whole thing with the memes.”
Russini paused at the naming of Vrabel, who she was caught holding hands with at an Arizona resort in photos released by Page Six in April. Later, photos of the two kissing inside a New York bar from 2020 were published as well.
She appeared frustrated but then continued on to share that she played the saxophone from fourth to eighth grade.
“It was perfect, it fit. If I had to do an instrument, that was the one I should be playing,” Russini said.
Amendolara added his other favorite meme was Russini depicted as the dog in the room up in flames with the words “This is fine.”
“There are a lot of funny people out there. So, I hope you all have had your laughs,” Russini concluded before moving on to football talk.
Since her return to the public eye, Russini has not directly addressed the affair allegations.
She referred to it as “this situation” in a recent interview with People. A since-deleted X post by the account for “The Russini Report” this week suggested that the 43-year-old will not be addressing the incident on the show.
In accompaniment of the new one-hour weekly show, Russini will write a column.
She is also set to be a featured contributor to Jon “Stugotz” Weiner’s “Nobody’s Safe” podcast.
