{"id":13555,"date":"2026-04-23T22:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=13555"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:15:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:15:31","slug":"130478584-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=13555","title":{"rendered":"Mike Vrabel: &#8220;He fathered her child&#8221;: Dianna Russini\u2019s alleged confession about her older son adds a new twist to the Mike Vrabel saga | NFL News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130478587,imgsize-1033001,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mike-vrabel.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;He fathered her child&quot;: Dianna Russini\u2019s alleged confession about her older son adds a new twist to the Mike Vrabel saga\" title=\"Dianna Russini\u2019s alleged confession about her older son adds a new twist to the Mike Vrabel saga.(Image via Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Dianna Russini\u2019s alleged confession about her older son adds a new twist to the Mike Vrabel saga.(Image via Getty Images)\">Dianna Russini\u2019s alleged confession about her older son adds a new twist to the Mike Vrabel saga.(Image via Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mike Vrabel, the New England Patriots\u2019 head coach, has publicly announced that he is taking some time off to seek counselling as the alleged affair rumors with Dianna Russini refuse to die down.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Amid all the mess, it seems the situation has taken a turn for the worse as Dianna Russini\u2019s husband and child have been dragged into the drama.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Dianna Russini might have hinted at her alleged affair with Mike Vrabel through her child<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>In the last few hours, a post of Dianna Russini about the birth of her child with her husband, Kevin Goldschmidt, has sparked shockwaves across the league.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The post made on 11th August, 2021, reads as, \u201cKeep looking at my almost 4 day old son Michael while trying to figure out who are the best Michaels to ever play and coach in the NFL?\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>While the post seems like an innocent question related to the name of her child, it has raised eyebrows considering Mike Vrabel\u2019s legal name is Michael George Vrabel.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>With the former The New York Times\u2019 popular NFL reporter and insider, Dianna Russini naming her first born the same name as her alleged affair partner, it has sparked outrage among fans.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>This has also led to Barstool Sports\u2019 Dave Portnoy to make a post that read as, \u201cI can\u2019t believe that I think there is a chance Russini fathered Vrabel\u2019s child. That is how nuts this has gotten. You just can\u2019t name your kid the same name as the guy you are having an affair with.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>To make matters worse, just a couple of hours ago, Page Six published photos of Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini engaged in a kiss at a New York City bar in 2020.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>This has now raised concerns about Dianna Russini\u2019s first born as many fans are urging her husband to get a DNA test done.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>However, both Dianna Russini and her husband, Kevin Goldschmidt, have stayed distant from all the rumors about their marriage going downhill as their oldest son gets dragged into the drama.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Mike Vrabel stepped away from <keyword id=\"20028568\" type=\"General\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"NFL-Draft\" source=\"keywords\">NFL Draft<\/keyword> after he reportedly got to know his pictures with Dianna Russini from 2020 will be published<br \/><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, as per Page Six, the outlet did ask for Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini\u2019s comments before publishing their photos together from 2020.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Just hours later, the New England Patriots\u2019 head coach announced that he will be stepping away from the NFL Draft as he seeks counselling for all the things that have been happening in his life.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>The popular NFL insider and reporter, Dianna Russini, has stayed silent as their new pictures spark shockwaves across the league.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/nfl\/news\/he-fathered-her-child-dianna-russinis-alleged-confession-about-her-older-son-adds-a-new-twist-to-the-mike-vrabel-saga\/articleshow\/130478584.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dianna Russini\u2019s alleged confession about her older son adds a new twist to the Mike&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25415,25413,25412,2664,32337],"class_list":["post-13555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-affair-rumors","tag-dianna-russini","tag-mike-vrabel","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl-draft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}