During a newly published interview with People, Russini discussed having to deal with the rumors and accusations prior to her current sports media comeback attempt, which includes joining Stugotz on his Nobody’s Safe podcast and a weekly show with BetUS TV...

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“The best way to describe what the last six months were like for me is heartbreaking,” Russini told People. “At the beginning of this, it was a nightmare.”

“The lies became so out of control,” Russini said. “This was a runaway train, and there was nothing I could do to stop it. Once we realized nothing was going to stop this, it became unhealthy for us to read it because it wasn’t helping us heal. It was piling on and adding to what we were already dealing with.”

“I would not wish that experience on any person ever,” Russini continued to People. “But through it, I did get an opportunity to not just learn about myself, but my family and our priorities, and maybe some decisions and things I was doing in my career, and putting it before what I really wanted most, which was to be a mom. And while it was so hard at first, feeling their love and support helped me believe that, ‘Wait, I know I can go back to doing this. I know that they’re settled. I know that we’re a unit, and no one is going to come between us. Nothing’s going to break us.’”

“Now that I’ve been in the center of this attention and understanding that this wasn’t just something that shook me, it affected my 94-year-old grandmother, my cousins, family members I haven’t even spoken to in years,” Russini explained. “It just had a really lasting effect, and I don’t necessarily know if I ever really thought about that as much as I should.”

“I really hope that I can be someone other women see: you can pick yourself up, get back in there and not be afraid,” she told People. “Because if you just do the work — and I hope to continue working at a high level — that’s all that’s going to matter. And I hope that quiets the noise.”

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UnwipedBBL•3 days

sucks and fricks a married dude then acts like she stormed Omaha Beach under heavy fire from Nazis whilst beating cancer. So brave.

Godfather1•3 days

Don’t frick married men behind your husband’s back, and people won’t think you’re a whore. This is not difficult.

LSU FSU Grad•3 days

Nothing she could do to stop it? Nothing? Maybe not doing it would have stopped it! But, it is sad that there seems to have been ZERO repercussions for Vrabel.

DrSteveBrule•3 days

The NFL is the most moral organization on the planet. Just ask them

PeleofAnalytics•3 days

I'm not sure what they could really do, especially when his boss was part of a massage parlor sting operation and nothing really happened to him. I doubt there is anything the NFL could legally do as a league to punish Vrabel.

whodatfan•3 days

Is this bitch for real? Give me a fricking break ho. Please don't claim to be a victim here. lol

Nix to Twillie•3 days

Is she?

Revorising•3 days

Here we go…., women and their journey are a hot topic again… she will write a book “ how I made it through the line of scrimmage” the Diana Russini story

whodatfan•3 days

well played. lol

Stinger_1066•3 days

Boo hoo.

Lynxrufus2012•3 days

Boo Ho is more like it.

LSUtoBOOT•3 days

She nose the truth and it ain’t pretty.

Breauxsif•3 days

Surprised her husband hasn't divorced her cheating arse.

Lou Loomis•3 days

Sounds like she went groveling back to her family after being humiliated and then wants to pretend like she has her priorities straight. Her husband will blindside her arse with divorce papers once he has all his stuff sorted. What a POS she is.

uptowntiger84•3 days

Is she saying the entire affair was made up by the media?

Lou Loomis•3 days

No she’s saying the media storm was impossible to stop. Why is comprehension so difficult for people on here? FFS!

Rds21275•3 days

If she thinks the firestorm she just made for herself was bad, it's about to get worse.

Nobody will watch whatever this new crap is, it'll get cancelled, she'll get fired, and oh...she'll still be a whore.

soccerfüt•3 days

“Dianna Russini opens up” her adulterous legs and mouth, cheats on the people who trust and rely upon her the most and asks us strangers to trust her. Pass.

SoFla Tideroller•3 days

She opened up the starfish, too

mpwilging•3 days

She just had a hard time keeping those legs from spreading

extremetigerfanatic•3 days

If it’s true, it ain’t a rumor lady.

wartiger2004•10 hours

Feel sorry for me, for the decisions I made, but primarily because I was discovered to be a raging whore.

Lou Loomis•3 days

What a fricking narcissist!

Champagne•6 hours

I can think of 69 reasons to forgive her.