Deanna Russini made headlines in April 2026, when she and NFL coach Mike Vrabel were photographed holding hands at an Arizona resort, nearly six years after they were married, in an exclusive Page Six photo.
The sports journalist, who quit her job at The Athletic following the scandal, married husband Kevin Goldschmidt in 2020.
The duo has two sons.
When Russini and Vrabel’s hug made headlines, the sportscaster claimed, “The photo does not represent a group of six people hanging out together during the day. Like most journalists in the NFL, the reporter interacts with sources away from the stadium and other venues.”
Vrabel, who is married to his wife Jen, similarly called their interactions “totally innocent” at the time, but admitted in an April 2026 press conference that he was having “difficult conversations” with his family and was trying to show the “best version” of himself.
Keep scrolling to learn more about Goldschmidt.
He’s an executive at Shake Shack.
According to LinkedIn, Goldschmidt has been working at Shake Shack since 2019.
In February 2025, he became the company’s Vice President of Total Compensation and HR Technology.
Mr. Goldschmidt graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in finance and has also worked at Aramark and AmerousBergen.
Married to Russini in 2020
In September 2020, Mr. Goldschmidt and Mr. Russini walked down the aisle.
The bride gushed about her marriage via Instagram while celebrating the couple’s third anniversary.
She captioned the 2023 upload: “3 years. 2 babies. 1 new job. 0 regrets.”
they share two children
The two became parents in August 2021 with the birth of their son Michael Andrew.
“In a world full of overrated experiences, this one lived up to and exceeded all of them,” the new mom told her Instagram followers at the time.
Joseph “Joey” Kevin joined the family in October of the following year.
Where they stood before the scandal
Russini confessed on the Stugotts & Co. podcast in February 2026 that she and Goldschmidt had “never been more estranged” due to their busy schedules.
“He doesn’t even know who I am right now,” she joked at the time. “Our text messages look like two robots.”
Russini joked to listeners that the union was “collapsing” and that he had “a lot of work to do” with businessmen after the Super Bowl.
