In Washington, we have long talked about non-denial denials. But is there such a thing as a non-admission admission? A non-confession confession? A non-confirmation confirmation?
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel may have created the genre. When the New York Post’s Page Six published photographs of him cavorting with NFL reporter Dianna Russini (both are married to other people), Vrabel said in a statement that the pictures “show a completely innocent interaction and any suggestion otherwise is laughable. This doesn’t deserve any further response.”
Days before the NFL draft, Vrabel finally gave the story a further response. If it was still laughable, he wasn’t laughing. Instead, he told reporters on camera that he had been having “some difficult conversations with people that I care about,” including his family, the players on his football team, and higher-ups in the organization.
Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel (Page Six/Mega)Presumably, those “difficult
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