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Dianna Russini on the red carpet.
Dianna Russini’s new show got off to a rough start.
Earlier this week, Russini, who was at the center of controversy over an affair with New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel, announced that she was going to start a new football show with offshore gambling company BetUS TV.
Via People
“It’s really going to be a show about everything I know that’s going on in the NFL,” Russini says, “along with a lot of my opinions,” describing the latter as “something I wasn’t really allowed to do before.”
Unfortunately for Russini, her launch was delayed due to technical issues on BetUS’s site.
Via Awful Announcing
The aforementioned sportsbook, BetUS, was unable to get its livestream of The Russini Report off the ground at noon ET on Wednesday, when the show was set to make its debut. The page on its website featured an embedded video with elevator music and rotating pictures of Russini with a caption reading “show starts soon” for more than 30 minutes past 12 p.m. ET. And funnily enough, that video wasn’t even an embedded livestream, but just a 90-second clip that would play on repeat.
The first episode of The Russini Report was posted on Vimeo about 50 minutes after it was scheduled to debut. The show appears to be prerecorded, though the original post advertising the show at noon ET seemed to suggest it’d be live. Russini also opens the show by letting viewers know she will keep an eye on emails being sent in, with the implication she’d address them live on the air. It’s unclear if the original plan was to do the show live or prerecord it. Either way, there was some mixed messaging.
After BetUs eventually got the stream up, Russini had an awkward interaction with her first guest, Damon Amendolara, which led to a discussion of the memes about her affair with Mike Vrabel on social media.
“I do think the AI version of me is like an L.A. 10. That’s the way I want to look.” joked Russini.
😂 @DMRussini has seen a bunch of your memes… and she’s got THOUGHTS!
She actually wishes she had the nose from her AI-generated version!
📺 Watch the full show: https://t.co/6M35HOJrG6
🎷 And that Tiny Desk meme? Apparently, Dianna played the saxophone! https://t.co/zDNfs3GB6k
— The Russini Report (@RussiniReport) November 11, 2026
Russini commented about the interaction on her Twitter page.
I’ve seen all the memes and comments…and some of you guys are really funny. Thanks to @DamonAmendo for helping us break an audience record today!
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) November 11, 2026
Fans crushed Russini’s new football show on social media.
The Russini report being on an offshore gambling site, with an egg Twitter avatar, and crashing the servers on its first episode is like something out of a Larry David show LOL. You could not write a better script.
— Joey Knish (@JoeyKnish22) November 11, 2026