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Crissy Froyd is defending her history of making love a assemblage shot subordinate and coach — aft calling retired journalist Dianna Russini over nan viral photos of her and New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel.
“Someone was like, ‘Oh, for illustration you slept pinch JT Daniels,’ and I’m like, ‘Well, yeah, that’s my erstwhile partner,'” nan axed USA Today sports newsman exclusively told Page Six of her ex, who was portion of nan coaching unit astatine nan University of West Georgia, conscionable 1 time aft her firing.
“I don’t for illustration having to respond to immoderate of that stuff, but I yet was conscionable like, if immoderate of you person a declare pinch grounds that I person done precisely what she’s done, I would emotion to spot it.”
The 26-year-old continued on, arguing that “a newsman having a narration pinch nan subordinate that does thing for them professionally to gain, particularly a young one,” should beryllium perceived differently.
“[The fact] they don’t get thing from it is wholly different from a female who has nan apical occupation successful sports,” Froyd added, referring to Russini’s authority wrong nan sports publicity industry. “I don’t really cognize really I’m being compared to that.”
Froyd — who graduated from Louisiana State University — told Page Six that she and Daniels, besides 26, struck up a “private” narration astatine nan opening of December 2023 and dated until September 2025.
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“He and I met done football, but location was ne'er moreover a matter connection speech astatine each astir shot extracurricular of an question and reply petition 1 clip because his sanction was connected a interaction sheet,” she said of her narration pinch Daniels, who played assemblage shot for nan USC Trojans, Georgia Bulldogs, West Virginia Mountaineers and Rice University Owls.
“For one, JT was successful assemblage football. If you want to beryllium hypocritical, I would property you to spell find an article and find a day and archiving that I slept pinch that personification for a transactional thing; that I slept pinch that personification to summation information,” she added successful consequence to nan backlash she’s received since speaking retired against Russini.
“Things are being said of maine that are not existent and deficiency context.”
Froyd further defended her narration pinch Daniels via a station shared to X, which read, “JT Daniels and I’s narration didn’t commencement until aft he was retired from football. Try again.”
Despite being laid disconnected from USA Today for her societal media behavior, Froyd told Page Six that she wants to stay successful sports publicity and has “plenty of connections” successful nan manufacture for her adjacent role.
“I do not deliberation that I’m done successful sports, and rather frankly, I almost consciousness elevated by speaking out,” she explained. “I deliberation a batch of group support me.”
Earlier this week, Froyd responded to Page Six’s exclusive photos of Russini, 43, and Vrabel, 50, holding hands and hugging while astatine a edifice successful Arizona successful March.
Vrabel responded to nan photos successful a connection Page Six, “These photos show a wholly guiltless relationship and immoderate proposal different is laughable. This doesn’t merit immoderate further response.”
Russini added successful her ain statement, “The photos don’t correspond nan group of six group who were hanging retired during nan day. Like astir journalists successful nan NFL, reporters interact pinch sources distant from stadiums and different venues.”
Following nan merchandise of nan images, Russini resigned from her position astatine nan Athletic connected Tuesday amid an investigation into nan photos.
“I’m judge you were told to taxable this aliases that you’d get fired instead. Don’t fto nan doorway deed you connected nan measurement out,” Froyd wrote connected X aft Russini’s announcement. “We cognize who you really are and what you’ve been up to for years. It does truthful overmuch detriment to women successful sports who person done things nan correct way.”
She continued to slam Russini, claiming nan journalist and Vrabel are “the worst kept concealed successful nan NFL reporting world for a while.”
Russini did not respond to Page Six’s petition for remark regarding Froyd’s tweets astatine nan time.
As Page Six reported Thursday, Froyd was fired from her position astatine USA Today complete nan tweets.
“I want to opportunity firstly that I do not regret thing that I said and that I guidelines down nan truth it is each so true. I want to convey USA TODAY SMG for nan unthinkable tally I had location for astir half of my life,” she exclusively told Page Six successful a statement. “It is deeply, profoundly affectional to maine that this narration has travel to an extremity and that my statement has been terminated because of this.”
Froyd added that she “would ne'er opportunity thing [she] didn’t guidelines behind” because she’s alert of nan “potential” consequences, moreover if a business “seems risky.”
“Regardless of what happens to maine successful nan future, I want to opportunity something. Do not beryllium acrophobic to perchance martyr yourself for nan correct causes,” she continued successful part. “I put myself retired location successful immoderate respects successful a measurement that was highly uncomfortable to me, but I thought it was worthy doing. I americium incredibly proud of everything I’ve accomplished and I do locomotion distant pinch my caput held high.”
