Swift and Kelce are getting married at Madison Square Garden in New York City
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NEED TO KNOW
- Mike Vrabel and his wife Jen were spotted in formal wear heading to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding in New York City
- The couple, who have been married since 1999, were spotted together for the first time since the Patriots coach’s scandal with Dianna Russini broke in April
- A few hours earlier, Jen was all smiles while Mike carried shopping bags, including one from Nordstrom, into a N.Y.C. hotel
Mike Vrabel and his wife Jen are heading off to celebrate a new marriage — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's.
The New England Patriots head coach, 50, and his wife, 52, were seen arriving at the Langham Hotel in New York City on Friday, July 3 in photos published by Page Six, marking the couple's first public appearance since Mike's photo scandal with reporter Dianna Russini.
A few hours later, the outlet shared a video of the head coach and his wife exiting the hotel in black tie attire and entering a private car, seemingly to head to Madison Square Garden for Swift and Kelce's wedding. Jen wore a light blue dress with diamond embellishments while Mike looked dapper in a tux.
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Mike walked ahead of Jen in the video and into a waiting car, along with another couple in black tie attire.
Mike and Jen are parents to Tyler, 26, and Carter, 24.
The NFL coach found himself in the middle of a scandal with Russini when he and the former NFL reporter were photographed at a luxury hotel in Arizona. The pair initially both denied the rumors that their jacuzzi hangout was anything more than a meeting between source and reporter, respectively, but after The Athletic said they were investigating Russini, she resigned.
In her resignation letter, Russini told The Athletic's executive editor Steven Ginsberg, "The Athletic supported me unequivocally, expressed confidence in my work and pride in my journalism" when the photo scandal "first broke" and added, “In the days that followed, unfortunately, commentators in various media have engaged in self-feeding speculation that is simply unmoored from the facts.”
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As the backlash from the photos continued, the Patriots coach said he was stepping away from the team to "seek counseling" and focus on his family.
On May 27, Vrabel spoke about his wife for the first time since the scandal broke. "I appreciate — my family is great. I love Jen, I love the boys, I love, you know, my personal friends and you know, this spring is focused on really the coaching staff, the players," Vrabel said during a Patriots press conference.
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