Matthew Berry discusses whether he'd hire Dianna Russini for his budding fantasy football empire

This week, he joined OutKick for a wide-ranging conversation about his career, leaving ESPN and NBC, possibly returning to ESPN, appearing in "Avengers: Endgame," breaking the news of Tom Brady's move to Tampa Bay, and the economics of his business.We also asked him if he'd hire his friend and former colleague Dianna Russini.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGERussini stepped down from The Athletic this summer amid a company-wide investigation into the ethics of her relationship with New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel.She has not returned to sports media since.

There are valid questions about whether she ever will."It’s a great question.I like Dianna a lot," Berry responded when we asked him directly whether he would hire Russini at Fantasy Life."I will say this: I consider Dianna a friend.

And I think she’s really, really talented and good on air.""So, you know, the question would become, can we afford her? What is she going to do for the company? Because we don’t really break news."Sports analyst Matthew Berry appears with host Jimmy Fallon during an interview on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Tuesday, Sept.6, 2022.

(Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)He continued, "I will tell you that every time I was on ESPN, and we had her do any of my shows, she would come on my podcast, she would come on the fantasy show, she did the Sunday morning show.She always came prepared, energetic.

She was nice to all the producers.Showed up on time, prepared, gave a great performance.

Whatever we needed."When pressed on whether the photos and questions about her relationship with Vrabel would concern him, Berry said he did not want to weigh in."If she was working at Fantasy Life, she would be providing content that would help people win their fantasy leagues, not necessarily what she did at ESPN or The Athletic."Matthew Berry opened up about Dianna Russini.(Getty Images)Berry said he would ask himself the same questions about hiring Russini that he...