Gotta think the university’s getting tired of having to defend their football coach’s 24-year old girlfriend.
The relationship between 73-year old coaching legend Bill Belichick and his 24-year old girlfriend, former cheerleader Jordon Hudson, has come under a lot of scrutiny lately following his disastrous interview with CBS Sunday Morning a couple weeks ago.
Of course that’s not entirely new, because there’s been a lot of attention on the couple since they started dating a couple years ago. But folks started to raise red flags when they saw Hudson helping out at UNC football practices, after it was revealed that Belichick had also asked staff to copy his girlfriend on emails they send to him.
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And then a couple weeks ago, Belichick sat down with CBS for an interview on his new book, The Art Of Winning: Lessons From My Life In Football.
According to a report from TMZ, Hudson was the only person who accompanied Belichick to the interview: No PR team, no other staff from UNC, nobody from the publisher of his upcoming book, which he was supposedly there to promote. At one point Hudson reportedly stormed off the set and delayed shooting by 30 minutes, forcing higher-ups at CBS to get involved. And she had apparently interrupted from off camera several times in addition to the one that was shown, forcing producers to try to figure out how to salvage the final product and edit the interview in a way that could be aired on television.
When reporter Tony Dokoupil asked about how the couple met (which has been widely reported as having happened while the two were on a flight together and he signed her college textbook), Hudson quickly jumped in and shut the question down in an awkward exchange:
The whole thing was bizarre, and led many to wonder whether Hudson was taking advantage of the legendary coach – or at the very least, tarnishing his legacy.
Even Belichick’s daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Steve Belichick (who, ironically, works for his dad as the defensive coordinator for UNC) chimed in and seemed to throw shade at Hudson:
“Publicists act in a professional manner and don’t ‘storm’ off set delaying an interview.”
Talk about awkward.
Well today it was reported that apparently the problem has gotten so bad that others around Belichick are starting to take notice.
During a bombshell report from sportswriter and former ESPN host Pablo Torre on his podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out, the host revealed that the coach’s family is “deeply worried” about the damage Hudson is doing to the coach’s reputation and legacy – and have even been doing their own research into her background:
“There is deep worry for how detrimental Jordon can be for not just North Carolina but Bill’s legacy, reputation — everything he has built and worked for over decades.”
And according to Torre, it wasn’t just Belichick’s family: He also reported that UNC decided after the CBS interview to ban Hudson from football practices – and the football facility altogether, with a source telling Torre that they “don’t think you’ll be hearing much from Jordon moving forward.”
But after his report began going around, the university released a statement defending Hudson and disputing reports that she had been banned from UNC football facilities:
“While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University or Carolina Athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina Football facilities. Jordon will continue to manage all activities related to Coach Belichick’s personal brand outside of his responsibilities for Carolina Football and the University.”
It’s not the first time the university has had to use their official channels to defend Hudson. Last month, UNC released a statement after the CBS interview defending their coach’s girlfriend and claiming that the interview was solely to talk about his new book, which CBS later denied with their own statement claiming that they hadn’t agreed to any restrictions on the conversation.
The whole thing is turning into a disaster for UNC and Belichick, a coach who notoriously liked to stay out of the headlines and away from the media to just focus on football. Gotta wonder whether the Tar Heels are second-guessing their decision to bring in Belichick to lead their team.
