Jordon Hudson wanting to be in control? I’m shocked.
The 24-year old girlfriend of 73-year old UNC football coach, and legendary New England Patriots coach, Bill Belichick has managed to find herself at the center of plenty of controversy since the two started dating back in 2023.
Earlier this year, questions swirled after Hudson was spotted on the field with Belichick during UNC football practices, leaving many to wonder exactly what role she was playing with the team and whether she was on Belichick’s staff.
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And it was also revealed that the coach had asked UNC staff to copy his Gen Z girlfriend on emails to him, raising even more questions.
Then of course came the disastrous CBS interview on his new book, The Art Of Winning: Lessons From My Life In Football.
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.
After the interview, there were rumors that UNC had even banned Hudson from football facilities, reports the university disputed in a statement defending the coach’s girlfriend:
“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. 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.
But apparently Hudson’s control issues go farther than her husband’s job.
According to a new report report from the Daily Mail, a source revealed that Hudson was scheduled to compete as a contestant on season 34 of Dancing With the Stars, which kicked off last night on ABC.
“Jordon was meant to be on the show and they were pushing for it for some time. The producers knew they struck gold getting her but they couldn’t get on the same page.”
Apparently, the deal for Hudson to appear on the show fell through because the former cheerleader wanted control over things like her dance partner and when she would practice, because she wanted to make sure she was able to attend Belichick’s games.
And she also wasn’t a fan of the focus that producers wanted to put on her relationship with the coach:
“Jordon mentioned she wasn’t interested in doing certain interviews and she wanted to control loads, including picking her dance partner and when to practice, so she could attend games with Bill. She also didn’t like the direction that [DWTS] wanted to take her story because it seemed to be all about controversy and she wasn’t interested in making it all about her and Bill.”
Ultimately Hudson was replaced at the last minute by Fifth Harmony’s Lauren Jauregui, who signed on just two days before the cast was announced.
It sounds like Hudson is aware of how her relationship with Belichick is being portrayed in the media, and wants to control what’s said about the couple. Unfortunately, that’s not really how it works – so it looks like we’re not going to see Hudson on the show, at least not this season.
