Bill Belichick’s attempts to defend his relationship with Jordon Hudson and his disastrous interview with CBS have been laid bare in emails that emerged Friday.
The legendary NFL coach, 73, is preparing for his first season in college football but his tenure has been so far overshadowed by headlines surrounding his romance with Hudson, 24.
A string of explosive reports have emerged over recent weeks, in the wake of a humiliating interview with CBS, when Hudson shut down questions about the start of their relationship.
The clip went viral and sparked fresh speculation surrounding Hudson’s influence over the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach.
One clip of her at UNC practice caused a particular headache for the legendary coach and soon reports emerged that she had been banned from the team’s facilities. UNC denied that was the case.
Now emails obtained by WRAL detail the fallout from the CBS interview. They show that disgruntled fans felt the relationship was turning the school into a ‘laughing stock’. In the emails, however, Belichick defended Hudson and their romance.
Bill Belichick defended his relationship with Jordon Hudson in emails that emerged Friday
The legendary NFL coach has been under the microscope after a disastrous CBS interview
In a clip that went viral, Hudson shut down questions about the start of their relationship
‘Jordon and I have both a personal & professional relationship,’ Belichick wrote to Beth Keith, a senior associate vice chancellor in the Office of University Communications.
‘This is not a secret… Jordon assists me with my personal media, which is why I asked UNC to forward media requests (E.G. CBS 60 Minutes) to her.
‘Jordon has zero involvement in the UNC football program, beyond the degree that my personal media intersects with it.’
He also explained why his young girlfriend was at the interview, which was organized to promote his new book: ‘The Art of Winning: Lessons from My Life in Football.’
‘Jordon was present at the CBS interview because David Kass, the Simon & Schuster publicist, was not there,’ Belichick claimed.
‘I included Jordon in the book acknowledgments because she was a creative contributor to the book, including having the idea for formatting the 4 special pages in the book.’
According to WRAL News, however, Hudson intended to sit in on the April 21 interview regardless of whether Kass was there.
Belichick defended his girlfriend’s interruption and accused CBS of setting up a ‘secret’ camera to capture her input. On Friday, Hudson posted a cryptic clip of the interview on social media.
‘I met Jordon randomly on a flight to Palm Beach in 2021. That is no secret. Jordon was not dodging the specific question regarding how we met, but rather was preventing the interview from continuing to probe into personal matters,’ Belichick wrote.
‘Jordon has zero involvement in the UNC football program,’ Belichick claimed in the email
On Friday, Hudson posted a picture of herself soaking up the sun in a bikini in California
The 73-year-old also claimed, per WRAL, that at the start of the interview Hudson asked where she could sit ‘off-camera’ but ‘secretly, CBS had a camera focused on Jordon where Lead producer Gabe (Gabriel Falcon) instructed her to sit.’
He added: ‘For approximately 35 uninterrupted minutes, (CBS host Tony Dokoupil) asked questions about the book… then, the questions shifted to other subjects that were not related to the Art of Winning, which we had outlined as off-limits with my book publicist.’
WRAL also revealed an email from a disgruntled UNC fan and former student who said they have ‘never felt compelled to write a letter to our leadership, until now. I’m writing in response to the actions taken by Bill Belichick and his 24 year old girlfriend.’
The email continued: ‘Never did I think UNC would become a laughing stock in the sports world because of his young girlfriend.’
