Jordon Hudson allegedly attempted to smear her Miss Maine rival in a bizarre cold call to a journalist.
Hudson, the 24-year-old girlfriend of Bill Belichick, has been at the center of a media storm over the past year with the couple’s controversial relationship dominating headlines.
And it appears the former cheerleader is far from happy with some of the coverage. Yet, it wasn’t the ceaseless stories surrounding her 49-year age gap with the legendary football coach or their car crash CBS interview that left her spitting, but rather the coverage of her Miss Maine pageant.
Hudson competed in the beauty pageant in May where she finished second runner-up, which was extensively covered by The Sports Gossip Show in an episode dedicated to Miss Maine.
And two months later, the brunette beauty called the podcast’s co-host Charlotte Wilder out of the blue at 9pm one Saturday evening, allegedly announcing herself as ‘the president of your universe’.
She then launched into a slew of complaints over the show’s episode dedicated to the Miss Maine pageant, which included a pointed dig at her rival and ultimate winner, Shelby Howell.
Jordon Hudson allegedly attempted to smear her Miss Maine rival in a cold call to a journalist
Shelby Howell was crowned Miss Maine in May, beating out Hudson, who finished third
‘I am assuming she is recording me,’ Wilder said of the call on the latest episode of The Sports Gossip Show, which was recently acquired by The Athletic.
‘It was unclear to me why she was calling me at first. I tried very hard to be normal. She seemed like, I couldn’t tell what the tone was. She would oscillate between friendly but there was clearly an edge to her voice, she kind of wanted to let me have it. She wanted to talk about our Miss Maine episode, our opinions around the pageant.’
Wilder said Hudson was rambling in circles, using ‘legalese’ and ‘word salad’ in attempt to make her points.
‘She wants to know why we said her competing in the Miss Maine pageant would take away opportunities for other people who would need them more – there’s a package with beauty treatments, pageant training and of course the title of Miss Maine,’ Wilder continued.
‘Jordon is more famous than Miss Maine could make anybody. She wanted to know why we said that. She also wanted to know why we said it is her and Bill against the world.’
Yet, it was her final question that truly raised eyebrows as she appeared to imply that her fellow competitor and the freshly-crowned Miss Maine Howell shouldn’t have been eligible.
‘She also wanted to know why we didn’t report that the winner of the Miss Maine pageant, a woman named Shelby, wasn’t actually from Maine. We did actually report that in the following episode,’ Wilder added.
Howell was declared the winner of Miss Maine USA, with Mara Carpenter also finishing ahead of Hudson.
Howell is a native of San Diego, California – not Maine – but reportedly resides in Bangor, allowing her to compete in the pageant. The Sports Gossip Show reported that on a later episode.
The 24-year-old girlfriend of Bill Belichick competed in the Miss Maine USA 2025 pageant
Hudson finished second runner-up in the competition after finishing first runner-up in 2024
However, according to the Bangor Daily News, Howell’s ties to the state do appear to be tenuous. The beauty queen does reportedly have a Maine driver’s license but her first social media post showing her in the Queen City was allegedly published only about 10 weeks before the pageant.
Howell did provide the necessary paperwork to be able to compete in the pageant. However, ‘state hopping’ is a popular practice in the pageant world, which sees contestants compete in states where they believe they have a better chance of winning.
Wilder and her co-host Madeline Hill, who went on to have multiple calls with Hudson over the course of a week, repeatedly likened their conversations with the pageant contestant to a ‘toxic relationship.’
Hudson’s second runner-up finish was one place lower than where she finished in 2024 and she and Belichick made a swift exit after she failed to win.
She declined any interviews, but was quick to thank those who told her that she looked incredible in the purple floor length gown with a slit, paired with silver heels.
The pageant came in the aftermath of Belichick’s highly-publicized disaster of an interview with CBS Mornings, when Hudson cut in to block a question about how they met.
The legendary New England Patriots coach was asked about how he first met Hudson and looked visibly uncomfortable, before she called out from off-camera to say their relationship was not a talking point.
It sparked a merciless explosion of scrutiny over their relationship and its near 50-year age gap. TMZ later reported that Hudson at one point stormed out of the CBS interview – delaying shooting for around 30 minutes.
In a painfully awkward moment, Hudson interrupted Belichick’s conversation with CBS
Belichick is preparing for his first season in college football with University of North Carolina
Another report said that Hudson actually interrupted the interview so much, CBS felt obliged to include footage of one intervention as it was a genuine reflection of their experience.
The legendary NFL coach has endured an embarrassing start to life in college football, with Hudson repeatedly overshadowing him as he prepares to coach UNC.
Belichick, an eight-time Super Bowl winner across his iconic NFL career, takes charge of his first college game on September 1 when UNC hosts TCU Horned Frogs in Chapel Hill.
Belichick coached the Patriots for 24 seasons, ending his tenure with the team in January 2024.
