Bill Belichick didn’t bite when a reporter tried to drag him into the latest Jordon Hudson chatter.
At a press conference on Monday, Belichick was asked about the TMZ report claiming he and Hudson quietly ended their relationship last year. His answer was short and sharp.
“Do you work for a tabloid now?” Belichick replied to the reporter who asked the question. “Yeah, I’ll keep my personal comments and relationships to myself if that’s alright with you.”
WRAL’s Brian Murphy later posted a clip of the exchange on X and said Belichick moved on to other questions after that. WRAL is a television news station based in Raleigh, North Carolina.
TMZ reported that Belichick and Hudson are no longer dating, but “committed to their business partnerships and remain close friends.”
Belichick, 74, and Hudson, 25, met on a flight in 2021 while he was still head coach of the Patriots. The report said the split came late last year, and that Hudson has since started seeing other people.
Hudson has still been around the UNC football program, though the report said she has kept a lower profile there than she did last season. USA Today reported that two sources inside the UNC Football office said they were unaware of the breakup. Neither Belichick nor Hudson has publicly commented on it.
On the field, UNC is sitting at 4-4 after eight games, matching last year’s win total. If the Tar Heels win one more game, it would be the first time since 2022 that Belichick has finished a season with more than four victories. He went 4-13 in his final year with the Patriots before spending time in media and then taking the UNC job.
The Tar Heels are also dealing with a two-game skid, though both losses were tight. They fell 31-30 in overtime to Syracuse on Oct. 24, with Hudson in attendance, then lost by three to top-ranked Miami on Halloween. Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, who played at UNC, joked on Sunday that the Miami game was “rigged.”
UNC heads to Connecticut this Saturday to face UConn in New England. Four games remain after that: home dates with Louisville and NC State, plus a road trip to Virginia.
UConn beat UNC at Fenway Park in the 2024 Fenway Bowl, though Belichick had been hired only a few weeks earlier and did not coach in that game.
After the Miami loss, Belichick said he was proud of his team’s effort but said it came up a little short. He also called the defeat disappointing.
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