Dave Portnoy is sharing his first impression of Bill Belichick’s much-younger girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, after she sternly interrupted the legendary football coach’s “CBS Sunday Morning” interview.
“I had met Jordon, and it was clear she ran the show. Like, she managed — we both were together at a speaking gig — she just ran the show. It was very obvious,” Portnoy — who previously admitted that the “most awkward” interview left him “squirming in [his] seat” — told his “Unnamed Show” podcast co-hosts, Kirk Minihane and Ryan Whitney, on Thursday.
When Whitney asked whether Portnoy got “crazy” vibes from Hudson, he replied, “No.” However, the media personality confessed that he doesn’t “know what’s going on” at the current moment.
“I know her, and I know him, and I’m gonna see them, I’m sure, in Nantucket. And she sees everything that is said,” he proceeded with caution.
“Am I afraid of her? No. Am I gonna sit here and really go out and be like, ‘She’s the craziest person I’ve ever seen’? No, because I don’t wanna be awkward when I’m carrying my watermelon from Stop & Shop.”
Portnoy also recently shied away from weighing in on claims that Belichick is “being held hostage” by Hudson.
Minihane then brought up how Portnoy was “trying to get Belichick to do a podcast [appearance]” last fall, noting that the entrepreneur “had to go through his girlfriend the entire time.”
Regarding the disastrous interview, Portnoy — an avid “CBS Sunday Morning” viewer — insisted that the show “is not meant to be controversial.”
Minihane argued that “for them to put her in it is very telling,” prompting Portnoy to later theorize that Hudson “must have been so annoying” during the shoot.
During the on-camera sit-down in question, journalist Tony Dokoupil pointed out that Hudson, 24, was sitting “right over there” before saying to 73-year-old Belichick, “Everybody in the world seems to be following this relationship. They’ve got an opinion about your private life. It’s got nothing to do with them, but they’re invested in it. How do you deal with that?”
The head coach for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football team replied, “I’ve never been too worried about what everybody else thinks. Just try to do what I feel like is best for me and what’s right.”
When Dokoupil followed up by asking Belichick how he met Hudson, she interjected, “We’re not talking about this.”
A seemingly stunned Dokoupil looked over at the former competitive cheerleader and inquired, “No?” to which she fired back, “No.”
According to CBS, Hudson — whose email email signature reportedly reads, “Chief operating officer of Belichick Productions” — was “a constant presence during [the] interview,” as cameras captured her stepping onto the set to discuss various things. At one point, she was heard saying, “Make sure that that’s the …”
She reportedly disrupted the conversation more times than was shown in the final edit. In fact, sources claimed she became so upset at one point that she stormed out of the room and delayed filming for 30 minutes.
In response to the backlash, Belichick released a lengthy statement defending Hudson, with whom he shares “a personal and professional relationship.”
The former New England Patriots coach claimed that the “expectation” of focusing on the contents of his forthcoming book, “The Art of Winning: Lessons from My Life in Football,”’ was “not honored during the interview,” which prompted Hudson to jump in and “reiterate that point to help refocus the discussion.”
Belichick’s employers and loved ones alike are reportedly worried about the allegedly “control[ling]” nature of his relationship with the former beauty pageant queen.
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