Charles Barkley Raises Concerns For Bill Belichick As Former Nfl Coach's Personal Life Thrust Into Spotlight

Bill Belichick's much-discussed romance pinch Jordon Hudson returned to halfway shape pursuing a high-profile tv interview.

Belichick's girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, was accused of attempting to asseverate her power during nan erstwhile NFL coach's sit-down pinch "CBS News Sunday Morning." The question and reply was portion of a promotional circuit for Bilichick's caller book, "The Art of Winning — Lessons from My Life successful Football."

Figures crossed nan sports world and beyond person shared their thoughts successful nan days since nan scrutinized interview. On Wednesday, erstwhile NBA prima and existent broadcaster Charles Barkley became 1 of nan latest to measurement successful connected nan situation.

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College hoops expert Charles Barkley connected aerial earlier nan NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four title game. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

During an question and reply pinch longtime sports broadcaster Dan Patrick, Barkley described Belichick arsenic 1 of his "really bully friends."

"Well, this is simply a very slippery taxable for me, because Bill’s 1 of my really bully friends," Barkley told Patrick. "I don’t — I’m not judge what’s going on. You know, he’s been a awesome friend for maine for a agelong time. We’ve been friends since he coached for nan Browns. I deliberation he’s sewage to beryllium very observant correct now. This is starting to beryllium connected a very slippery slope."

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Barkley besides cautioned that he typically avoids pubically addressing individual relationships. But, he did raise concerns astir "some of nan stuff" happening betwixt Belichick and Hudson, saying it mightiness punctual him to make interaction pinch nan North Carolina football caput coach.

Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson connected nan reddish carpet earlier Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors astatine Saenger Theatre.  (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

"He’s nan top shot coach ever. Him and Nick Saban. For college, Nick Saban. For Bill, nan NFL. Yeah, from what I’m hearing, it’s starting to beryllium a very slippery slope. And I ne'er talk astir people’s individual relationship. That’s different norm I got. But I will admit, I’m a small concerned pinch immoderate of nan worldly that’s going on, and I mightiness really scope retired to him and make judge everything’s good, but I americium concerned from what I’m hearing, because, yeah, it’s not a bully look correct now. I’ll admit that."

A mobility during nan caller question and reply pinch CBS astir really Belichick and Hudson initially met quickly turned heads. "We're not talking astir this," Hudson said earlier Belichick responded.

After nan interview, Belichick claimed immoderate question and reply preconditions were not upheld.

North Carolina Tar Heels shot caput coach Bill Belichick and his woman Jordon Hudson look connected during nan first half of nan crippled betwixt nan North Carolina Tar Heels and nan Duke Blue Devils astatine Dean E. Smith Center connected March 8, 2025, successful Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

"I intelligibly communicated pinch my publicist astatine Simon & Schuster that immoderate promotional interviews I participated successful would work together to attraction solely connected nan contents of nan book," a statement from Belichick read. "Unfortunately, that anticipation was not honored during nan interview."

The six-time Super Bowl-winning coach besides took purpose astatine CBS' Tony Dokoupil, accusing him of bringing up "unrelated topics," which Belichick claimed prompted Hudson to speak retired during nan interview. 

"I many times expressed to nan reporter, Tony Dokoupil, and nan producers that I preferred to support nan speech centered connected nan book," nan connection added. "After this occurred respective times, Jordon, pinch whom I stock some a individual and master relationship, stepped successful to reiterate that constituent to thief refocus nan discussion."

"She was not deflecting immoderate circumstantial mobility aliases taxable but simply doing her occupation to guarantee nan question and reply stayed connected track."

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Hudson has besides appeared to person a manus successful Belichick's career. She's faced disapproval complete her reported engagement successful North Carolina losing retired connected nan opportunity to beryllium featured connected HBO's "Hard Knocks." According to The Athletic, Hudson had an "instrumental role" successful HBO plugging nan plug connected nan imaginable accumulation of nan UNC-focused docuseries.

The study besides noted that Hudson had asked to beryllium "heavily progressive pinch nan project."

Belichick, 73, has been publically linked to nan 24-year-old Hudson since 2023. He said he met Hudson connected a formation successful 2021.

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