Bill Belichick kept his personal life closely guarded when around Patriots players last season.
Pharaoh Brown, a tight end who played for the Patriots in 2023. He told TMZ Sports The 72-year-old coach never mentioned his 23-year-old girlfriend, Jordan Hudson.
“The thing about Bill is he lets football be football,” Brown, who signed with the Seahawks this offseason, told the outlet. “He lives his life. You have to put what’s most important first. That’s what he always did when I was there. I never met her, and I still haven’t. That never happened when I was there.”
Belichick and Hudson’s romantic relationship was first revealed From TMZ It began earlier this month, more than a year ago. According to People.
Belichick and his longtime girlfriend, Linda Holliday, split last year.
According to TMZ, the pair met on a flight from Boston to Florida in 2021 and became close over a philosophy project Hudson, a cheerleader, was working on.
The two posed for photos together on the plane, and Belichick, who left the Patriots in January after 24 seasons, signed her textbooks and thanked her for her “logic lessons.”
“He’s one of the best coaches because he’s always been professional and he knows how to keep the most important thing the most important thing,” Brown said of Belichick. “When you step on the football field, it’s always football. Your personal life is your personal life. In my opinion, he lives his life and everybody lives their life the way they want to live it. There are no grudges.”
Brown, who scored a touchdown in Week 3 against the Jets and finished the season with 208 yards receiving, wasn’t fazed by the couple’s age difference.
“When you grow up, you don’t really think about age,” Brown told TMZ. “I just turned 30 and I tell everyone I feel like I’m 26 in my body.”
Belichick and Hudson were spotted on a date on Nantucket Island this month, and then last week, Hudson was spotted entering East Celebrity Elite Cheer Gym in Hingham, Massachusetts, in a white Porsche Macan S, in photos taken exclusively by The Washington Post.
The Porsche is rumored to be worth $75,000 and is a gift from Belichick, who will be appearing weekly on “The Pat McAfee Show” without a coaching position during the 2024 NFL season.
“If he’s in love and he’s happy, that’s all you can hope for from another man, from another human being, from anybody,” Brown said.
