Originally appeared on E! Online
Jordon Hudson has a notable new supporter.
Amid the fallout from the 24-year-old’s interjection during boyfriend Bill Belichick’s April 27 interview with “CBS Sunday Morning’s” Tony Dokoupil, football WAG Kelly Stafford defended Hudson’s right to speak up.
“I think it’s fair game both ways,” she said during the May 1 episode of her podcast “The Morning After.” “If she doesn’t want to talk about it, then they don’t have to talk about it.”
On the other hand, Stafford — who wed NFL quarterback Matthew Stafford in 2015 — agreed when her cohost Hank Winchester deemed the former cheerleader’s remark “unacceptable” and suggested that the couple should have expected the line of questioning given their increased public profile.
“You never really saw him much in the social media platform stuff,” Stafford observed, “and now he’s everywhere with her.”
She continued, “I do think there is a little bit of responsibility for her knowing that questions are going to be asked, because they are so public with their relationship.”
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Days after the interview, Belichick — who is 49 years Hudson’s senior — said in a statement to E! News that his “expectation” for the interview to focus on his new memoir “was not honored,” despite his efforts to steer the conversation back to the book.
“After this occurred several times, Jordon, with whom I share both a personal and professional relationship, stepped in to reiterate that point to help refocus the discussion,” the former New England Patriots coach, 73, said in the April 30 statement released through the University of North Carolina, where he now works. “She was not deflecting any specific question or topic but simply doing her job to ensure the interview stayed on track.”
The same day, CBS issued a statement of its own, insisting it was promised “a wide-ranging interview” with the sports legend prior to the sitdown.
“There were no preconditions or limitations to this conversation,” the broadcaster said in a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter). “This was confirmed repeatedly with his publisher before the interview took place and after it was completed.”
