Ex-Patriots star defends Jordon Hudson amid backlash for shutting down interview question

Julian Edelman came to the defence of Jordon Hudson Wednesday arsenic scrutiny implicit Bill Belichick’s interrogation intensified.

The erstwhile New England Patriots prima wide receiver said critics person been fixed an "unfair" statement of what happened during Belichick’s interrogation with CBS.

In the segment, Belichick was asked however helium and Hudson met, and she interjected from the side, shutting the question down. 

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Jordon Hudson, the woman of Bill Belichick, astatine Loudermilk Center for Excellence Dec. 12, 2024. (Jim Dedmon/Imagn Images)

The interrogation was for Belichick’s caller publication that describes his 24-year-old woman arsenic his "creative muse."

"People are fixed an unfair world of what’s going connected due to the fact that she was jumping into that speech during the interrogation conscionable similar immoderate PR idiosyncratic would leap successful erstwhile there’s an unnecessary question that astir apt (they) didn’t spell implicit successful the preproduction meeting," Edelman said connected the "Dudes connected Dudes" podcast 

"From what I’ve heard, Jordon is playing the Berj role, handling each the shot ops, handling a batch of his social, a batch of his PR.

"When you look astatine this situation, and you say, ‘This is his woman jumping in,’ I deliberation that’s unfair. I deliberation she’s really moving with manager Belichick successful the nonrecreational world, and she astir apt went and said, ‘Hey, no, we’re not doing that."

Hudson’s interruption was the lone 1 aired. She astatine 1 constituent delayed the interrogation for 30 minutes aft storming out, TMZ Sports reported earlier this week.

Belichick broke his soundlessness connected the debacle Wednesday, defending his woman and accusing CBS of creating a "false narrative" with "selectively edited" clips.

Wide receiver Julian Edelman of the New England Patriots gestures toward the assemblage arsenic helium runs onto the tract earlier a crippled against the Cleveland Browns Oct. 27, 2019, astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Mass. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)

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"Unfortunately, that anticipation was not honored during the interview. I was amazed erstwhile unrelated topics were introduced, and I repeatedly expressed to the reporter, Tony Dokoupil, and the producers that I preferred to support the speech centered connected the book," the manager said. 

"After this occurred respective times, Jordon, with whom I stock some a idiosyncratic and nonrecreational relationship, stepped successful to reiterate that constituent to assistance absorption the discussion. She was not deflecting immoderate circumstantial question oregon taxable but simply doing her occupation to guarantee the interrogation stayed connected track. Some of the clips marque it look arsenic though we were avoiding the question of however we met, but we person been unfastened astir the information that Jordon and I met connected a formation to Palm Beach successful 2021.

"The last eight-minute conception does not bespeak the productive 35-minute speech we had, which covered a wide scope of topics related to my career. Instead, it presents selectively edited clips and stills from conscionable a fewer minutes of the interrogation to suggest a mendacious communicative — that Jordon was attempting to power the speech — which is simply not true."

CBS responded to Belichick's connection aboriginal Wednesday.

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

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"When we agreed to talk with Mr. Belichick, it was for a wide-ranging interview," the institution said. "There were nary preconditions oregon limitations to this conversation. This was confirmed repeatedly with his steadfast earlier the interrogation took spot and aft it was completed."

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