Jordon Hudson and Bill Belichick's ex, Linda Holliday, attend same Nantucket party months after holiday clash
Jordon Hudson and Linda Holliday were spotted at the same Massachusetts fundraiser on Saturday, roughly eight months after Bill Belichick's current gal pal and his ex-girlfriend, respectively, clashed at a holiday affair.
TMZ reported Monday that 'no issues were seen by partygoers' at the Boston Pops on Nantucket soiree, which is 'believed to be [Hudson and Holliday's] first public run-in' since the Nantucket Dreamland encounter last December, when Holliday confronted Hudson.
5 Bill Belichick and girlfriend Jordon Hudson in February 2025.
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5 Linda Holliday, who previously dated Bill Belichick, was at a fundraiser in Nantucket over the weekend that Jordon Hudson also attended.
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Holliday — who split from Belichick, 73, in 2023 after 16 years of dating — told organizers at the December 2024 gathering she felt Hudson's 'presence was inappropriate, since the event was widely advertised as a party headlined by her daughters,' and asked a staffer to 'remove Ms. Hudson from the premises,' according to an incident report obtained by TMZ in May.
Holliday and two others confronted Hudson on the dance floor, and when a staffer approached Hudson about whether 'she thought it was a good idea to be there,' the former college cheerleader defended herself, stating she hadn't done anything wrong.
5 Linda Holliday and Bill Belichick dated for 16 years before their breakup was reported in 2023.
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However, the fireworks didn't stop there as Hudson claimed to the event staffer that her friend, former Miss Massachusetts USA Melissa Sapini, was 'seemingly threatened by Ms. Holliday, saying that if Ms. Sapini valued her current title, she should think twice about who her friends are and that she, Ms. Holliday, had many powerful friends in the pageant organization,' per the incident report.
Sapini joined Hudson for Saturday's festivities.
5 Jordon Hudson with close friend Melissa Sapini.
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Hudson shot to immediate fame last June when she and Belichick went public with their relationship.
Controversies have followed the couple in the months since, including a CBS interview debacle in April when Hudson punted a question about how she and Belichick met.
Recently, the former Miss Maine USA contestant made headlines for cold-calling podcaster Charlotte Wilder, who has discussed her romance with Belichick on 'The Sports Gossip Show' with Madeline Hill, and later gave her take on the matter.
5 Controversies have followed Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson since the couple went public with their romance in 2024.
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Belichick, an eight-time Super Bowl-winning NFL coach, is gearing up for his first season in the college ranks as UNC's football coach.
The Tar Heels host TCU in their season opener on Sept. 1.
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