Cam Newton goes off on Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson for causing UNC problems: ‘We would laugh at this'

New York Post

15-05-2025

There are one too many Jordons at Chapel Hill these days, according to Cam Newton.
The former Heisman and MVP-winning quarterback called out North Carolina's new head football coach, Bill Belichick, for being a distraction to the team as his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, continues to make headlines.
'I find it extremely interesting for a person who always led with this: 'Do not be a distraction,'' Newton said in a TikTok clip. 'We talking more about Jordon Hudson than talking about who's our starting quarterback. You can't name me three players on North Carolina's roster right now besides Jordon Hudson.
'Now you have that same situation with a 16-year-old that you're trying to recruit. And you got to talk to his momma? This ain't a good look.'
4 Cam Newton says Bill Belichick is now a distraction.
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Newton notes that Belichick had consistently talked about eliminating distractions while the coach of the Patriots dynasty, notably in 2015.
Newton played for Belichick in 2020 when he was benched for rookie Mac Jones.
Former Patriots legend Julian Edelman recently noted how the drama involving Hudson had become exactly what Belichick aimed to avoid in Foxborough.
'The No. 1 thing we used to talk about all the time in New England was distractions. 'Let's not make distractions. The game's already as hard as it is. To prepare for it, to play, to coach.' And regardless of what her role is, Jordon, yeah, I thought he got an unfair public opinion on the whole thing, because that happens all the time,' Edelman said on 'The Herd with Colin Cowherd.' 'Anytime we do behind-the-scenes this, that, you've got someone that represents you, they're gonna jump in.
'But now that it's gained and it's snowballed to what it's become right now, where we're talking about it three weeks later, it's become a distraction. That's what we all think right now. This is becoming a distraction. We gotta practice what we preach here.'
Belichick has done anything but that in recent months and Newton adds that college players could get a bit spiteful with their coach, considering his relationships problems aren't that different than those one of his student-athletes may be encountering.
Hudson, 24, could be the same age as a graduate assistant on his staff and just a few years older than an upperclassman on his roster.
4 Bill Belichick is pictured with girlfriend, 24-year-old Jordon Hudson.
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'In the NFL locker room, we would laugh at this,' Newton continued. 'As a teenager, I could compartmentalize this person as being my coach and take heed of what he's saying. And be able to not throw that back at him and say, 'Eh, what you got going on, coach? Got girl problems just like me?''
The drama surrounding Belichick and Hudson has only intensified in recent weeks.
Hudson interjected multiple times in an interview with 'CBS Sunday Morning,' saying her 73-year-old boyfriend would not be answering a question about how they met.
Belichick later released a statement knocking CBS for 'selective editing' and not sticking to a discussion about his book, and he also defending his girlfriend's action.
4 Belichick has said that Jordon Hudson has nothing to do with UNC football.
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CBS denied that this interview was supposed to solely focused on the book and instead was a wide ranging discussion within the bounds of a prior agreement.
After mass backlash came from all avenues, Belichick did a recent interview with ESPN and firmly declared that Hudson 'doesn't have anything to do with UNC football.'
4 Some have speculated that Belichick won't ever coach on UNC sidelines.
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Belichick previously required all emails to have Hudson CC'd on them in a wild twist that would point to some sort of involvement with the program.
As spring practice starts, Pablo Torre added that he believes that there's a 'real chance' that Belichick will never coach a game for UNC.
Torre also reported that Hudson had been banned from North Carolina, which the school denied.
'While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University or Carolina Athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina Football facilities. Jordon will continue to manage all activities related to Coach Belichick's personal brand outside of his responsibilities for Carolina Football and the University,' Carolina Athletics told The Post in a statement.