Jordon Hudson’s ex, 64, slams Bill Belichick relationship critics

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An ex-boyfriend of Bill Belichick’s girlfriend has come to her defence after Jordon Hudson was slammed by critics for dating the much-older NFL coaching legend – and potentially looking to score some of his riches.

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And it certainly seems like Belichick and Hudson’s former flame have something in common — and it’s not Super Bowl rings.

Joshua L. Zuckerman said in an interview with TMZ Sports that Hudson isn’t looking to make a quick buck by dating the millionaire ex-head coach despite the optics due to a 48-year age gap between the pair.

Zuckerman would know a little bit about that situation: He’s 64 years old and dated Hudson shortly before she started seeing Belichick, 72.

“She is wise beyond her years, much more than any 20-something I’ve ever met in my life,” Zuckerman told TMZ. “The narrative about her character is not fair to her.”

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Zuckerman and Hudson, 24, had an on-again, off-again relationship and became an item after finding common interests in talking business, philosophy, psychology and nature, the “self-made entrepreneur” told the outlet.

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Those common interests seem to line up with reports that Hudson and Belichick bonded during a 2021 flight from Boston to Florida over philosophy and a project on logic she was working on — he even signed her textbook, Deductive Logic.

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The couple posed for a smiling selfie together during the flight and exchanged contact information.

They reportedly didn’t become serious until the former Patriots head coach ended his long-term relationship with Linda Holliday in 2022.

Belichick and Hudson have been under the spotlight since news broke earlier this month about their relationship.

In fact, it was reported last Wednesday by the Daily Mail that the viral footage of a man appearing to be a shirtless Belichick leaving a woman’s house early one November morning last year was in fact the coach.

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Furthermore, the outlet confirmed that he was exiting the Massachusetts residence of Hudson.

Last week, he was seen whisking away Hudson for a ride on his boat in Nantucket, Mass., according to the Mail.

The outing marked the first time that the couple had been seen together in public since the report.

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The ex-New England Patriots boss took the former cheerleader out for a morning spin on his powerboat, which is aptly named VIII Rings after the number of Super Bowl baubles he has in his collection – six as the Pats head coach and two as a defensive coordinator with the New York Giants.

According to the outlet, the duo has been shacking up in one of the future hall of famer’s seven properties on Nantucket, six of which make up a “compound” worth an estimated total of US$15.7 million.

Zuckerman said that it is unfortunate that his “good friend” Hudson is caught up in such a public situation.

“I’ve been getting calls left and right from news stations about my relationship with Jordon Hudson,” he said. “I have been involved with Jordon platonically and romantically and I consider her a good friend. I feel bad that she’s caught up in this whirlwind.”

Zuckerman also said that he wishes the “Internet trolls and paparazzi” would leave Hudson and Belichick alone.

“Let them live their lives,” he said.

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