JORDON HUDSON has been blamed for Bill Belichick’s college football team missing out on major Hard Knocks coverage.
Former cheerleader Hudson, 24, and her partner, the legendary 73-year-old coach, went viral over an awkward TV interview on CBS.
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And in a US Sun exclusive, friends of Belichick allege she has become a “control freak” in their three-year relationship.
Now it’s been claimed her behavior was “instrumental” in a TV project – featuring his University of North Carolina team – falling through.
The Athletic say Hudson wanted to be “heavily involved” in plans to spotlight UNC on HBO’s popular Hard Knocks series.
Belichick and Co were said to have been in discussions over an off-season special show.
But the idea reportedly collapsed just a week later.
It was suggested that more than one NFL owner didn’t fancy seeing Belichick covered on such a scale.
He famously won a record six Super Bowls as a coach, before taking his role with the UNC football program this year.
But The Athletic appear to reckon other factors were more important in the Hard Knocks project being scuppered.
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The outlet say “multiple industry sources brief on the negotiations” have cited Hudson as a reason for its failure.
That’s despite Belichick reportedly being keen for the show to go on.
The only official insight into the episode not going ahead has come from Jessica Boddy, the NFL’s vice president for commercial operations and business affairs.
Boddy, who is also an executive producer of Hard Knocks, emailed UNC to confirm the project had been pulled.
She reportedly wrote: “The conversation took a turn we were not comfortable with.”
The revelations follow a testing CBS chat where Hudson got more than frosty when interviewer Tony Dokoupil asked how the couple met
She snapped: “We’re not talking about this” – in an infamous clip that sparked a frenzy of interest on social media.
Belichick accused the broadcaster of a “false narrative” and trying to make Hudson look bad – allegations that CBS have strongly denied.
The US Sun then told how friends of Belichick say he accepts Hudson’s “control freak” behavior as he believes it’s just a phase.