PORTLAND, Maine — This time, Jordon Hudson was within the highlight. As an alternative of sporting a Navy sweatshirt whereas sitting on the sidelines for her boyfriend Invoice Belichick’s latest “CBS Mornings” interview, this time, the 24-year-old Hudson wore an emerald inexperienced swimsuit and a purple night robe with sequins.
As for Belichick, the 73-year-old first-year North Carolina soccer coach was among the many 200 or so spectators readily available for the preliminary spherical of the 2025 Miss Maine USA pageant, held Saturday evening in the primary ballroom of the Vacation Inn by the Bay in downtown Portland.
The preliminary spherical, which included contestants for Miss Maine USA and Miss Maine Teen USA, lasted barely 45 minutes. Swimsuit competitors. Night robe competitors. Numerous chit-chat from the 2 hosts. That was about it. Hudson — that’s, Miss Hancock, as she was representing the small Maine city she lived in as a baby — struck me as a tad uneven as she toured the stage within the swimsuit competitors. However she appeared comfy — I would go as far as to say regal — within the purple robe with the sequins. In each instances, she shot a look at Belichick, who from Hudson’s view was seated to the far left, entrance row. How shut was Belichick to Hudson? As shut as Hudson was to Belichick within the “CBS Mornings” interview.
Neither Hudson, who additionally wore a gold gown throughout introductions, nor Belichick made any public feedback on the occasion. As such, there would have been no want for Belichick to say, “We’re not speaking about that,” as Hudson did when CBS interviewer Tony Dokoupil tried to ask Belichick how he and Hudson met. A meet-and-greet for the contestants and their family and friends members was held after the preliminary, however solely after the ballroom was cleared of media. A number of bulletins had been made, lest some journalist attempt to get cozy with the household of, say, Miss Cumberland County after which cozy as much as Belichick.
A “pizza and pajama get together” was scheduled afterward.
However this was much less about what Belichick/Hudson stated or didn’t say, and extra in regards to the reality they had been seen collectively after per week wherein dueling tales made the rounds about how a lot involvement Hudson may have with the UNC soccer program. After the “Pablo Torre Finds Out” podcast reported that Hudson is banned from the UNC soccer facility, the college issued a press release saying, in impact, no, no, no, that’s not true. “Whereas Jordon Hudson just isn’t an worker on the College or Carolina Athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina Soccer amenities,” the UNC assertion learn.
Invoice Belichick and Jordon Hudson pose on the NFL Honors occasion in New Orleans in February. (Christopher Polk / Selection by way of Getty Photos)
Which brings us again to the primary ballroom of the Vacation Inn by the Bay. Belichick was there — as in front-row there. No standing off within the wings. He wasn’t sporting a fedora, overcoat and faux mustache. He was on full show as Jordon Hudson’s boyfriend. As was made clear in a latest assertion to CBS expressing criticism of the community’s dealing with of the interview, and as was affirmed Saturday evening, Belichick shares “each a private {and professional} relationship” with Hudson, who was the runner-up at this occasion final 12 months.
When Hudson interrupted the CBS interview to problem the query from Dokoupil, that was, we will assume, the skilled a part of the connection on show.
Belichick sitting within the entrance row Saturday evening for the Miss Maine prelim? That, we will assume, is the non-public a part of the relation.
The pageant continues Sunday at 1 p.m., at which era a brand new Miss Maine can be chosen to advance to the Miss USA pageant. Or, because it was referenced throughout the opening bulletins Saturday evening in Portland, “… the Tremendous Bowl of all pageants.”
(Prime picture of Jordon Hudson: Jim Dedmon / Imagn Photos)
