Bill Belichick emails show why Jordon Hudson was at fateful CBS interview

There’s now more clarity surrounding Bill Belichick’s infamous April CBS interview in which Jordon Hudson made an extremely awkward cameo.WRAL News, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based outlet, obtained emails from UNC through a public records request that answered some of the lingering questions about Hudson’s role in the UNC head coach’s interview and her influence in their relationship.The interview was arranged for Belichick to promote his new book, “The Art of Winning: Lessons from My Life in Football,” but things took a turn after the 73-year-old was asked how he and his 24-year-old girlfriend met, as Hudson interrupted and shut down the question.An email from Belichick explained why Hudson was even there in the first place.“Jordon was present at the CBS interview because David Kass, the Simon & Schuster publicist, was not there,” Belichick wrote in an email elaborating on Hudson’s role at the interview and within the book.“I included Jordon in the book acknowledgments because she was a creative contributor to the book, including having the idea for formatting the 4 special pages in the book.”But according to a person familiar with the pre-interview process, Hudson planned on attending the interview regardless of whether Kass was there or not.Belichick also added, “Jordon and I have both a personal & professional relationship.”“This is not a secret,” he wrote in an email.

“Jordon assists me with my personal media, which is why I asked UNC to forward media requests (E.G.CBS 60 Minutes) to her.

Jordon has zero involvement in the UNC football program, beyond the degree that my personal media intersects with it.”In the emails in the WRAL report, Belichick’s focus was on the fact that Hudson was not stepping in as an angry and controlling girlfriend, but was coming in so as not to diminish the interview’s true purpose: to promote the book.“For approximately 35 uninterrupted minutes, (the interviewer) Tony [Dokoupil] aske...