Jordon Hudson’s relationship with Bill Belichick has turned her into a polarizing figure — and the beauty queen acknowledged that it hasn’t always been easy.
In a letter obtained by The Washington Post, Hudson, 23, wrote a farewell message to her BlackOut cheerleading team in December 2024 explaining she’d be stepping away from activities.
“During this time, I have faced a slow, exterior erasure of my strong, individual identity,” Hudson said. “I can’t thank you [enough] for helping keep that in tact by embracing me, for me. It is so difficult for me to give up my time with you, because I feel like I am giving up a part of myself in the process.”
Hudson and Belichick, 73, officially launched their relationship in October 2024 and made their red carpet debut together at the American Museum of Natural History’s 2024 Museum Gala two months later. The event took place less than two weeks before Hudson wrote her letter.
“I want to take a moment to both apologize for, and simultaneously thank you for tolerating, all of the baggage that comes with having me around, from the interlopers at practice, to the subsequent media exploitation, to the lack of dependability,” Hudson wrote. “I know none of you asked for that. In the same breath, I can’t thank you enough for the sense of grounding you have provided for me during a difficult period of my life.”
Hudson, who won a NCA national cheerleading championship at Bridgewater State University in 2021, joined the Hingham, Massachusetts-based BlackOut team in July 2024.
“In my office and in my household, we uphold the philosophy of ‘Team; Teammate; Self,’” Hudson noted. “That means that it is our duty to put the needs of our teams and our teammates above our own individual goals, desires and needs. At times, I am sure to many of you it may have felt at some point this season that I was selfishly putting my needs above the needs of the team, or of my teammates.”
Hudson added, “While this perspective is not entirely incorrect, I want you to know that my actions were not guided by selfishness. I hope you can understand that my absences were symptomatic of my commitment to put the needs of my other ‘team(s)’ above my own needs of recreation. Selfishly, I always would have preferred to be in the gym, with all of you, doing what I love: Cheerleading.”
While Hudson didn’t specifically name what “team” she was talking about, the letter was written three days after Belichick was officially announced as the new head football coach at the University of North Carolina. (Despite recent speculation otherwise, Belichick insisted during an interview on ESPN’s SportsCenter this week that Hudson “doesn’t have anything to do with UNC football.”)
