Bill Belichick kept a tight lid on his personal life when he was around Patriots players last season.
Pharaoh Brown, a tight end who played for the Patriots in 2023, told TMZ Sports that the 72-year-old coach never mentioned his 23-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson.
“One thing about Bill, he keeps football, football,” Brown, who signed with the Seahawks this offseason, told the outlet. “He’s living his life. You’ve got to keep the main thing the main thing, and he’s always done that when I was there. I never met her. I’ve still never seen her. … Never anything of that nature when I was there.”
Belichick’s romance with Hudson, which was first revealed by TMZ earlier this month, began more than a year ago, according to People.
Belichick and longtime girlfriend, Linda Holliday, broke up last year.
The two met on a flight from Boston to Florida in 2021 and bonded over a philosophy project the cheerleader Hudson was working on, TMZ reported.
They took a photo together on the flight, and Belichick, who parted ways with the Patriots in January after 24 seasons, signed her textbook, thanking her for “a course on logic.”
“He’s one of the greatest coaches because he keeps it professional and he knows how to keep the main thing the main thing,” Brown said of Belichick. “When you walk into the football place, it’s always football. Personal life is personal life, and my take is that he’s living his life and everybody lives their life how they want to live their life. There’s no hard feelings.”
Brown, who caught a touchdown against the Jets in Week 3 and finished the season with 208 yards receiving, was unfazed by the couple’s age difference.
“I really don’t think about the age once we get grown,” Brown told TMZ. “I just turned 30 and I’ve been telling people my body feels like it’s 26.”
After Belichick and Hudson were seen out on a date this month in Nantucket, Hudson was spotted entering the East Celebrity Elite Cheer Gym in Hingham, Mass. this past week after arriving in a white Porsche Macan S, as seen in exclusive photos taken by The Post.
The Porsche costs $75,000 and is rumored to be a gift from Belichick, who is set to have a weekly spot on “The Pat McAfee Show” for the 2024 NFL season without a coaching job.
“If he’s in love, if he’s happy, that’s all you can hope for another man, for another human, for anyone,” Brown said.
