Bill Belichick’s life hasn’t been the same since he boarded that flight to Florida in 2021. That’s when he met his sweetheart, Jordon Hudson. Now, the 24-year-old hasn’t just taken over the former Patriots head coach’s life; she’s also making inroads with the UNC staff. Remember when the Tar Heels received a withdrawal from ‘Hard Knocks’ to get them featured on the NFL documentary! It was reportedly Hudson and her growing creative influence that put up a fence. That was just the beginning, though. Slowly and steadily, she secured her place in the UNC official mail’s CC. Starting from Belichick’s family, fans, and veterans, everyone started to frown, but what about his right-hand man, Michael Lombardi?

The UNC GM that followed Belichick from the NFL to college football has been an instrumental part of the HC’s pro-style transformation goals at North Carolina. The long-term friend of the 73-year-old is actively evaluating talents in the portal and scouting high school players, all to ensure a smooth kickoff for Belichick’s debut season as a college football head coach. He has a 24/7 job to study the program’s atmosphere and make wise, feasible decisions accordingly. And when we say 24/7, we truly mean it.

The man is always on the move, facing challenges head-on. Yet, he’s clearly taken note of the buzz surrounding his friend and peer’s personal life and, to some extent, its implications for UNC’s future. “Can you explain to us what this woman’s role is with UNC?” Barstool Sports’ Kirk Minihane asked Lombardi.

But the NFL veteran wasn’t in the mood to answer. After a visibly nervous smile, Lombardi stated, “Actually, I’m in a meeting right now, going over recruiting. So that’s kind of what my focus is right now.”

Minihane persisted, trying to chisel any information out of him. “How significant of a role does she have with the recruiting at this point? Is she the lead recruiter or not?” Lombardi continued to protect his boundary. “I’m in recruiting, and I’m working on that,” Lombardi said. “So that’s about it, Kirk. Thanks.”

However, this silence isn’t just about protecting his reputation from a potential Jordon Hudson controversy. Lombardi has been noticeably quiet for the past few months. He’s been absent from the Pat McAfee show for the last few weeks, and he rarely tweets or posts anything related to UNC or anything else these days.

Lombardi has always been quick to shut down topics he dislikes. But this marks a new phase for the UNC GM, where he seems to be adopting silence as his new strategy for dealing with life’s and professional complexities, or is there another story waiting to be uncovered?

Pablo Torre holds firm on Bill Belichick-Hudson story

After Pablo Torre’s brutal exposé on Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, the media spotlight has only intensified around 24-year-old Jordon Hudson—and not in the way she hoped. Torre, in his podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out, dropped some sharp claims about Hudson’s involvement at UNC, hinting that she was more than just a girlfriend—calling her Belichick’s “handler,” “publicist,” and “creative muse.”

Hudson didn’t take that lightly. She fired back with a since-deleted post calling Torre’s reporting “factually incorrect, slanderous, defamatory and targeted.” That alone raised eyebrows, especially with her throwing around legal buzzwords. But Torre didn’t back down. “I find it bizarrely appropriate… that Jordon Hudson would post this and then very quickly deleted it,” he wrote on X. “But to be perfectly clear, I stand by our reporting and the episodes we published.”

At the heart of Torre’s report was the claim that UNC had effectively banned Hudson from the football facility due to concerns about her influence on Belichick. The university, however, publicly denied that, clarifying that while Hudson isn’t on payroll, she’s still welcome at the facility.

It’s not the first time Hudson has drawn scrutiny. From her growing media presence to reportedly chasing $8 million in Boston investments, her influence around Belichick has been a conversation starter, from locker rooms to late-night talk shows.

Michael Lombardi, Belichick’s longtime friend and former NFL exec, has often defended the coach. “Completely committed, 1000% committed,” Lombardi told The Pat McAfee Show, shutting down rumors about Belichick possibly bolting back to the NFL. He added, “Guys who do the insider stuff for the NFL got to put stories out there, but that one was a complete falsehood.” This is the man who’ always got the GOAT’s back.

Lombardi, however, hasn’t publicly addressed or defended the coach regarding the Hudson situation. Perhaps it’s a boundary he’s maintaining for privacy, or there might be more to the story than meets the eye.