Shar Jossell
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
I think this relationship is catching everyone's attention because it is one of those things that's a tale as old as time. Like age gaps aren't anything new, right? I think of David Foster and Catherine McPhee. I think that this particular relationship is capturing the public's
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
interest because she's so visible and involved in Bill Belichick's public facing life and seemingly his everyday like comings and goings. And I think that's what's got everybody captivated by this.
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What do you think, Char? The same. And I think that it's okay. I think that if both of them have their mental faculties about them and they're both consenting and willing participants, who are we to question? Who are we to question if they both are of sound mind and, you know, pursuing whatever version of whatever this relationship might be?
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
I think what sets her apart is a little bit of both. It's blazing a new path and walking a path that's already kind of been made for her. I think that because she is so public-facing, that adds to the conversation. And, you know, we can't have this conversation without acknowledging what a lot of, like, the manosphere...
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
influencers and the Joe Rogans and the conversations that they're kind of really platforming around this idea, around this concept of like young men aren't able to find true love because women are out to get you and they want what you.
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
Yes. To your point, Brittany, I'm not tuned into the NFL and the sports ball of it all. So when you look at the audience and the key demographic who would know who Bill Belichick is, this is really tapping on some insecurity that's kind of been perpetuated throughout the past few years from the Andrew Tates and the Joe Rogans and the Manosphere of it all, the Fresh and Fit podcast of it all.
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
And I think that that's what's really making people of all backgrounds sink their teeth into it because it's a conversation that doesn't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon as it pertains to women being out to get you and get your things. And Jordan seems unapologetic. Like, she's not taking a back seat. She's interrupting CBS interviews. Like, she doesn't give a damn.
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
It doesn't appear that she gives a damn. So I'm just, that's what it is. Yeah. What do you think, Alex?
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
You're not entitled to anything, and I imagine that it's incredibly controlling. It sounds nice in theory, but... But in practice, I challenge that.
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
My love language. Ashar, you look so purple. No, because it's really a little bit of all of them. But I love the acts of service because I've fallen for lovely and fluffy words. But I need the actions. You know, love is an action word, right? So it would be acts of service.
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
Coming up... And I think it's catching people off guard to see him, you know, now posted up on Instagram, you know, lifting her up in the air like a mermaid while they're on the beach. They can't crack the mystery about what it is about Jordan. Stay with us.
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
I think it's the perfect storm of things. She's not playing it soft and demure. In the back, you know, she's kind of ballsy about the moves that she's making. And I think that it catches people off guard because of the reputation that Bill Belichick has crafted for himself. Right.
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
Yes. discerning and no nonsense. And I think it's catching people off guard to see him now posted up on Instagram, lifting her up in the air like a mermaid while they're on the beach. People can't crack the code.
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
They can't crack the mystery about what it is about Jordan, because we should also acknowledge that she's not the only 24-year-old that I'm sure has been in and around the Belichick camp or around these football players. So what is it about her that has him so enchanted, if you will. And I think that's part of what's fueling this conversation.
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
But I think what veers into that misogynistic trope that Alex was talking about is if the woman appears Pollyanna, right, and a little naive and lacks self-awareness, if she has confidence and is like, I know who I am and I know what I want, that's when the conversation becomes something different. And I think that's what Jordan's showing.
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Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession
I think longevity. I think if Jordan, the more she sticks around and if they don't break up, this conversation will fade into the background. Let's say that Bill goes on to live, you know, another two decades and Jordan is still by his side, it'll die down. It'll shapeshift, if you will. And I think that that's what would, quote unquote, normalize it as if she sticks around.
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That's not too elementary of an answer.