What Bill Belichick’s relationship tells us
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What sparked the public interest in Bill Belichick's relationship?
In the spring of 2024, I was watching the roast of Tom Brady on Netflix, and people kept making jokes about Bill Belichick's relationship. I laughed, though I wasn't quite sure I got it. But now I know why you were so obsessed with Foxborough High School. You were scouting your new girlfriend. About a month later, 73-year-old Bill's relationship with 24-year-old Jordan Hudson became public, and it seems like the country's been obsessed with it ever since. There are interviews.
Not talking about this.
Investigations. When did she get control over Bill Belichick's new media empire? Articles, plural, in the New York Times.
Why do we care about these people? You care because he's Bill Belichick and you care about whoever he's with. And number two, you should care because she's 24 years old and a lot of people are very scared of her.
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This is Peter Kafka, the host of Channels, the show about what happens when media and tech collide. And this week, I'm talking to Katie Drummond, who runs Wired. She's found a way to breathe new life into that publication by covering news.
We started covering Doge, like several stories a day, every single day. And after like a week, I sort of looked around and was like, where is everyone else?
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You're listening to Today Explained. Jason P. Frank writes about things like theater, comedy, music at Vulture. So the first thing we asked him was if he was the right person to ask about Bill Belichick and Jordan Hudson.
Totally. No, I actually am the right person to ask this because I grew up in New Hampshire. Perfect. And Bill Belichick famously was the coach of the New England Patriots. I'm not a scientist.
It's football time, fellas. Let's get into it.
He won eight Super Bowls.
Patriots win the Super Bowl!
I don't remember a time when I didn't know who Bill Belichick was. And that's not because I love football. That's not because I follow the Patriots religiously. That's because I was, like, gifted a Patriots jersey in the hospital, basically. Like, that's just what happens in New England. That's how it works. Bill Belichick is an icon to that area, and I think he's an icon to the entire country because the Patriots were so, so successful under him. He created Tom Brady. Tom Brady doesn't exist without Bill Belichick.
And before we get into who Bill Belichick happens to be dating, what did we know about his personality in this wildly successful era that the New England Patriots had?
Yeah, Bill Belichick sucks, man.
Yeah.
He was always wearing ratty clothing, making millions and millions of dollars a year, and wearing sweatshirts that were cut off and had rips in them.
Bill Belichick's wardrobe is getting some attention on social media today. He talked with reporters while sporting a well-worn top of some sort. Maybe it's not even really a top anymore. It does look very comfortable, though.
And he refused to talk to the media like he always considered media the enemy in a really, really vicious way, which made him always feel very standoffish because the only time that you perceived him was through the media.
You want to talk about the game? We're not going to get into a post-game analysis here. I mean, really, I've had enough of that. I could just Xerox you a copy of the game plan. You could send it over to Kansas City. I mean, it might be easier for all of us.
coined a lot of catchphrases that were all very like, do the work.
Look fellas, it's just about doing our job.
If you've ever heard No Days Off, that's a Bill Belichick original.
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