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A new season of HBO’s Hard Knocks centering on Bill Belichick’s debut coaching season at the University of North Carolina was reportedly canceled after his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, disrupted negotiations with several demands.
The New York Times reports that Hudson insisted on partial ownership of the show and content approval rights mere days before the series was set to be announced. She was also reportedly in talks with a competing production company to create a documentary series with a similar perspective.
Her demands led NFL Films to cancel the entire project.
In another report on why the Hard Knocks season about the Tar Heels was halted, one of the show’s executive producers hinted at challenging negotiations, stating, “The conversation took a turn we were not comfortable with.”
The Times report highlights growing concerns that Hudson has been given outsized control over Belichick’s estate and business matters. The former New England Patriots coach practically confirmed that himself during a recent appearance on Good Morning America when he said they share “a good personal relationship.”
“She’s been very helpful to me. She does the business things that don’t relate to [University of] North Carolina that come up in my life so I can concentrate on football. And that’s what I really want to do,” he said.
Hudson’s LinkedIn account even lists her as the chief operating officer of Belichick productions, according to The Wrap.
Concerns about their relationship first arose after the couple went viral for a CBS interview in which she reportedly interrupted several times to keep Belichick from answering certain questions.
In one instance caught on camera that quickly went viral, Hudson did not allow Belichick to share how they first met.
The moment was troubling enough that former NFL player Michael Strahan pressed Belichick for details about their relationship during his appearance on GMA.
“We have a good personal relationship,” Belichick said on the show, before adding, “And you know I’m not talking about personal relationships Michael, you know that.”