There have been many descriptors added to Jordon Hudson’s name over the past 12 months as her relationship with Bill Belichick has come under intense scrutiny.
For the lone Hudson confidant who has spoken publicly about the former college cheerleader, one label transcends new heights.
“I consider her a supernova,” celebrity hairstylist Dougie Freeman, who likened his one-time employee to the phenomenon described by NASA as the “extremely bright, super powerful explosion of a star,” said in a new interview with The Athletic.
“Our motto here at the salon is, ‘Let us help you use what you’ve got to get what you want’ … and maybe Jordon Hudson is a good example of that.”
Hudson, who shot to fame in the summer of 2024 when her romance with the 73-year-old Belichick became public, began working at Freeman’s West End Salon & Spa in Provincetown, Mass., when she was still in high school.
Freeman believes the Massachusetts town, regarded as one of the most welcoming and friendly LGBTQ+ locales in the country, helped to broaden Hudson’s horizons.
“Growing up in this town, she saw how alternative relationships work. They can work,” Freeman said. “I think that validated it for her.”
Freeman is one of the few connected to Hudson who has opened up about the Miss Maine USA contestant, with The Athletic noting the “dozen-plus friends of Hudson” whom they reached out to did not get back to the outlet.
“She seems to be doing fine,” said Freeman, who “last spoke to Hudson via a series of internet DMs,” per The Athletic.
“She said, ‘I understand you’re going to do an interview with the Washington Post.’ And I said, ‘I said a lot of nice things about you, I think you’ll be pleased with it.’ And I assume she was.”
Hudson has been by Belichick’s side as he prepares for his first season coaching North Carolina’s football team.
Although there has been much speculation about Hudson’s role in Chapel Hill — much of which began after a disastrous “CBS Sunday Morning” appearance in April, when she punted a question about the origins of the Belichick relationship — the eight-time Super Bowl winner clarified her position in an ESPN interview last month.
“That’s really off to the side, it’s a personal relationship. She doesn’t have anything to do with UNC football,” Belichick said.
With the Tar Heels’ season opener against TCU approaching on Sept. 1, all eyes remain on Belichick and Hudson — something Freeman cautioned as her star continues to rise.
“Fame comes with some barbs,” he said. “And it doesn’t always come with fortune.”
Hudson and Belichick first crossed paths aboard a flight in 2021. They celebrated their four-year meet-iversary in February.