Ex-NFL writer torches Bill Belichick over disastrous TV interview

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Just when you thought he was out, Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson pulled him back in.

Retired NFL writer Peter King announced his retirement in 2024 after decades as a columnist for Sports Illustrated and Pro Football Talk as well as a reporter on "Football Night in America" on NBC. But Belichick’s book tour, which dominated the national conversation over the last week, brought him back into the media spotlight.

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Feb. 6, 2025; New Orleans, LA: Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson on the red carpet before Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors at Saenger Theatre. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

King sounded off on Belichick’s disastrous public relations campaign in a podcast interview.

"This is a guy who owned every room he ever walked into, and now he’s got a 24-year-old muse telling him what to do or trying to control situations that, quite frankly, she has nothing to do with or should have nothing to do with," he said on "Sports Media with Richard Deitsch." "Bill’s got to get a hold of himself here. He’s got to get a hold of this situation. This is embarrassing. It’s totally embarrassing for a guy who’s as great at his job as he is."

King added that for Belichick to do an interview, like he did for CBS, he had to be a bit more interesting and the opposite of the kind of media personality he was when he coached the New England Patrots.

"Bill Belichick, to promote a book, goes on Sunday morning television for however long it was, say 10 minutes, but goes on Sunday morning television with a sweatshirt on with a hole in it. Look at the video