Ex-Patriots star defends Jordon Hudson amid backlash for shutting down interview question

'Gutfeld!' panelists discuss former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick’s interview with CBS News.

Julian Edelman came to the defense of Jordon Hudson Wednesday as scrutiny over Bill Belichick’s interview intensified.

The former New England Patriots star wide receiver said critics have been given an "unfair" description of what happened during Belichick’s interview with CBS.

In the segment, Belichick was asked how he and Hudson met, and she interjected from the side, shutting the question down. 

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Jordon Hudson, the girlfriend of Bill Belichick, at Loudermilk Center for Excellence Dec. 12, 2024. (Jim Dedmon/Imagn Images)

The interview was for Belichick’s new book that describes his 24-year-old girlfriend as his "creative muse."

"People are given an unfair reality of what’s going on because she was jumping into that conversation during the interview just like any PR person would jump in when there’s an unnecessary question that probably (they) didn’t go over in the preproduction meeting," Edelman said on the "Dudes on Dudes" podcast 

"From what I’ve heard, Jordon is playing the Berj role, handling all the football ops, handling a lot of his social, a lot of his PR.

"When you look at this situation, and you say, ‘This is his girlfriend jumping in,’ I think that’s unfair. I think she’s actually working with coach Belichick in the professional world, and she probably went and said, ‘Hey, no, we’re not doing that."

Hudson’s interruption was the only one aired. She at one point delayed the interview for 30 minutes after storming out, TMZ Sports reported earlier this week.

Belichick broke his silence on the debacle Wednesday, defending his girlfriend and accusing CBS of