Pal of Bill Belichick’s ex spills what happened during Jordon Hudson confrontation

It’s a good thing there was “no hair-pulling” when Bill Belichick’s ex, Linda Holliday, wanted his current girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, removed from a December holiday party in Nantucket.

Elin Hilderbrand, a novelist and a friend of Holliday’s, who was part of the group that asked Hudson to leave the event, explained that it was “grossly inappropriate” for the 24-year-old former college cheerleader to be there as Holliday’s twin daughters were DJing at the party.

“No punches were thrown, no hair was pulled,” Hilderbrand told The New Yorker in a lengthy timeline piece published Monday about Belichick’s life and career. “But we did suggest she leave because we thought it was grossly inappropriate for her to be there.

“Bill and Linda were together since the girls were, like, fourteen years old, and they thought of him as a father figure.”

The UNC coach, 73, and Holliday, 62, a former TV personality and Nantucket socialite, were together for 16 years before their split in September 2023.

Belichick and Hudson’s relationship became public in June 2024. The pair met on a flight in 2021.

Hudson reportedly attended the party with her friend and Miss Massachusetts USA 2024, Melissa Sapini, and the pair was asked to leave towards the end of the night. They agreed and left the event alongside an employee.

Holliday declined to speak with The New Yorker.

Holliday and Hudson’s run-in made headlines months later in May.

TMZ published an internal incident report that an employee filed at the event, which said Hudson “was a paying guest” and that “no concerns had been raised regarding her behavior nor had any issues been reported up until that point in the evening.”

The report stated that Holliday “felt [Hudson’s] presence was inappropriate, since the event was widely advertised as a party headlined by her daughters.”

Security footage showed Hudson surrounded by three women, including Holliday and Hilderbrand, who had confronted her near the dance floor.

According to the incident report, Hudson refused to leave at first, saying she didn’t do anything wrong, but then decided to exit the function as it was close to being over.

Hudson told the employee that Sapini “was seemingly threatened by Ms. Holliday, saying that if Ms. Sapini valued her current title, she should think twice about who her friends are and that she [Holliday] had many powerful friends in the pageant organization.”

Holliday told the employee, “If this didn’t involve my girls, I don’t think this would have bothered me as much. The ‘momma bear’ in me came out.”

Earlier this month, Holliday and Hudson crossed paths at a fundraiser for Nantucket Cottage Hospital.