When he isn't diving deep into the murky situation surrounding Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers and bankrupt financial company Aspiration, journalist Pablo Torre has had regular updates investigating the relationship between Bill Belichick, girlfriend Jordon Hudson and their impact on North Carolina football.
Torre teased his Friday episode of his podcast the day before, reporting that UNC general manager Mike Lombardi made a fundraising trip to Saudi Arabia just weeks before the 2025 season. That note was just a small part of the episode, which focused on leaked video of Belichick, Hudson, Lombardi and former Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia on the set of Belichick's short-lived podcast . Belichick put that project on pause when he took the UNC job, with plans to relaunch it as a Tar Heels-focused production during the season, plans that were put on pause after North Carolina lost its season opener to TCU 48–14.
The footage shows the significant influence that Hudson had over productions, notably questioning some of the graphics choices made by those working for the Underdog Network to produce the show. The podcast was filmed at the studios of NFL Films, for which Belichick also worked as an analyst on during his season away from coaching.
Releasing a statement to , NFL Films stressed that it had no role in producing aside of letting Belichick use their studio out of courtesy, and that the company does not believe the leak to Torre came from any of its employees.
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We may never know who leaked the footage. The episode pulls back the curtain on some of the internecine squabbles that have taken place within Belichick's orbit, however. According to Torre, it was Lombardi that spread the (evidently false) rumor that Hudson was not allowed around the football program, something he isn't sure Hudson was aware of before the episode aired.
Caught in the crosshairs, of course—the Tar Heels football program and its players.
