It looks like Rob Gronkowski did some scouting on his former coach before taking the stage at Tom Brady’s roast earlier this year.
The ex-New England Patriots tight end actually dropped a joke about Bill Belichick dating a much younger woman which now seems to make a lot more sense.
During the live Netflix special, Gronkowski recalled times when Belichick compared the team to football players at a local school.
“Coach, you used to talk about Foxborough High School when we sucked,” Gronkowski said. “But now I know why you were so obsessed with Foxborough High School: You were scouting your new girlfriend.”
While it might have seemed out of sorts at the time, the recent report by TMZ that Belichick, 72, is dating 24-year-old former competitive cheerleader Jordon Hudson brings a whole new angle to Gronk’s ribbing.
Gronkowski also joked in an interview before the roast about Belichick and Brady’s shared taste in younger women, saying that “24 is just the age of girls Tom and Bill are talking to now, 24-year-olds.”
Gronk’s research is a bit off with Brady on this count, however, as the former NFL MVP currently is dating Irina Shayk, a Russian model who is 38 years old.
The longtime New England Patriots coach, who was let go by the team at the end of last season, had been dating Linda Holliday, 61, since 2007 before privately splitting during the 2022 season, according to reports.
However, one of Hudson’s former cheerleading teammates told TMZ that the connection between Belichick and Hudson began in 2021 during a flight from Boston to Florida – while he was still with Holliday.
TMZ said the unlikely pair swapped contact information after landing and remained friends, chatting about philosophy, her school work and cheerleading routines.
One source told the outlet that the relationship became more serious after Belichick’s split with Holliday.
The recently revealed couple is hardly keeping things under wraps now. Belichick was spotted in March attending a cheerleading competition in Maryland to see Hudson, while she was alongside the legendary coach at last week’s Patriots Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Brady.
Hudson reportedly supported Belichick at his games at Gillette Stadium during the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
The coach previously was married to Debby Belichick, with whom he shares three adult children.