Some social media users speculated that the former general manager of the New England Patriots has dementia.
Bill Belichick is reportedly sidelining his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, as the fallout from the couple’s disastrous CBS interview continues.
Belichick is looking to hire a PR specialist instead of Hudson and has been in talks with former Bears VP of communications Brandon Faber for several months.
The PR hire would help manage Belichick’s new role as head football coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his public image, which was offended by Hudson’s cringeworthy PR moves.
Belichick appeared on CBS Sunday Morning last week to promote his new book, but it went viral for the wrong reasons after Hudson interrupted to shut down a question about how the couple met.
The incident sparked a media firestorm and raised concerns among Belichick’s friends about Hudson’s influence over him.
In a statement released Wednesday through UNC, Belichick criticized CBS for using “selectively edited” clips and images to push the false narrative that Hudson attempted to control the conversation.
Belichick has asked for Hudson, whom he described as his “muse,” to be a carbon copy (CC’d) on all UNC emails.
Social Media Users Speculated About Bill Belichick Having Dementia Following His Recent Interviews
On April 28, 2025, a Twitter user shared a clip of Bill Belichick’s interview on CBS Sunday Morning and speculated that Belichick might have dementia following his conversations. He wrote,
Belichick might actually have dementia.
@BWH85
NESN posted a strange interview clip of Bill Belichick on their official Facebook handle, where Bill claimed CBS created a false narrative about the bizarre interview.
In the comment section, one person said that Bill might have early on set dementia.
Maybe he has early on set dementia. That could explain the behavior but let’s face it, he’s always been kind of an oddball, no matter how good of a coach he was.
William Kirby
In addition, when the Today Show posted that Bill spoke out in defense of his girlfriend, Hudson, after she shut down part of a recent interview, several social media users said that Bill is in the early stages of dementia. One person wrote,
She is crazy and his family needs to step in or else he won’t have any money. Think he is in the early stages of dementia, at least it seems that way.
Mary K Valentine
Another person wrote,
Dementia is setting in she will be his care giver then collect the money
Carol Collins
The Third person wrote,
Ok dementia has taken over his brain either that or his tiny head has complete control over the larger one
Carol J. Bolster
However, there is no confirmed information indicating that Bill has been diagnosed with dementia.
Notably, he has shown a personal interest in neurological health issues.
In 2016, he joined the business advisory board of AZTheapies, a company focused on developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
He mentioned that his mother had been affected by dementia, which motivated his involvement in the company’s effort to battle such conditions.
Bill Belichick Shifted His Final Pregame News Conference From In-Person To Virtual Due To Illness
In January 2024, New England’s head coach, Bill Belichick, shifted his final pregame news conference of the season from in-person to virtual.
During the virtual conference, Bill mentioned that he was not feeling well and suffered from coughing and sneezing. He said,
“I’m not feeling too good,” “I thought I’d spare everybody in the first couple of rows from my coughing and sneezing.”
Bill Belichick
His voice was hoarse, and he coughed several times during his 12-minute call.
Bill said the illness won’t affect his preparation for the season finale against the New York Jets.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- On December 11, 2024, Bill Belichick was named the 35th head football coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels football team.
- Belichick has dual Croatian and American citizenship. He received Croatian citizenship from the Croatian prime minister, Andrej Plenkovic, on June 3, 2024, in Banski dvori in Zagreb.
- Starting in 2007, Bill was in a relationship with Linda Holliday, the executive director of the Bill Belichick Foundation. The relationship ended in 2023.
