North Carolina coach Bill Belichick is standing by his girlfriend Jordon Hudson after their awkward moment on "CBS Sunday Morning."
The longtime New England Patriots coach was interviewed for the show as part of a promotional tour for his upcoming book. When CBS host Tony Dokoupil asked Belichick, 73, how he and Hudson, 24, met, Hudson curtly said the topic was off limits.
In a statement released Wednesday, Belichick blamed CBS for the moment ending up in the eight-minute segment and said that Hudson was "simply doing her job to ensure the interview stayed on track" as the two have "both a personal and professional relationship.