CBS Offers Counter Statement After Strange Bill Belichick Interview

The back and forth between Bill Belichick and CBS News continued Wednesday.

The central issue between the sides came through a question in a recent interview on the origins of Belichick’s relationship with his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, who has played a larger role in the football operation at the University of North Carolina. Belichick offered a statement Wednesday about his side of the interview.

CBS offered a rebuttal hours later.

“When we agreed to speak with Mr. Belichick, it was for a wide-ranging interview,” CBS said through a spokesperson. “There were no preconditions or limitations to this conversation. This was confirmed repeatedly with his publisher before the interview took place and after it was completed.”

Belichick’s media relationship appears to reach a new level even after his years of infamous press conferences with the New England Patriots.