Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy 'stunned' by Bill Belichick's awkward interview

"It's a feel good show. The opposite of controversial," he said. "So image my surprise this morning when they had the most awkward Bill Belichick interview I've ever seen. Like I was squirming in my seat."

This time, though, Hudson appeared aggressive when she dismissed the subject, creating an awkward tension between the three in the room.

"I don't know if he knew anyone else saw those photos," Portnoy said about the pictures of Belichick dressed as a fisherman and Hudson as a mermaid. "I was literally squirming. Then, it went crazy viral. People are saying he's like being held hostage. I don't think he knows still what social media is and that these photos are out there."

Being a Boston sports fan, Portnoy knows the usual Belichick in front of the camera: stoic, blunt, standoffish. But what he saw on Sunday morning was someone else in his eyes. 

"He's been a guy who's never cared what anybody has thought," Portnoy said about Belichick. "But I've never seen him seemingly stunned in an interview, like, 'Oh my god, I can't believe you asked that.' I've just never seen it."

On the point of Hudson, Portnoy believes she got the wrong idea about the question from the interviewer because CBS Sunday Morning is usually a positive perspective. 

"They're never supposed to be, like, an ounce of [anything negative], that's why I was stunned."

As Belichick begins his first-ever college head coaching gig at North Carolina, his relationship with Hudson has been on full display. She's been spotted at practices, events and more by his side. 

Hudson brushed off the criticism she faced after shutting down the question, saying there was "nothing awkward about it" in an X post. 

"Imagine a private person wanting to keep their private life private. Shocking," she added.