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‘He’s still got game,’ laughs Shaq as NBA legend tells Bill Belichick ‘I’m happy for you’ over Jordon Hudson romance
Pharaoh Brown has shed light on the duo's relationship
SHAQUILLE O'Neal has no issue with the age gap between Bill Belichick and his girlfriend.
The NFL legend, 72, is dating cheerleader Jordon Hudson, who is 48 years his junior.
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But NBA icon O'Neal, 52, is happy the former New England Patriots head coach has found love.
"Good for him. He only has 10 summers left. He'll be 80 years old," he said on his Big Podcast.
"If he still got enough game to get him a little 20-year-old.
"If he still got them blue boys, more power to him. I'm happy for him."
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Belichick and Hudson's romance was kept on the down-low until it hit headlines recently
Tight end Pharaoh Brown, who played for the Pats last year, says he did not come across the beauty.
"One thing about Bill, he keeps football, football," Brown told TMZ Sports.
"He’s living his life. You’ve got to keep the main thing the main thing, and he’s always done that when I was there.
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"I never met her. I’ve still never seen her. Never anything of that nature when I was there."
There have been plenty of critics about the age gap but Brown is not one of them.
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"He’s one of the greatest coaches because he keeps it professional and he knows how to keep the main thing the main thing," he added.
"When you walk into the football place, it’s always football. Personal life is personal life, and my take is that he’s living his life and everybody lives their life how they want to live their life.
"There’s no hard feelings.
"I really don’t think about the age once we get grown.
The downsides of having a massive age gap relationship
Dr. Jenn Mann, MFT, a licesesed therapist, reveals the key issues experienced by romantic partners with a huge age gap between them.
Dr. Mann claimed it might initially feel exciting when one partner is much younger than the other, like Bill Belichick, 72, and Jordon Hudson, 24, who share a whopping 48-year age difference.
"When people get older, they might just think it is refreshing that a young woman is looking at them adoringly and is attracted to them and is interested in him," Dr. Mann told The U.S. Sun.
"[But] there is a huge gap in life experience — in just years on this planet, in the way that helps us to evolve, develop, and mature."
"Even the most mature young person, when there is a 40-year age gap, the older people are incredibly immature.
"You're not meeting in the middle regarding development and life experience."
Dr. Mann said one common consideration for older male partners would be the younger female wanting a father figure.
"Usually, younger women are drawn to much older men because of unresolved issues with their fathers," Dr. Mann added.
"This could be a lack of attention, love, someone not being there, or even someone being in the household but not being present the way she might wish he was."
Dr. Mann noted that sexual and intimacy issues might begin to be at play, given the older partner may not have as much energy.
What's more, for older men, "it becomes more difficult typically to get and maintain an erection," she said.
"There are problems related to sexual performance, which can create other risks when it comes to taking medication for sexual performance."
Socially, Dr. Mann suggested that issues may arise between a couple when they mix with friends from different generations.
"In this case, if they're hanging with Bill's friends in their seventies or even sixties and fifties, a 24-year-old woman at that table will likely struggle to find common ground socially," she said.
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"I just turned 30 and I’ve been telling people my body feels like it’s 26.
"If he’s in love, if he’s happy, that’s all you can hope for another man, for another human, for anyone."
Belichick and Hudson were together in Nantucket last month and she was also spotted in a Porsche he bought her as a gift.
It is believed that Hudson arrived at Tom Brady's Patriots Hall of Fame induction this month at Gillette Stadium in the $75,000 car.
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Belichick was previously dating Linda Holliday.
TMZ reported that Belichick and Hudson have been living together for months.
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