Mary Kay Cabot reflected on her early encounters with Bill Belichick, sharing humorous stories about their confrontations during her coverage of the Browns. She recounted how Belichick would confront her for unflattering pieces and how she learned to stand her ground. Cabot jokingly commented on the age difference between Belichick and his girlfriend, which elicited laughter until Hudson expressed disapproval of the joke on social media. Cabot also acknowledged the impact of her experiences with Belichick in preparing her for challenges in her journalism career.
Bill Belichick was the first Browns coach I ever covered. You see, if you start with Bill Belichick, no one can rattle you after that. If Bill didn't like something I wrote, he'd call and yell at me.
Eventually, I had to learn to stand up to him. During one of those yelling matches, I told him, 'If you don't have the footballs to say that to the guys, then don't say it to me.' Bam.
I was 28 at the time, and he just couldn't relate to a woman that old.
I was grateful for some of the back-and-forths I had with Belichick early in my career because it 'calloused' me for tough times on the Browns beat.
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