Curiously,
Us Weekly featured Hudson as its cover story this week. While the story doesn’t include an exclusive interview with Hudson herself, it
did compile a number of quotes from several acquaintances—from former teammates to bosses—as a sort of character study. Take Emily Rodriguez, who cheered with Hudson between 2019 and 2021. To the magazine, Rodriguez described Hudson as a “really good teammate” and “someone I could look up to.”
“If somebody asks for something, she’s like, ‘What do you need, girl?’” Rodriguez said of Hudson. Another former teammate, Crista Paulauskas, intimated that while Hudson’s drive to succeed might be threatening to some, it wasn’t to her.
“I never found her intimidating,” she said. “She was willing to help anyone who needed it.”
Hudson’s former boss at a hair salon, Dougie Freeman, also spoke to the magazine. Hudson, by his estimation, was a dedicated employee. “She has a great work ethic and she’s a very gifted artist and is patient and gentle,” Freeman said. “[That] was great for business, of course. She was very beautiful, and still is.” Freeman also noted that Hudson would even, on occasion, wear her Miss Massachusetts sash around the salon. (She was the third runner-up at the Miss Massachusetts Teen competition in 2020.) You couldn’t pay me to hate this woman.
Frankly, I can’t wait to see [Jordon’s version] of the future.
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