Bill Belichick insisted that Robert Kraft didn't fire him while his girlfriend interjected during his "CBS Sunday Morning" interview.

Belichick was asked if he felt he was treated with dignity and respect when Kraft made the decision to let him go, and Belichick said it was a mutual decision for him to leave. Dokoupil mentioned that Kraft specifically used the word “fired.” “It was a mutual decision," Belichick said.

North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick pushed back against the idea he was unceremoniously dumped by the New England Patriots and team owner Robert Kraft. In an interview with Tony Dokoupil of CBS Mornings, Belichick called his exit as a "mutual decision," doubling down when Dokoupil pointed out that Kraft described it as a firing.