Jennifer Hudson Tragedy

Our thoughts go out to Jennifer Hudson whose mother and brother were found shot dead in their Chicago home. When Josh and I sat down with Jennifer three weeks ago we met with a woman who was recently engaged, ready to release her first album, and preparing for the premiere of her third film. During the interview she exuded a calm, steady confidence and certain sense of purpose being fulfilled. It's impossible to imagine what she must be going through only weeks later.

An excerpt from our sit-down interview with Jennifer:

First of all, congratulations on your engagement.

Thank you, thank you! It was on my birthday, actually. It was a huge surprise. I was like, “What’s going on?” It was the biggest surprise yet, I have to say.

You’ve got the holy trinity of happiness: an engagement, a record, and a movie [The Secret Life of Bees].

Everything keeps coming like a huge big surprise, one after another. It’s a whirlwind, but they’re all very good surprises.

You grew up in Chicago. Was family important to you growing up?

Definitely, still is. I just grew up very close to my family and I have a huge family and they’ve always been real supportive and supportive of each other.

In The Secret Life of Bees you play the mother figure to Dakota Fanning. You’ve play a mother a few times now.

It’s interesting—I always end up with a little girl to mother, for some odd reason. I play Rosaleen who’s a nanny to Dakota Fanning’s character, Lily, and they have a sisterly bond as well.

Is it a natural instinct for you to play a mother?

Yeah, I guess I have it in me. Like, “Oh, I could do this, I could be a mother.” A fabulous one, though. A fierce, fabulous mom.

Would you like to have a family someday, too?

Oh yeah, no question about it.

Big family? Lots of kids?

Not a lot, but a few. [laughs]

Our thoughts are with Jennifer and her family.

Comments

[livejasmin]

poor girl, she has such a charming personality.
hope she gets over it once and i hope the ones responsible will be punished the way they deserve