June 19th 2024.
Jennifer Hudson recently shared a surprising revelation about her family life. The 42-year-old singer and actress opened up about discovering that her father had fathered over 27 children. In a new podcast interview, she revealed that she hasn't met all of her siblings yet, but she hopes to one day.
During an episode of Your Mama's Kitchen on Audible, Jennifer discussed her complicated family tree with host Michele Norris. The presenter asked about her father and how she found out about her many siblings. Jennifer explained that her father had a big personality and that she and her siblings went looking for him at some point, only to discover that they had many more siblings than they originally thought.
"It's a lot of us. Apparently he had 27 children. That's a lot," Jennifer joked. She also shared that she's always been a family person and that when she turned 16, she wanted to meet all her siblings and have a big family gathering for Thanksgiving or Christmas. She wanted to sit and eat together with all her siblings, and that was her goal at the time.
The Dreamgirls actress said that she, along with her late siblings Julia and Jason, were told about their extended family at a young age and immediately set out to find them. "That's what we were always told," she said. "We found quite a few of us – 11 girls and 17 boys, I think. Something like that. We met maybe six or seven others. I'm the youngest of all of them."
Jennifer also shared that her dad's side of the family helped to coordinate a meeting between some of the siblings. "It was my father who told," she revealed. "When my grandmother on his side passed, my siblings over there were like, 'Y'all got a sister that can really sing, you should meet her.' Eventually, we all came together."
Despite having such a large family, Jennifer is still the baby of the bunch. She is a proud mother to her son David Daniel Otunga Jr., whom she shares with ex-fiancé David Otunga. The former couple welcomed their son in 2009 but kept the news a secret until his birth. They went their separate ways in 2017 after a decade together. Jennifer has since been linked to fellow musician Common, but she has not confirmed any romantic relationship.
"Rumors say a lot of things," Jennifer said in a previous interview. "But he's a beautiful man, I will give you that."
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