Jennifer Hudson had a son, Daniel David Otunga Jr., in 2009. The father was Hudson’s fiancee since 2008, David Otunga. He is a Harvard Law School graduate who then became a professional wrestler… Jennifer Hudson became a spokesperson for Weight Watchers in 2010, and lost a reported 80 pounds… Hudson’s mother Donnell Darnerson and brother Jason Hudson were shot to death in Darnerson’s Chicago home on 24 October 2008; her nephew, Julian King, was also taken from the home and killed. William Balfour, the estranged husband of Hudson’s sister Julia, was arrested and charged with the crimes… Jennifer Hudson beat out Fantasia Barrino, the winner of American Idol‘s third season, for the part in Dream Girls.