{"id":852,"date":"2009-08-11T13:11:29","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T13:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/08\/jennifer-hudson-gives-birth-to.html"},"modified":"2009-08-11T13:11:29","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T13:11:29","slug":"jennifer-hudson-gives-birth-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/08\/jennifer-hudson-gives-birth-to.html","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Hudson gives birth to a son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"JenniferHudson.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/118\/import\/JenniferHudson.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"239\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>Congratulations to Jennifer Hudson, American Idol contestant and Oscar winning actress. Hudson gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Monday afternoon. The baby is named David Daniel Otunga, Jr., after his father, Hudson&#8217;s fiance. The baby weighed in at 7 lbs 14 oz.<br \/>\nIronically, Hudson never confirmed her pregnancy. Hudson, as you may remember, suffered <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/12\/arrest-made-in-jennifer-hudson.html\" target=\"_blank\">a horrible tragedy last October when her mother, brother and nephew were killed <\/a>by her former brother-in-law. The gossip site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.showbiz411.com\/ennifer-hudson-david-daniel-otunga\" target=\"_blank\">ShowBiz411.com<\/a> reports that the baby was conceived soon after the tragedy.<br \/>\nWe wish Jennifer and David all the best!<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GospelSoundcheck&amp;loc=en_US\">Click here to subscribe to Gospel Soundcheck by email <\/a>and have the Gospel Soundcheck headlines delivered daily to your email inbox. 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