Jennifer Hudson calls her bond with Common 'divine' on Jenna & Sheinelle
The full interview also covers Dreamgirls on Broadway and the singing alarm clock she uses on her son, and the comments arrived about nine times faster than usual.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 59,101 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (4,335).
Jennifer Hudson Opens Up on 'Divine' Relationship With Common
What does an EGOT winner talk about when she has a morning-show couch to herself? For Jennifer Hudson, sitting down with Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones, it was a little of everything: the fifth season of her Emmy-nominated talk show, her role as a producer of the "Dreamgirls" revival on Broadway, and Common, the rapper she describes as her "divine" partner.
The Dreamgirls part has a neat circle to it. Hudson won her Oscar for playing Effie White in the 2006 film, and now she is helping bring the show back to the stage. Common shares her Chicago roots, and a viewer in the comments calls the two the city's king and queen.
The warmest stretch, according to the description, is about her son. Hudson says he is the reason she went back into the recording studio, and she demonstrates how she wakes him up in the morning: with her voice. Jenna seemed ready to sign up for the same service.
The full interview passed 40,000 views in its first 13 hours. A new video here usually ends its whole first day at around 4,000. The comment section also moved far faster than usual, and much of it is a long, earnest thread about marriage and whether a couple needs one. Others ask how they missed the news that the two were still together.
The channel also posted shorter cuts from the same visit, including the son wake-up, the Spirit Tunnel bit and a moment about singing "Glory" with Common on stage in New York. None of them came close: viewers wanted the whole conversation, not the pieces.
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What viewers say
God given talent, for sure.
@janicescott-pair97See it on YouTubeJen and Common our chi town king and queen💞
@telikaandfamSee it on YouTubeWhat a great interview with Jennifer Hudson! Such a joyful and bright spot in my morning! Loved hearing about her relationship with her son. Too cute. 💕🤩💐
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- Channel
- TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle
- Subscribers
- 247,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,864,753
- Channel views, pace per day
- 197,008 (on a normal day: 264,213)
- Video published
- October 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 43,566 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 59,101
The numbers
The full Hudson interview opened at a pace this channel rarely sees, even on a day packed with clips from the same guest.
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Which character did Jennifer Hudson play in the 2006 film Dreamgirls, the role that won her an Oscar?
Hudson won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for playing Effie White, the singer pushed out of the group, in Dreamgirls.
