Life Imitates Art For Knowles & Hudson
November 10, 2008 by Amber
Filed under Beyonce Knowles, Celebrity, Jennifer Hudson
Ok, I admit it: I sat through the entire length of Dreamgirls without falling asleep. But only just.
I won’t regale you with my thoughts on the movie – let’s face it, you either loved it, or you hated it – but what I will say is that the best part of the film is Beyonce and Jennifer’s character’s bitter relationship. I’d praise the pair on their superb acting, only I don’t think there was much acting at all in certain parts of the film.
Back when Dreamgirls was first released (and gaining all those nominations), rumours were flying left and right that the former Destiny’s Child frontwoman was so “jealous” of co-star Jennifer Hudson’s “almost instant” fame that the pair barely spoke. And of course, when Hudson won that Oscar, and Knowles didn’t even get a nod for her efforts, it made things between the two even worse.
Beyonce’s camp were quick to quell the jealousy rumours, so when Hudson’s family were brutally killed recently, no one thought anything of the Pink Panther star’s appearance at the funerals.
But according to “Superstar James” (a close friend of Jennifer’s and the Hudson family), Beyonce wasn’t actually at any of the funerals, and just “accepted credit” for going. In fact, if James is to be believed, the singer-turned-actress hasn’t even reached out to her “supposed” friend, Jennifer, at all.
This is what James had to say about the whole incident:
How evil can someone be?
So i wasnt going to write about this but it is really really bugging me. Especially when people are calling my phone saying how nice it was of Beyonce to come to the funeral and show her support. And i have to sit back and hold everything i wanna say inside. But i cant do it no more. Beyonce did not come to the funeral nor did she call, text, send a card or hell send a damn email. If there are millions of people who are leaving Jennifer and Julia and myself messages and sending there prayers and condelences and these people don’t even know them why couldnt she? Every singer that Jennifer admires and had been a role model for her growing up even until now has called, from Aretha to Shirley Murdock to even present day singers like Chrisette Michelle. And yall know how much Jennifer loves Beyonce and she couldn’t even have her assistant call or nothing. But yet her camp is allowing her to recieve credit for coming to the funeral and being there for Jennifer and her family. Bullshit! This just pisses me off. Once again thanks to everyone who has be there for us. And sorry if i offended any of Beyonce fans by writing this but if i just couldn’t keep sitting back and reading articles and emails and having my phone ring about how nice it was of Beyonce to come out!
There’s been no word from the Beyonce camp as yet, but with bad publicity like that floating around the web, I’m sure they’ll be releasing a statement on “Superstar James’” comments soon.
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