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Jennifer Hudson’s Marrying This?

September 14, 2008
Evil Beet
David Otunga, Jennifer Hudson
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Meet David Otunga, who successfully proposed to Jennifer Hudson on Friday night, her rep confirmed. They’ve been dating for less than a year.

Now, he’s not terrible looking — a little bit of a creep factor, but it could just be a bad picture — and he graduated from Harvard Law, so he’s not a dummy and he certainly has earning potential, but he’s also the same guy who was known as Punk on I Love New York 2.

I don’t have a whole lot of deal-breakers in my dating rulebook, but I’d be pretty wary of going out with a guy who appeared on any ultra-trashy reality dating show. I would be doubly wary of anyone who appeared on that show’s follow-up season.

It’s funny, because if I just heard Jennifer was marrying this buff dude with a Harvard Law degree, I’d be like, “Score, Jen! Totes jealous!” But add in that he appeared on I Love New York 2?

It’s like if someone said, “Listen, Beet. I have the perfect guy for you. He’s tall, he’s hot, he’s buff, he’s smart, he’s loaded, he’s funny, he’s sweet, he’s just amazing!”

I’d be like, “Woah, sounds great, when do I meet him?”

And then they were like, “Well, here’s the catch — and you just let me know if this is a deal-breaker, okay? — he died two months ago. But other than that? He’s ideal. What do you say?”

See, sometimes all it takes is one little piece of information to ruin an otherwise perfect guy.

Congrats, Jen, I guess.

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  • “Well, here’s the catch — and you just let me know if this is a deal-breaker, okay? — he died two months ago. But other than that? He’s ideal. What do you say?”

    LOL!! That made me literally lol.
    I’m a constant follower of your site’s updates and this is my first time leaving a comment. You’ve a fantastic sense of humour Beet- should definitely consider writing a book sometime! :-)

    xoxo Sarah

  • BLECH! You are so right…his turn on “I Love New York 2” negates anything spectacular that he’s done. Oh and mireee is correct. He looks uber-gay. Hudson needs to have a pow-wow with Jones (Star.) I think I’ll go to bed now.

    (Also, Lehman filed Chapter 11 this morning…….sweet dreams America.)

  • I don’t get the analogy.. not getting to date someone because he died, and judging another because he was on a reality show? i don’t think a bad tv show =’s bad person..?

  • Oh, no. I watched him on ILNY…He was actually such a super nice guy on the show and the one that you’re saying the entire time “Why the fuck are you on here???”
    But yeah. I’d be kinda grossed out if I were JH knowing that he at some point had any type of physical contact with New York, real or not.
    And that is a bad pic of him. He wasn’t the most attractive, but his hair never looked….like that.

  • Can I make a rule? Well, I’m going to anyway. NO ONE is allowed to get engaged after less than a year. There is no reason for it.

  • Hey, I’m in my sixth year of marriage to an AMAZING man that I married after dating five months. When you know, you know, I say.

    As for Jen’s man…I see a man boob! He needs a bro (Seinfeld). It’s like…man boob/fat roll…why pose like that? C’mon!!

  • Noticed the moob right away, myself. Eww! I hope they will be happy…

    I married my husband after knowing him less than a year…. It’s 12 1/2 years later… I agree w/Erin. When you know, you know.

  • What’s the rush? It’s sad to see how quickly these relationships fall apart.

    Even sadder is the breakup process often results in a period of bad press that lasts longer than the relationship…

  • Jennifer:

    Think hard. Star Jones. Terry MacMillian.

    What the word ‘punk’ is nice for?

    Are you getting this? AIDS IS REAL!

  • Beet, you got it all wrong here. I saw him on I Love New York 2, and he was really sweet and intelligent, and actually seemed like a normal guy, instead of a fame whore. If you watch some clips of the show you’ll see what I mean.

  • Um…maybe it’s just a lousy picture. He’s probably be pretty attractive if he washed his hair and lost the ridiculous goatee-thing.

  • I can’t believe it i didn’t know about them. I remember him from that show. He looks real nice but sounds real gay!

  • some of you don’ know what you talking about i think from the ILNY show he seem like a nice guy not{gay}i think he is fineeeeeeee i wish he ask me to married him and why are some of the guy in here saying he look gay you sure you are not the one are gay because it take one to know one all i have to say to jennifer follow your heart and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise

  • LOOK JEN YOU HAVE PUT THE BIG GIRLS BACK ON THE MAP!!!!!!!!!!!

    BABY YOU DESERVE SO MUCH MORE HE JUST WANTS TO BE A STAR AND

    IS WILLING TO USE YOU TO GET THERE. IF TIFFANY AKA “NEW YORK”

    TOOK TAYLOR MADE OVER PUNK SHOULD LEAVE YOU THINKING. YOU

    DON’T NEED NEW YORK SLOPPY SECONDS.
    CHOOSE TAYLOR

    MADE OVER PUNK

  • WHAT I MEANT WAS YOU DON’T NEED NEW YORKS SLOPPY SECOND.

    PUNK WAS HIS NICK NAME. HE IS AS GAY AS A THREE DOLLAR BILL.

  • Allison,

    He is gay. Take the blinders off. Are you not aware of what Star Jones has gone through when she married her gay boyfriend?

  • If you are going to marry him take a little longer to get to know him and yourself in this relationship. If you go in go slowly, slowly, slowly. If your’re gonna get out get out quick.

  • Jen know one can tell you who to love. But! listen to what people are thinking and saying. Remember, something that smells like roses aren’t roses, meaning all of them can be wrong. Take time and know the one you’re with. Young lady you were made for great things. Not to be walked on played with laugh at or disrespected.
    Date him for awhile at least two years or…………get to really know him and what he is about, before you say “I do”. He is looking for fame as a lot of men do, possible not caring who it may hurt. You are just to beautiful to except just anyone, girl go for the gusto!

  • Jen know one can tell you who to love. But! listen to what people are thinking and saying. Remember, something that smells like roses aren’t roses, meaning all of them can be wrong. Take time and know the one you’re with. Young lady you were made for great things. Not to be walked on played with laugh at or disrespected.
    Date him for awhile at least two years or…………get to really know him and what he is about, before you say “I do”You are just to beautiful to except just anyone, girl go for the gusto!

  • Oh, my God he is as gay as the day is long…..All that you have worked for is going to be taken away. It always happens when we make the wrong decisions. You are so much better than that….if his history of dating women is ILNY, girl run!! But I do understand the hots, but he definitely is NOT who you need to be marrying or even dating. You’ll always be wondering why the men are flocking and lookin’….it won’t be to you, but to that sweet thang on your arm….

  • Don`t do it….YTou will regret it…. You should have marry that otherr guy you were with…..Stay single…..Until you met you a real man…

  • JENNIFER YOU ARE A BBW WITH AN AMAZING VOICE. GIRL FROM ONE BBW TO ANOTHER THIS DUDE IS 99.99999% GAY. I’VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 9 YRS AND MY HUBBY IS 100% MAN. JUST TEST HIM IN VARIOUS WAYS. TALK TO YOUR GIRLFRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS GET THEIR INPUTS. GOOD LUCK GIRL…….. DON’T LET THE MUSCLES FOOL YA!!!!!!!

  • As much as I would love to say congratulation’s are the first thing in order,
    My brown eyed sister, the only think I want you to make sure your attorney does is get you a PRE-nup, and that’s all I want you to promise yourself and your fans. Handle your business gurl…….and yes, he’s fine I watched him. He’ sweet.

    GET THE PRENUP ANYWAY!!!

  • well, well she taking out the trash. why would she even want to marry what was on tv acting like a jack*** for some one love who still not want him. his family look crazy as hell. boy what a wedding to see soon.

  • OMG, when ILNY was on I FELL IN LOVE with this man!!! I don’t care what ANYBODY say’s about him, he DOES NOT look GAY, he was EXTREMELY polite, Not Groping all over nasty ass New York. I think the man went on there TRYING to find love, o.k. so it was N.Y (yuck) but you could tell we was SINCERE! and as N.Y said, “when we were in Miami, he never made a move on me” Hmmm maybe cuz she is a trampy azz, washed up, ghetto azz HOOD RAT???? Ya think??
    YOU GO Jen! And if you decide YOU don’t want him…..send his FINE AZZ MY WAY!!!! Man Boob or NOT! I think he’s so so sexy!!!!

  • Why are you guys hatin I saw him on ILNY and he was really sweet. Just because he is a sweet guy doesn’t automatically make him gay. I also want to say sorry for your loss Jen, its real sad when you lose a loved one let a lone two.

  • This marriage will not last. It sounds put together. Definitely not a marriage of love. I hope Jennifer learns how to respect and love other people more. From i have read about her, seems she is very disrespectful and ungrateful. She is a phony too.

  • jen are you crazzy and foolish hes going to use you

    to get fame and money from your sucessfull career

    please don”t be a dumb fool.

  • Yes he is MIGHTY CUTE, I hope this relationship is staged he is so down to earth if only he and Jennifer would do a show like Bobby and Whitney Houston that would have the whole world watching. I’ve read about her
    (i’m sitting on top of the world attitude). I think she needed Mr Otunga to
    motivate her to lose weight Hollywood got it all figured out. David please stay single i know u dont need jennifer for her money the whole world knows your name now, dang WWE y he wanna get thrown around like that i never watch wrestling b 4 i sure as heck will b watching it now, just like she dropped her longtime boyfriend (she will do the same to him) that is if she did, y is Mr James Peyton not speaking out about all this did she pay him money to keep quiet. If not for Mr Otunga, Jennifer hudson would not be so popular. To get over what she has lost is really gone take her to have a heart of stone did u sign on the dotted line with your blood Jennifer? no matter I LOVE U an hope the best 4 U. GOD somebody CLONE him. David Otunga that is. lol

  • I understand some people might not like David aka “Punk”. I just find myself wanting to know how many of you actually watched the whole show? It’s a bad picture you have there. David really isn’t fat. If you watched I Love New York 2 you would know he is very muscular. Number 2 he doesn’t need Jen’s fame or money…. He has a job of his own and is very capable of taking care of himself. He is nothing like K-fed as I saw someone previously compare the two. I do not believe David made Jennifer popular either…. She was around for a while and is a gorgeous person. Instead of constantly hating and tearing someone down. Why don’t we just say Congrats Jen & David… Then just leave it at that. I happen to have watched both seasons of I Love New York and I happen to think David is a decent man. He treated Tiffany well and most likely he treats Jen well. As for saying how long proposals should wait before being asked…. When you know you want to spend the rest of your life with someone you just know. Some of the longest lasting marriages I know are from people who were engaged in under a year of knowing each other. Besides why do we care…. if it doesn’t last it’s only hurting them. It’s not our business.

  • People have to do what they think is right for them at the time. As outsiders, we cannot dictate what Ms. Hudson does. However, I would advise her to get an attorney to write up her prenuptial agreement and also make sure if Mr. Otunga is her manager, that she gets another attorney to read any contracts BEFORE she signs.

    (If I were her best girlfriend or a family member, I would tell her run for the hills. If this guy is an attorney, why on earth would he stoop to be on a reality show as mindless and as silly as “I love New York”. This tells me this person wants to be in showbiz at any cost. ILNY, like the Flavor of Love from which it was spawned, was ridiculous and insulting to anyone of any intelligence. Mr. Otunga is looking for a ride into the big times on someone’s coat tails. I can’t see this union lasting more than a couple of years. We will revisit then.)

  • What ever. I am so sick and tired of people talking about David Otunga and Jennifer Hudson. Not any of you knows them personally, so why are you all up in their business. And he does not look gay. People are so quick to call someone gay, because of the way they look. Get a life and mind your business. I am pretty sure Jennifer Hudson can take care of herself, she’s a grown woman and knows who she wants to date. MIND YOUR BUSINESS!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Tiffany is a hater. David has not said anything bad about you. Jealousy is all over you, and your trashy unclass tale ware it well. This couple do not need your blessing, you don;t even matter now nor back then. David has gone from ashy to classy. For real though he never wanted you from the start. David went on the show for the experience. I heard you tried to sex him, and he rejected you. I am just going to say this you are making youself look like an ass. David and Jennifer is going to get married, and they are perfect for each other. A match made in heaven. God is all up in it through and through. So by-by my hater.