In her most recent interview, Jennifer Hudson chatted with Ellen DeGeneres about everything that's going on with her life. The two hadn't sat down with one another in five years, so many things had happened since then. One of the many things the talk show host wanted to catch up on is Hudson's wedding plans with David Otunga. Her response to the question of what the holdup is on them walking down the aisle was, "I'm not in a rush" and "He ain't going nowhere."
When I saw the interview I said to myself, "Her rep needs to tell people to stop asking her about that because I know she has to be tired about of talking about whether or not they're getting married." And the truth is, since they became engaged in 2008, that's all Hudson and Otunga have spent the last nearly nine years doing -- explaining when they're getting married and why they haven't already. Don't believe me? Take a look at everything she's said about the state of their relationship since they first attempted to take things to the next level.
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Everything Takes Time - 2008
When speaking to MTV soon after her engagement, Hudson said about Otunga and their relationship, "Everything to me takes time," she said. "We talked for a very long time before we got into each other. We got a good chance to know each other and we made really good friends out of it, which led us to this."
We Picked a Date - 2010
When speaking to Life & Style in 2010, Otunga told the magazine, "We've picked a date. And Jennifer has chosen her dress, but she won't tell me much about that, obviously."
Everything Is All Ready to Go - 2010
In 2010, people were already starting to question why the couple hadn't tied the knot after 20 months together. When asked about it by E! News, Hudson told them, "It's coming up. Everything's all ready to go." https://www.instagram.com/p/BQgyDNagkBN/?taken-by=iamjhud&hl=enWe're Busy People - 2011
By the time she did an interview with Access Hollywood in 2011, people were speculating that the couple had broken up. Hudson emphatically stated that just because they hadn't married yet didn't mean they weren't together or weren't going to say "I do." "We're going to get married, and I know they said we had broken up," Hudson said. "We were never broken up. We’re like, 'Where did that come from?' We're still here, but we're very busy people. He's always on the road, I'm always on the road. We are together, we just do it at home in Chicago. That's our meeting place."
Planning Is Tedious - 2012
While sitting with the ladies of The Talk, Hudson made it sound like she was getting to wedding planning, but the actual wedding hadn't happened because it's so much work to put together. "It can get really tedious…I’m coming up with all the creative ideas," she said. "David is more sentimental than I am, so he throws his two cents in too. My dress for instance, it’s like its own show…It has its own production, it really does!"
No, We Didn't Secretly Marry - 2013
By 2013, people were coming up with all sorts of conspiracies to make sense of things. Remember the rumors that they had secretly already tied the knot? "That’s a secret I don’t know nothing about," Hudson told Angie Martinez. "The funny thing is people are like, 'When are you getting married?' then the next day, 'You’re already married?' Then, 'How’s your husband?' It’s like honey ya’ll have married us off anyway, so whats the difference?"
You Don't Have to Understand - 2014
When speaking to Wendy Williams in 2014, that was pretty much the beginning of aggressive questioning about her wedding plans -- and aggressive answers. "Well, the ring is still there and we will get married one day but again, my thing is, once I get married, I don’t believe in divorce," she said. "And so when I get married, it’s for good, OK? We want to be completely sure we’re together and we’re happy." And when Williams said she didn't understand her reasoning, Hudson responded with, "You ain’t gotta understand it."
We Have Plans - 2014
In a chat with E! News in 2014, Hudson acknowledged the fact that she's not moving fast enough for some people when it comes to a wedding date. "We have plans," she said. "I guess it’s just not moving fast enough for other folks. But we got plans and we’re okay with them."
It Will Happen - 2016
While speaking with Essence in 2016, Hudson said that she was actually feeling inspired to get back to wedding planning and having her fairytale nuptials. What inspired her? Attending Ciara's wedding last year. "After being at Ciara's wedding, I'm like, okay," she said. "I don't know, it inspired something. I just loved her dress. It was so beautiful. So that made me say, okay, all [of] my friends and peers are married now. You know what I mean?" When asked if that meant that she and Otunga were ready to finally say "I do," Hudson replied with, "We will. It will happen." https://www.instagram.com/p/BOHN31vANsg/?taken-by=iamjhud&hl=enHe Ain't Going Nowhere - 2017
Before her interview with DeGeneres, Hudson said in January that she's not about to marry Otunga to make other people happy. She isn't here for pressure. She will do it when she's ready. "I mean, I feel like everything is about timing and our timing … He ain’t going nowhere," Hudson said. "You see he’s still there. He can wait. Everyone has married us off anyway and we’re still a family, but there’s no difference." She continued, "I’m a believer [in] you do well and better with what you want to do vs. what you have to do. It’s like, I’m here because I want to be, not because I have to be. As soon as we have to do something, we don’t want to do it no more." Images via WENN and SplashThe post “He Ain’t Going Nowhere”: Everything Jennifer Hudson Has Said About Her Engagement Over The Years appeared first on MadameNoire.