Jennifer Hudson Defends Her Twitter Tirade

Update-Earlier today Jennifer Hudson went on a tirade, an aggressive one at that, on a an inquisitive Twitter follower.

Here what happened earlier,

The argument began innocently enough as Hudson embarked on a playful Q&A exchange with twitter followers. It didn’t take long for Jennifer to loose her cool when one follower got under her skin by berating her with questions regarding her possibly using liposuction to reach her size 0 frame while also questioning if her fiancé, David Otunga, is gay.

User1984Lips4daze began the exchange by asking;

“Did you get Surgery to assist in your weight loss ? Or is it all Weight watchers?”

Jennifer responded;

“Pls don’t ask me no more dumb ass questions . If u try ww u would know u don’t need any assistance . U people r so brain wash.”

And the battle royal ensued…here are a few snippets of the volatile exchange…

User1984Lips4daze posted;

“Bitch you have crows feet, laugh lines, your knees knocked, and on the Essence cover you had stretch marks. Do you really?”

She continued by adding;

“Your last cd hit six feet so the only way your getting paid is to starve and rotate them tired ass WW commercials… Your husband is gay, everybody knows but your blind ass. But you can’t see that because your starving ass is going nuts.”

After Hudson previously tweeted;

“Lol u funny! Thank u for your hate n clearly the gym ain’t working for u cuz u look a mess.”

Jennifer showed she was not that far removed from Chicago’s Southside by responding;

“Watch what u say cuz I might have to buy a plane/flight n come show u some of my southside n then come back home to where…your not!”

Update – Jennifer responded when she stopped at the Morning Riot show in Chicago:
“I don’t know why, but somewhere along this weight loss people forgot that I am from Chicago. But it’s not even that. It’s to me…it’s when you know it’s me on there. I literally sit and I talk to my fans all the time, so you know it’s me and you know you’re talking to me. And I feel as though, don’t say nothing to me on Twitter that you not gonna say to my face. I don’t know, somewhere along the lines, people think they can talk to celebrities any kind of way…we are people, too. Just the same as you want your respect we want ours.

It’s not just what you say but how you say it, so excuse me guys, I lost my celebrity religion for a second, give me a second and I’ll be right back.”

So the host decided to inquire anyway about the weight loss and Jennifer Hudson set the record straight:
Oh, my God if somebody asks me that question one more time. ‘Can you give me your secret?’ Every time that commercial comes on I’m giving you the secret and it will work for you, if you try it. I give you the website, the phone number; I can’t tell you no more that ‘Weight Watchers’ work, it really does. Also, it can be done naturally and that’s another reason why I got frustrated is because I’m out here trying to put out a positive message. I know I’ve done this naturally; I do not appreciate you undoing what I’ve done and trying to make it negative.

Did Jennifer overreact?

 

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