Alright, let’s be real. This relationship is just plain weird. It’s as weird as Jennifer Hudson’s outfits. Seriously, is she trying to be Mary Poppins or is she into some kind of Russian fashion? Nothing matches—not their outfits, not the direction they’re looking in, not even their musical tastes. It’s just… odd.
It looks like Common must have watched our video, because he’s finding out the hard way what it’s like to be in a relationship with Jennifer Hudson. Remember how Jennifer and Common made their relationship public recently? Well, the word on the street is that Common’s wandering eye got the best of him, and he cheated on Jennifer with some mystery woman.
Jennifer wasn’t having any of it. She flipped out on him, tore him to shreds, and dumped him like a hot potato. Yeah, you’re right—take a seat because Jennifer is not letting him off easy.
Common used to say he was in a relationship with one of the most beautiful, smart, God-loving, down-to-earth, and talented women he had ever met. He set his standards high—she had to have an EGOT, win an Oscar with her first movie, and have her own talk show. Yet, even with all that, it seems like Common has been playing around town, despite supposedly being in a committed relationship with Jennifer Hudson.
A lot of people aren’t surprised by this. Given Common’s history with women, it’s not shocking that he’s now being accused of stepping out on Jennifer. Honestly, even Stevie Wonder could have seen this coming from a mile away. Jennifer was all in, but Common? He was just playing the field.
Common Cheating on Jennifer Hudson? That’s Unbelievable!
I have to say, Common stepping out on Jennifer Hudson, an EGOT winner, is just wrong. Cheating on her is insane—she’s one of the most talented women in the world. Common doing her dirty is shocking. He was supposed to love her. She trusted him, and now she’s hurt. No victim shaming here, but fans did warn Jennifer. Even Common’s ex, Tiffany Haddish, tried to show her the kind of person he was. To be fair, Tiffany wasn’t entirely selfless—she was still in love with Common and hated that he’d moved on.
Tiffany didn’t wait for an official confirmation from Jennifer or Common before she started throwing shade. Rumors about them being together came from Queen Latifah, but Tiffany was already feeling hurt. Common knows how to turn on the charm, and Tiffany fell for him quickly. But then he ended things and went back to his ex, Angela Rye.
Tiffany was heartbroken, thinking she had something real. But Common wasn’t on the same page; he didn’t feel for her the way she felt for him. You’d think Tiffany would move on and take her loss gracefully, but no. She waited for Common and Angela’s relationship to fall apart because Common has a reputation for not keeping relationships. It was only a matter of time before things with Angela went south.
Tiffany didn’t have to wait long; Common dumped Angela within weeks. Her patience paid off, and Common came back to Tiffany. She took him back immediately, without any pretense, and fell for him all over again. At first, they tried to keep things private, but when lockdown hit, they quarantined together. Tiffany went live on Instagram with Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade, and Common was seen in the background, confirming they were together.
Before Tiffany, Common had a long list of failed relationships with women like Serena Williams and Taraji P. Henson. None of his exes are particularly friendly with him, especially Erykah Badu. Common reportedly did all of them wrong.
Common and Erykah started dating in 2000 and broke up in 2002. Erykah ended the relationship, and Common didn’t hesitate to talk about it. He said Erykah caught feelings for someone else and dumped him over the phone. He recalled, “She called and said, ‘I don’t want to be in this relationship anymore.’ That was my first love and heartbreak.” He was crushed when it ended, saying, “With Erykah Badu, that was my first love. When we split, I was in a haze, just going through the motions. It was hard to eat. Erykah said, ‘I guess I’ll see you next lifetime.’ No hard feelings.”
Common has a history of broken relationships, and now, cheating on Jennifer Hudson is just another chapter in his saga of heartbreaks.
But Erykah finally had enough of him telling his side of the story and making her look bad. She hinted that there was some infidelity involved in the breakup, saying, “No, infidelity is not a dealbreaker for me. We’re all born sexual beings. I, myself, am not someone with a very high libido. I don’t require intimacy for happiness. I need companionship. I need a partner I can depend on, that I can love and grow with. But I do understand the nature of these men I’ve been with, and men in general. They have the need to chase.”
So, even though he allegedly cheated on Erykah, he tried to spin the narrative of the breakup as her fault and accused her of catching feelings for another man. Talk about being manipulative! Erykah was the one who said, “You better call Tyrone.” So, when I say that this man has a bad rap, I mean it. After he ended things with Angela, he tried to fix his image by saying that he had gone to therapy and was willing to be a better partner and blah blah blah.
“You have a rather famous relationship coach, oh yeah, Michelle Obama. She has definitely helped talk me through just certain moments of relationships. We had conversations, and she has given me a lot of wisdom. But one great thing that she told me as I was going through this journey was that you have to understand you’re not going to get anybody that’s perfect because you’re not perfect. So understand that there are some certain things that you will compromise in choosing that partner. But as long as the core values, the values that are most important to you, that person marks off on that list, then you’re good.”
She gave you some good advice there, some really good wisdom. But that didn’t quite work out because when Tiffany started to get serious with the relationship and talk about how she wanted to be engaged, Common immediately switched up on her, making it clear to the paparazzi that he had no plans to propose.
“I’m going to do what’s good for me and the lady, you know? Right now, all I want is happiness, good times, peace on Earth.”
At this point, we could tell that he had already emotionally checked out of the relationship, but Tiffany didn’t quite get that memo yet. He eventually dumped her like a hot potato. Just like he did with Erykah Badu, he twisted the story a bit so that he didn’t look like the bad guy in the breakup. Instead of saying that he had gotten bored with Tiffany, he tried to play it off as a mutual breakup, saying that they both had busy schedules.
“Once Tiffany and I got back on the move, it really didn’t allow for us to spend as much time and put as much energy into our relationship. I don’t think the love really dispersed. I just think it was just like we weren’t feeding the relationship.”
He was trying to avoid being the villain by all means, but that didn’t work out because Tiffany was not about to be silent about what really happened. She decided to spill her side of the story, revealing that he left her heart in pieces. She didn’t mince words either, saying, “He might be the type of person that never really settles down with somebody. Maybe he’s like, you know, like a bee going from flower to flower to flower. I don’t know. I wish nothing but joy and happiness.” But she didn’t stop there because she has continued to speak on Common ever since then. So when I tell you that she would be the perfect person to tell Jennifer Hudson about the type of person Common is, I was being for real.
Before Common and Jennifer got together, they ran in the same circles in Hollywood. A source who knew them said that they’ve known each other for years. Things took a romantic turn while they were filming in Philadelphia over the summer. When the day shoot wrapped, they’d always find their way to each other’s side. Of course, Jennifer tried to play coy, saying, “People create their own narratives of it. We shot a film together, and he played my husband. We got to eat in between those moments.” But then they were spotted on a date in Malibu after the movie finished filming, and it was harder for them to keep denying it. He even flew to London for the premiere of her musical, A Strange Loop. According to an insider, “There has been speculation for months regarding whether or not they’re together, but the fact that they’ve traveled all the way to London together just shows they’re very much an item. They arrived at the show individually to avoid any commotion, but away from prying eyes, they were very much in each other’s company.”
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Well, they finally went public about their relationship on her show. When Jennifer asked him if he was seeing anyone, he admitted:
“Are you dating anyone?”
“Yes, I am. I’m in a relationship with one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever met. She’s smart, she loves God, and she’s incredibly down-to-earth. She’s talented too, but I set my standards pretty high. She had to have an EGOT. She had to win an Oscar in her first movie. And she had to have her own talk show.”
But then things started to fall apart. Rumors began circulating that the relationship was getting strained. It all kicked off when Tiffany Haddish mentioned she was still hurting over their breakup, even though it had been two years. She said, “It was the healthiest, most fun relationship I’ve ever had. I felt the safest I’ve ever felt. The breakup wasn’t mutual; he told me, ‘I think this relationship has run its course,’ and I was like, ‘Okay, you’re going to be a 50-year-old single man.'”
People started noticing a pattern with Common and began to give Tiffany the side-eye for still talking about a relationship that ended two years ago, especially since he had moved on. It seemed obsessive, and people were tired of hearing about it. But Tiffany was right; Common wasn’t the lover boy he pretended to be. New reports claim Jennifer found out the hard way what kind of person Common is, and their relationship is on shaky ground.
According to reports, Common wants to make things official with Jennifer—settle down, get married, the whole deal. But Jennifer is hesitant because of his sketchy past. She suspects he might have been cheating on her. An insider allegedly said, “After her engagement with David, Jennifer was adamant she would never marry; it just wasn’t in the cards for her. But then Common came into her life and swept her off her feet. He tells Jen, despite his past with many famous women, he’s in this for keeps. But Jen felt that way when she was engaged for nine years, and she doesn’t want to end up with a broken marriage and back at square one.”
For some context, this insider is referring to Jennifer’s failed engagement to wrestler and “I Love New York” contestant David Otunga. Things got toxic. They claimed they were waiting for justice for the murder of Jennifer’s mom, brother, and nephew. They said, “That was hanging over our heads for so long, and now we feel like we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Everything is good now.” But that was obviously an excuse. Fans noticed red flags, like David’s insecurity. Jennifer was rising in Hollywood, becoming more popular, and taking better care of herself. He didn’t like her getting too popular and attractive. He preferred when she was heavier, but then she got so skinny.
Jennifer hinted at this in an interview. When asked, “What does your fiancé think? Does he like the new svelte you?” Jennifer responded, “He’s getting adjusted to it. He’s not into change much, so he fusses at me like, ‘Why do you have to get all dressed up to go out? Why can’t you just go out like you used to?’ And I’m like, ‘I’m a walking billboard, honey.'”
They ended things for good in 2017, and it got messy. Jennifer isn’t one to get involved in drama, but the fact that she was willing to go all out says a lot about what was happening behind the scenes. She claimed David changed when things went south, saying he was a bad partner and father. According to leaked court documents, she accused him of domestic violence, saying he became aggressive and threatened and harassed her both mentally and physically. It didn’t stop there. She accused him of being insanely jealous to the point where his accusations no longer made any sense.
David and his lawyers quickly jumped to his defense, claiming that Jennifer had been cheating on him with many Hollywood men, which they said was why she became so popular. Jennifer denied these allegations, stating that David was the one who cheated on her and that his jealousy over her success led him to use their son as a pawn, trying to get him to spy on her. She added that things escalated when David started sending her frightening messages while she was at the studio, making her so scared she had to call security, fearing he might show up and cause trouble. Thankfully, he didn’t show up at the studio, but Jennifer claimed the situation worsened when she got home. According to her, David was waiting for her and got physical, grabbing their son and dragging her around. It was a messy situation, to say the least.
David, on the other hand, denied these allegations and accused Jennifer of trying to make him look like the bad guy to gain sympathy from fans and the media. His lawyer stated that David “denies each and every allegation Hudson has made against him” and insisted that “at no time did Mr. Otunga physically push Ms. Hudson, as she has alleged.” Jennifer also accused David of trying to mess with her head as a control tactic, mentioning an incident where he allegedly left a gun on the kitchen table to intimidate her. This was particularly traumatic for Jennifer, considering her past experience with gun violence, where she lost her mom, brother, and nephew in one tragic day.
David’s legal team claimed the gun was a fake prop from an audition and that he had told Jennifer this when she saw it, but she still freaked out. Jennifer, however, maintained that it was a deliberate intimidation tactic. David’s lawyers released a statement saying, “Mr. Otunga has never abused or harassed Ms. Hudson or their son,” and it was unfortunate that she would make these false allegations. They added that David looks forward to his day in court and being awarded residential care of their son, accusing Jennifer of trying to gain an unfair advantage in their custody dispute.
The relationship between David and Jennifer was clearly a hot mess, which explains why Jennifer is so cautious in her relationship with Common. After allegedly being cheated on by David, Jennifer is determined not to repeat the same mistakes. Insiders say Jennifer believes Common has a lot of nerve to cheat on her and then propose like nothing happened. Given Common’s reputation for unstable relationships, Jennifer is rightfully wary.
Public opinion is divided. Some people are telling Jennifer to run and be careful, noting Common’s track record. Others support her cautious approach, applauding her for being smart and vigilant.
What do you think about Jennifer and Common’s relationship? Should Jennifer give him another chance, or is she right to be cautious? Share your thoughts in the comments below!