Jennifer Hudson was hit in the face with basketball and crashed into a New York Knicks player.
The “Spotlight” singer and “Just Light” actor enjoyed a date night at Madison Square Garden in New York City, watching the home team play against the Golden State Warriors.
In the second quarter, Knicks star Miles McBride set out on a steal attempt alongside the side-job where Hudson, 43, and 52-year-old Common sits.
McBride was able to touch a part of the ball before touching the face of the talk show host.
The 24-year-old point guard also collided with Hudson.
“Protect Jennifer Hudson at any cost!” Sports commentators said they can watch “American Idol” alumni take off their glasses and check them out to see if they've broken.
“Ah, no, not glasses,” the second commentator said. “They look really expensive too.”
Despite the incident, the couple seemed to have a great evening.
Hudson looked casual in blue jeans, a white shirt, a black trench coat and white and black sneakers.
Romance rumors about the “Dream Girls” actress and the “Chee” star began to surface in February 2022 when they were discovered together in Philadelphia and their mutual homeland, Chicago.
The following November, Hudson confirmed that she and Common were officially dating.
“I'm very happy, yes ma'am,” she said. He told Gail King on “CBS Morning” At the time, she added that the situation in her relationship was “more refined than booing.”
When co-host Nate Burleson asked EGOT Winner Whether her romance with the “Come Close” rapper was “entangled,” she replied, “It's definitely not intertwined, that's certainly true.”
In January 2024, Common gushed out about how “happy” she was with her relationship with Hudson when she was a guest on The Jennifer Hudson Show.
“Now we have to get into business, Mr. Common. I'm a host so I have to ask this question. She asked him then.
Common said, “I am in a relationship with one of the most beautiful people I have met in my life. She is clever and loves God. She has something essential about her, she is talented.
“But I set the standard kind of height. She had to win an Oscar in the first film. I set my own stand high. She had to get her own talk show.”
Hudson is Mom to son David Daniel Otonga Jr.15, she shares with her ex-fiance, former WWE star David Otonga.
In terms of commonality, he was previously linked to many A-listers, including Serena Williams, Tiffany Haddish and Taraj P. Henson.
