Jennifer Hudson practiced singing at funerals

Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson was so desperate to find an audience when she was younger she regularly performed at funerals.

According to Daily Mirror, the 25-year-old former American Idol contestant loved singing and jumped at the chance to perform whenever an opportunity was available.

She explains, "I've done a lot of weddings and talent shows, but I became the funeral singer. My family has the Hudson Funeral Home and I would go and sing for the different funerals, so the people started to think I was an employee of the funeral home.

"The people would be like, 'That's the funeral singer!' And I'm like, 'No, it's just that everyone keeps dying that I know and I'm just singing at their funeral!'"

Publication date: 21 December 2006

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