Jennifer Hudson has been getting a lot of attention lately for her fued with Simon Cowell. Let me remind you that Simon recorded a special video that was played to Hudson immediately after she left the stage with him singing her praises, and that he expected to see big things from her. All that aside, her snide defense to Cowell’s assumption that she should have thanked him actually did earn herself something.
TMZ.com reports:
Hudson reacted to Simon Cowell’s criticism of her for not thanking “American Idol” in her Oscar speech. She reportedly snapped back, “If I’d been any better at my job when I was at Burger King in my middle teens, I wouldn’t be here either, so should I thank them, too?” Hudson worked at the BK on East 87th and State Street in Chicago. Burger King was her first job at age 16, where she worked with her sister, who claims she sang while working the drive-thru and flipping burgers.
In an exclusive statement to TMZ, Burger King responded to Hudson’s beef, assuring her that no thanks is necessary, and awarded her with BK for life
So now Hudson never has to pay for anything at Burger King. Ever.
Gossip magazines were reporting that shortly after Hudson received her Oscar Nomination she was seen at a BK commenting to the girls behind the counter that she once did their job. She said some encouraging words about dreams etc, then declined a free order of fries because she needed to fit in her dress.
There is your reward. Burger King was the blunt end of that comment and still they shimmied up her leg to offer her a prize. They are the ones thanking HER for mentioning where she came from.
I wonder if she will use it?
