The pair confirmed their relationship in January 2024 after they first sparked dating rumors in August 2022
may have caught his girlfriend off guard with his recent comments about marriage.
After the rapper, 52, spoke about the idea of tying the knot with Hudson, 43, in an interview over the summer, the EGOT holder confronted him in front of an audience on the Oct. 3 episode of .
During a July interview with , Common spoke candidly about his “really healthy and beautiful relationship” with Hudson, telling the radio program, “If I’m going to get married, it’s to her.”
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He appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Show alongside Pete Rock to promote their recent album, The Auditorium Vol. 1, and the talk show host took the moment as an opportunity to ask about his marriage comments.
“I heard you’ve been even out there talking about marriage,” said Hudson. “What’s that about? I just happened to notice that.”
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Common stuck true to his word. “You know what, you told me a quote that your mother said, ‘A man knows what he wants,’” he responded. “I was saying my true feelings about, listen, Jennifer is the person.”
The “Glory” musician added, “If I should be married, it will be to Jennifer Kate Hudson. I was just being honest.”
After sparking dating rumors in August 2022, the pair confirmed their relationship during an episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show in January.
Elsewhere during Common’s Oct. 3 appearance on the show, he presented Hudson with a couple gifts. “Jennifer like gifts,” said the artist. “She got a different love language, but she like gifts.”
Of her boyfriend’s love language, Hudson replied, “He like affirmations and words and things like that.”
The first gift was a hummingbird-shaped piece of jewelry, which she loved. “I feel like it’s still my birthday,” said the American Idol alum, who celebrated her latest trip around the sun on Sept. 12.
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Finally, Common gave her a blanket embroidered with Hudson’s upcoming holiday album title,
Elated by the present, she revealed of the upcoming festive project, “You helped me name it. He helped me name my album.”
Common and Pete Rock’s The Auditorium Vol. 1 is out now, while Hudson’s The Gift of Love comes out Oct. 18. Her boyfriend will feature on the original song, “Almost Christmas.”
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