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Jennifer Hudson celebrates her son David’s 15th birthday with a rare photo

Jennifer Hudson celebrates her son David’s 15th birthday with a rare photo

Jennifer Hudson showers her son with love on his birthday.

The EGOT winner, 42, shared a rare photo of her son David Daniel Otunga Jr. on Saturday, August 10, to mark his 15th birthday.

“Team Jhud can you help me wish my child @doj10 a very happy blessed 15th birthday!” she began her caption. “I can’t believe I have a 15 year old! God is good! Happy birthday my baby!!!!”

Hudson, who largely kept her son out of the spotlight during his childhood, has son David with her ex-fiancé, former WWE star David Otunga.

Ahead of David’s birthday, the mother-son duo attended a Chicago White Sox game on Friday, August 9, where Hudson threw out the first pitch. The Chicago native’s appearance celebrated the return of her talk show The Jennifer Hudson Showwhich is coming back this fall.

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She and David also took a fun photo with the White Sox mascot, Southpaw.

Although the Dream girl Although the actress doesn’t talk about David often, she celebrates important moments in life, such as birthdays and graduations.

For her son’s 13th birthday in 2022, Hudson celebrated with a race car party on an indoor race track. “I officially have a teenager !!!! Wow !!!!!!,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “Turn it up my baby !!!! I will celebrate you forever !!!!”

Jennifer Hudson and her son David.

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When David was born in 2009, Hudson told PEOPLE that he was already interested in music at one month old.

“He already seems to be very interested in music. He had a fit the other day and when someone turned on the music he just stopped and calmed down. And I was the same way as a baby,” she said at the time.

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Hudson also joked that she would try to harmonize with her son when he cried.

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