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Husdon breaks silence about family tragedy

Jennifer Hudson - family tragedy
Jennifer Hudson - family tragedy

Jennifer Hudson has spoken publicly for the first time about the murders of three of her family members.

Her mother, Darnell Hudson Donerson, 57, brother, Jason Hudson, 27, and nephew Julian, 7, were killed in October 2008.

In a ‘VH1's Behind the Music’ special, the 28-year-old recounted her feelings on the days surrounding the tragedy.

"It's all a blur, it was surreal. It was like I was outside of myself,” she said.

"For almost two weeks straight... (I was) inside one room with just family and friends coming in and out.

"I prayed when I'd get up in the morning and prayed before I laid down at night."

All three were shot to death and William Balfour, the estranged husband of Hudson's sister Julia, was charged with the murders.

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