Burger King has offered Jennifer Hudson a lifetime of free food through a special pre-paid burger credit card or something. Hudson was said to have claimed that she didn’t have to thank American Idol because “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 maybe I should thank them, too.” This is undoubtedly a fake quote, as I mentioned yesterday. There’s no source or context attributed to it, and it came out following the story that Hudson told employees at a local Burger King that she used to work there. I doubt she would be so snappish about it, or that she was say “middle teens” like that. It just sounds awkward and I doubt it’s accurate.

The veracity of the quote hasn’t stopped Burger King from trying to get some publicity, though. They’re more than willing to comp Hudson for a lifetime of fatty low-nutrient food as thanks for letting young people know that even Oscar winners are willing to sling hash for them at minimum wage.

Page Six is reporting today that Hudson almost bailed at the last minute on a scheduled show at the Soul Train awards this weekend. Her boss from J Records, Clive Davis, was contacted by the Soul Train producer, and was able to convince her to make the gig.

I’m rather skeptical of Page Six and while it may be true that Hudson tried to get out of singing at the Soul Train awards, which aren’t that prestigious and do feature some colorful characters, she may have had a legitimate reason, we don’t know.

She’s not my favorite person or anything, and she does come off as a little haughty to me, but I don’t know if she deserves all the ire that people are heaping on her just for calling Simon abusive, which he totally was and is.