Jennifer Hudson is releasing a new memoir called I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, detailing her weight loss of 80 pounds, but she also talks the movie roles she’s turned down, including the lead role in Precious.
Here’s an excerpt via Uptown Magazine:
Around the time when Hudson was wrapping up her run of appearances and award shows for Academy Award-winning Dreamgirls, she was asked to play the lead role by director Lee Daniels. But the thought of packing on the pounds was unattractive to the Oscar winner.
“I had done that with Effie… and as much as I was moved by this film. I wanted to try a role that had nothing whatsoever to do with my weight.”
Here’s how Amazon.com describes her book:
A personal and inspirational memoir from Grammy and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, focused on her amazing transformation as she embraced a healthy lifestyle and lost over eighty pounds.
Soulful and sultry, Jennifer Hudson wowed the world with her powerful voice in American Idol‘s third season, and then took Hollywood by storm with a star turn in Dreamgirls that won her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. But before we knew her as an American Idol standout, Jennifer was singing in her church choir in the Southside of Chicago. This uplifting memoir tells the story of Jennifer’s meteoric rise from American Idol toDreamgirls to her amazing weight loss on the megablockbuster Weight Watchers diet plan. With the Weight Watchers brand endorsing her, Jennifer gives her fans tips for embracing a healthy lifestyle in order to lose weight and reclaim their bodies.
Full of stories from her American Idol days, her experience acting in Dreamgirls, and how her son inspired her to want to live healthfully, this book is a gift for her millions of fans and an inspiration for anyone struggling with weight issues.
I Got This hits shelves January 10, 2012 and published by Dutton Books.
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