This was the first time that Jennifer Hudson publicly stepped out to an event since the tragic passing of her mother, brother and nephew. She did a fantastic job singing the National Anthem for the 2009 Super Bowl and it was clearly an emotional time for her.

Being that I am not good emotional situations I will just leave at the fact that she sang a beautiful rendition of the song and looked FIERCE. I am now hunting down that jacket she wore.

Also, NY Daily had this to say of her performance:

“She owned the song like no one has done since Whitney Houston seized it at the 1991 Super Bowl.”

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