Jennifer Hudson is opening up about her date night with Common when she got “knocked upside” the head with a basketball. The EGOT winner was […]

Jennifer Hudson recently addressed the viral video of her getting hit with a basketball during a New York Knicks game.

Jennifer Hudson was hit in the face by a stray basketball at a New York Knicks NBA game, with her partner, rapper Common, attempting to deflect the ball with his hand.

“I don’t think Miles McBride is going to be invited on the ‘Jennifer Hudson Show,'” TNT play-by-play man Ian Eagles joked before adding another jab, saying the incident was a “Common foul,” after it seemed the rapper might’ve — or at least came close to — clipping Hudson with an elbow in the failed attempt to save her.

Jennifer Hudson had the “spotlight” on her when an accident at the New York Knicks game interrupted her date night with boyfriend Common.

During Jennifer Hudson and Common’s date night at the New York Knicks game, where they played the Golden State Warriors, the Dreamgirls alum was struck in the face by a flying basketball.

Knicks guard Miles McBride felt so bad about accidentally hitting Jennifer Hudson with a basketball during a game last week, he sent her a heartfelt apology -- and some flowers.

Now, in Thursday’s episode of her eponymous show, Hudson finally let her fans know how she was doing in the days since. Explaining how she was overall OK, she said that thanks t