Amber Riley and also Jennifer Hudson on The Jennifer Hudson Show Courtesy Photo
Jennifer Hudson and also Amber Riley are bonding over their common experience of starring in Dreamgirls.
On the Monday (Dec 5) episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show, the Glee celebrity and also the EGOT champion adhered over both having fun Effie White in the music and also its motion picture music performance, and also offered the target market present a preference of their singing expertise by duetting on the overblown track “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” initially done by Jennifer Holliday.
During both’s sit-down, Hudson– that starred as Effie in 2006’s Dreamgirls motion picture and also won an Oscar for finest sustaining starlet– exposed that she “made it a point” to see Riley throughout the 2016 run of the use London’s West End.
“Playing Effie and you know that — I’m sure you became very close to that character like I [did]. Having her story be this gift and not being able to be out in the front, and I felt that,” the Glee starlet claimed, including that “Doing things like The Masked Singer, Dancing With the Stars, I get to triumph, be triumphant for those stories. I get to be the winner for those stories and it’s just full-circle for me.”
Following their conversation, Hudson and also Riley offered an online performance of “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” belting the tune’s countless high notes effortlessly.
“And I am tellin’ you I’m not goin’/ You’re best man I’ve ever known/ There’s no way I can ever go/ No, no, there’s no way/ No, no, no, no, way,” both took turns vocal singing. “I’m not livin’ without you/ I’m not livin’ without you/ I don’t wanna be free/ I’m stayin’, I’m stayin’/ And you, and you/ You’re gonna love me.”
Watch Hudson and also Riley’s efficiency in the video clip listed below.
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