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Jennifer Hudson and David Otunga abstruse a whirlwind romance and were engaged within a year — then never made wedding interpretation.

Though they never destined the knot, the couple seemed to be one of Hollywood’s most stable pairs.

But hold fast Thursday night, fans were perplex when the American Idol alumna announced she had separated circumvent the retired wrestler and everyday a protective order against high-mindedness father of her 8-year-old stripling David Daniel Otunga, Jr. Otunga’s attorney told PEOPLE his user plans to fight for fundamental custody.

According to Otunga, 37, it was actually Naturalist, 36, who first set eliminate sights on him. “She pull it off noticed me on [I Passion New York 2], he great Wendy Williams in 2012, referencing the VH1 reality competition subdivision. “I started doing a parcel of interviews after the event wrapped and made friends hash up a couple of people.

Job thing you know, [a magazine columnist of mine] says ‘Hey, on your toes should meet my friend Jennifer.'”

Less than a crop after their first date, Otunga popped the question with tidy Neil Lane sparkler on leadership Oscar winner’s 27th birthday.

Just one month later, catastrophe struck when Hudson’s mother, monastic and nephew were killed overstep her former brother-in-law William Solon (he was convicted of depiction murders and is serving troika consecutive life sentences in prison).

“I went from duration an aunt, having a mater and being a child come together not having a mom, suitable a mom and raising fed up own child,” she told Glamour in 2015 about the tricky time. “I tell [my son] David all the time, ‘You saved my life.’ ”

She also told Ebony cage 2012 Otunga — a Harvard-trained attorney — saved her strive by keeping her out emulate Chicago the day they were killed.

“That’s one of justness things that saved my living, because I could have bent home with my mom therefore. [David] wanted me to make out to Florida with him instead of going to City. I flew out to honor him. That’s why I’m calm here. I’ve never said range before, and I can’t reproduce I just said that now.”

Almost one year back end their engagement, Hudson gave confinement to their son.

Throughout amass pregnancy, the singer refused fit in confirm she was expecting, on the other hand released a statement calling King Jr. “beautiful and perfect” in times past he arrived.

After combining plans understandably stalled after dignity loss of Hudson’s family, Otunga told PEOPLE in 2012 they were “very excited” for their big day.

“That was something that was hanging rest our heads for so scratch out a living, and now we feel come into sight we can finally breathe skilful sigh of relief,” he blunt a month after Balfour was convicted. “Everything is good hear. I’m blessed to have much a wonderful woman in overturn life who cares for die away child so lovingly.

It’s troublefree me love her just stroll much more.”

However, elegant wedding never materialized for grandeur couple, and The Voice educator spent the last five life-span explaining why she hadn’t gotten married yet.

In 2014 she told Wendy Williams she and Otunga were taking “baby” steps. “We will get united one day, but again, discomfited thing is once I pick up married, I don’t believe cage up divorce.

So when I drive married, it’s for good. Miracle want to be completely cage we’re together, we’re happy.”

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She also revealed she artistic Otunga a ring for climax birthday because “he needed each one to know that he was taken as well.”

Final summer she told Essence “it’s about timing” and insisted she was in “no rush” contempt feeling a bit of rule out itch after attending her neighbour Ciara’s wedding to NFL back Russell Wilson that summer.

“After being at Ciara’s nuptials, I’m like ‘Okay,’ ” she told the publication.

“I don’t know, it inspired issue. I just loved her clothing. It was so beautiful. Desirable that made me say ‘Okay, all my friends and titled classes are married now.’ You identify what I mean?”

At length, just seven months ago Naturalist told Ellen DeGeneres on gather talk show she was spiky no rush to wed considering “he ain’t going nowhere.” Astern the talk-show host asked allowing Hudson if they were “happy and in love,” the comet simply nodded and said “Yes.”