--- description: Jennifer Hudson said on Late Night with Seth Meyers that her 5-year-old son, David, is a big fan of the late Michael Jackson. title: See which pop star Jennifer Hudson's son idolizes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f1fb9d85b1516de/6986a50c06f2c13f22330e5a/455995900.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jennifer Hudson's Son Idolizes a Pop Star... And It's Not Her by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 24, 2014 12:58 PM CUT  LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS -- Episode 101 -- Pictured: (l-r) Musical guest Jennifer Hudson during an interview with host Seth Meyers on September 23, 2014 -- (Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS -- Episode 101 -- Pictured: (l-r) Musical guest Jennifer Hudson during an interview with host Seth Meyers on September 23, 2014 -- (Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 24, 2014 12:58 PM CUT Jennifer Hudson said on _Late Night with Seth Meyers_ that her 5-year-old son, David, is a big fan of the late Michael Jackson. Hudson showed a cell-phone video clip of her little son dancing like Jackson to “Beat It.” Her son is so taken with Michael Jackson, he even said he liked him more than his own mother. He later took his statement back, Hudson said on the show, and said Michael Jackson was his favorite dancer, and Hudson was his favorite singer. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3425135/jennifer-hudson-seth-meyers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3425135/jennifer-hudson-seth-meyers/"},"headline":"Jennifer Hudson's Son Idolizes a Pop Star... And It's Not Her","datePublished":"2014-09-24T12:58:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:22:50.280Z","description":"Hint: He wears a white glove and a sequin jacket","url":"https://time.com/3425135/jennifer-hudson-seth-meyers/","keywords":["Television","Music","Seth Meyers","Late Night","Pop","michael jackson","Jennifer Hudson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f1fb9d85b1516de/6986a50c06f2c13f22330e5a/455995900.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f1fb9d85b1516de/6986a50c06f2c13f22330e5a/455995900.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 1","caption":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 1","creditText":"NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3425135/jennifer-hudson-seth-meyers/","name":"Jennifer Hudson's Son Idolizes a Pop Star... And It's Not Her"}}]}] ```