what do you recall when you were a teenager myself or raising one because both it kind of pick one cuz I have a teenager right now okay okay yes so okay well your daughter how ises your daughter uh she's uh asked me not to dul that if people want to know her age then they can ask her themselves that's what she told me was she anything like you when you were a teenager oh yeah well I mean I hope not but I'll never know occasionally she'll tell me stories be like oh I could tell you now Mom I could tell you now you didn't know you know I was like okay it makes sense I had that one coming chicken come home to RSE but you know I I I loved her so much and she loved me but it was so much fun to embarrass her because it was so easy to do at that age and it driving in the car and she just kept saying this same phrase over and over to me and I said that's I'm going to rename you I'm going to legally change your name to God Mom stop I love that that was that's the best response well touche I'm still dining out on this story so she's she's accepted me fully now and appreciates my embarrassment but you see yeah cuz my son he's 14 now and everything I do embarrasses him so will that go away ever even this will embarrass him oh yeah I know like is there any Escape around it at all I don't my inner 14-year-old is still with me okay as you're of inor 14-year-old so right I compassion for the 14-year-olds so you were a teenager in Hollywood do you remember what your first Hollywood party was like I remember the first um coming to Los Angeles for the first film to come out I was 14 years old and uh it's so interesting because I just wore my favorite jeans and my favorite shirt and I braided my hair the night before so it would be wavy and uh and that was it for the Glam Squad for me what kind of party was it well I don't know was Lawrence Olivier was there and he was in the film a little romance and um and um I don't know it just was all I wanted to do was Meet Peter Frampton I heard he was there uhhuh did she get to meet him I did I got a photo with him okay I and years later I found the paparazzo who took the photo and he said here and he pulled it out in a red carpet years later and I was so fulfilled a my inner 14y she had her way good and you to have the photo yes it's it's among my those moments are precious and I love a photo now I want to get into because I love some music too I heard you wanted to be a DJ originally oh that was one of my childhood fantasies didn't we all want to be on the radio and choosing the songs that everybody gets to enjoy I love your DJing here I had a good time we doing good yes I have fun watching the show dancing in my kitchen thank you but uh yeah privately only ever my embarrass my inner 14-year-old um but anyway yeah I you know radio DJ not a not a party DJ that's a whole other kettle of fish uh but you know yeah that that was my fantasy job I don't know did you have a Pursuit at all no I was completely introverted about all that stuff cuz I used to make believe a lot so you know well I made recordings the radio okay they're now they're called mixtapes so I thought one day I was is going to have a great my my girlfriend and I we'd have the microphones and we' do those goofy radio uh commercials yeah that was half the fun ah I love that is anyone in your family musical my mom would sing she's not with me anymore but she was a singer she pursued that and I got to take her to see her hero Sarah vaugh wow at the New Orleans JazzFest in 1985 I'll never forget it have you ever taken any props from the sets before like as a keeps that is that out on me as well well I mean no I don't normally uh theve from my film sets but occasionally I'll look and see what has been chosen that is supposed to be my characters and sometimes it happens late in the game you get to set and I'm so impressed and I thought I wish I'd read half of these books and so I did I I I took a book off the shelf and it was glorious steum of Revolution Within it is good I recommend it and I opened it up and it said to Colleen which is my mother's maiden name and I thought I've I've got to steal this book it was meant and I I wish my mother had read it but anyway I when I got to go to Glorious Dam's 80th birthday I brought the book and asked her to sign it to me so she did and so it says to Colleen as if it were my mother but it wasn't uh some other random person also named Colleen but she said and now to Diane also so it was full circle she she she played she played along maybe it was from your mother and it was meant for you to have yes I think so it's lovely it's healing if you like this video smash that like button and subscribe to the Jennifer Hudson Show YouTube channel check your local listings or visit Jennifer Hudson show.com to see when you can watch four episodes in your area and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter