Tiffany "New York" Pollard-"Jennifer Hudson's fiance is her Al Reynolds"

**Moongirl** · October 10th, 2008, 06:55 PM

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Tiffany Pollard slams Jennifer Hudson and fiance David Otunga

By John Bracchitta, 10/10/2008

Tiffany Pollard is showing off her "New York" attitude.

The I Love New York star has given a verbal lashing to former second-season suitor David Otunga and third-season American Idol finalist Jennifer Hudson, his new wife-to-be.

"He's really loving being Mr. Jennifer Hudson. I think he's loving the lavish things she brings to his life, he's seeing the world due to Jennifer's success," Pollard told In Touch Weekly in a Wednesday report. "[But] can you love this person if they lose all of this tomorrow? [Hudson] needs to find out. I just hope people are marrying each other for the right reasons."

Pollard went on to take an apparent not-so-subtle shot at Hudson's weight when speaking of her experiences with Otunga, a Harvard Law School graduate that Pollard called "Punk" while he competed on I Love New York's second season in 2007.

"When we were in Miami together, he didn't even try anything [on me]!" she told In Touch. "Maybe I wasn't his type, maybe I wasn't big enough for him."

Pollard was also openly skeptical about the couple's future.

"It's a mixed match, it won't work," she told In Touch. "He'll be in her shadow like Al Reynolds was to Star Jones, like Stedman Graham is to Oprah."

After making it to the show's penultimate episode, Otunga finished as I Love New York 2's second runner-up. During his elimination, Pollard cited a lack of passion in their relationship as one of her reasons for sending Otunga home.

Soon after his ouster from the show, Otunga met Hudson, who finished seventh in the third season of American Idol and won the best supporting actress Oscar award for the performance in Dreamgirls in 2007.

Otunga and Hudson, who have been dating for less than a year, both are natives of Chicago. Otunga proposed to Hudson in September. Prior to Otunga, Hudson had dated childhood acquaintance James Payton for eight years and been the subject of unconfirmed engagement rumors.

Earlier this week, Hudson's self-titled debut album debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 album sales chart, selling 217,000 units during its initial week of release.

**Laurent** · October 10th, 2008, 07:14 PM

"Maybe I wasn't his type, maybe I wasn't big enough for him."

**AllieCat** · October 10th, 2008, 07:16 PM

Is she insinuating that he's gay?

**Trixie** · October 10th, 2008, 08:07 PM

Meeeeeeeeeooooow.

But it's not like she's the first to notice the Al Reynolds similarities.

**tictac** · October 10th, 2008, 10:43 PM

Punk was my favorite. He was fine as hell!

*DIVA! · October 10th, 2008, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by tictac

Punk was my favorite. He was fine as hell!

Seriously?

**kingcap72** · October 11th, 2008, 12:04 AM

"It's a mixed match, it won't work," she told In Touch. "He'll be in her shadow like Al Reynolds was to Star Jones, like Stedman Graham is to Oprah

And New York's in EVERYBODY's shadow.

**maryk** · October 11th, 2008, 11:27 AM

she's such a witch. If Punk WERE into men why wasn't he all over New York and her mom? Mrs. Patterson is quite mannish.

**nycgirl** · October 11th, 2008, 01:18 PM

I have to admit I thought Punk was kind of hot too (but then again that's only in comparison to the rest of the losers on that show)... he was actually pretty smart and well spoken. He always seemed kind of out of place on a reality show.

**Novice** · October 11th, 2008, 01:45 PM

Wow! She really took that "he didn't do anything or even try anything" really hard didn't she?

**RevellingInSane** · October 11th, 2008, 05:16 PM

WTF! This guy isn't even enough to turn my head. He made my gaydar sing YMCA.

In his defense, if he were gay, he would have tried to get some of New York.