American Idol alum Jennifer Hudson put in a surprise
performance Sunday during MTV's Video Music Awards, joining
Seattle-based duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis during their live
performance of the gay marriage anthem Same Love.
While it was known that feature vocalist Mary Lambert would be
sharing the stage with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Hudson's part
wasn't.
As Macklemore rapped, Hudson appeared from behind to sing the
song's chorus performed on the single by Lambert: “And I can't
change; even if I tried; even if I wanted to; my love she keeps me
warm.”
Slowly Lambert made her way to the stage's forefront and took
Hudson's hand.
“I'm not crying on Sundays,” they each belted out, a melodic
hook Lambert earlier explained was a reference to her difficulty in
reconciling being gay and Christian. (The video is embedded on this
page.)
The video for Same Love also won the VMA for Best Video
with a Social Message. (Watch
the video in our video library.)
(Related: Macklemore
says gay rights are human rights in accepting VMA award.)
Lambert earlier this week debuted the video to She Keeps Me
Warm, which she described as “the other side of the Same
Love story.” (Watch
the video in our video library.)