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The last we heard about Common’s love live, he was with Tiffany Haddish. They split sometime in 2021 after dating for about a year, and this is Common’s relationship pattern. He’s not a long-term guy, he’s a confirmed bachelor. In recent months he’s been spotted with Jennifer Hudson. In February they were seen at Nobu in Malibu, and in May they took a walk together in a suburb of Chicago. My guess initially was whatever happened with them has already run its course. When she was asked by TMZ on the street if she was still dating him, she seemed to brush it off and deny that she’d “been on vacation” with Common lately. But then she also said that she would like to do a musical collab with him some day, and that “he’s a beautiful man.” My read on this: if they are dating, she doesn’t want to tell us.

Jennifer Hudson is sending some love Common’s way … saying he’s quite the looker and, at least, strongly hinting all the speculation about them being an item is true.

We got Jennifer leaving Il Pastaio in Bev Hills Monday, and when we let her know the 2 of them make a damn cute couple, she didn’t deny the love connection.

Here’s the thing … sources tell TMZ they’ve been together for months, but when we ask her to confirm, she’s mostly mum about their relationship — but check out the glowing compliment she gives the guy.

As we reported, Jennifer and Common first sparked dating rumors in February when they went to Nobu in Malibu together … and they were spotted hanging out here and there in the months before.

We also got pics of them taking a stroll in a Chicago suburb in May — total relationship vibes.

[From TMZ]

I think Jennifer was pretty annoyed that someone was following her around and asking questions. So she might be coming off a little brusque just because of the situation and I don’t blame her. It must be so strange for people to film you and ask you about some guy you may or may not be seeing when you’re just trying to go to lunch. That’s why at first I got the vibe that she wasn’t with him anymore. But I looked into it, and Jennifer and Common were together in London over the July 4th weekend. Jennifer went to London for the opening weekend of a play she’s producing called A Strange Loop, and in photos of her with the cast, Common’s in the back row. As far as I know, he didn’t have any official business in London, so it seems like he was coming along with her on this business trip. So that probably was the “vacation” the TMZ reporter is referencing. They make a cute couple for sure. I hope Jennifer is having fun and doesn’t get too emotionally invested though. Common is so handsome and charismatic but he’s not truly boyfriend material, I don’t think.

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Last year Tiffany Haddish found herself in an entanglement with hip hop’s most eligible bachelor, the Black George Clooney (before Amal), Common. Tiffany was extra AF when she confirmed back in August 2020 that she and Common were a couple, said she loved him and added that they both had been tested before doing the horizontal. Tiffany seemed more enthusiastic about their relationship than Common, which was a red flag for those of us who have been following Common for years. Two months later, we heard rumors that they had broken up because they unfollowed each other on the Gram. Tiffany denied that a few days later. Maybe there was something to those early rumors because a source told People that the two have recently broken up. The reason given was that they were too busy for a relationship. The source stated that Tiffany and Common are rarely in the same city and therefore couldn’t keep the fires burning. A few highlights from People:

“They are never in the same city together and both of them are just too busy for a serious relationship,” the source says.

Their split comes over a year after Haddish revealed she and Common were dating in an interview with Steve-O on his podcast Steve-O’s Wild Ride in August 2020.

“I am in a relationship,” the Girls Trip star, 41, said before confirming she was dating Common, 49.

“Yeah, we’re twins now,” she joked at the time of their similar shaved heads.

The two met on the set of the 2019 film The Kitchen where they became friends, Haddish told Steve-O.

She added that at the time it “wasn’t anything sexual or anything like that because my eyes were set on something else.”

It was after they went on a virtual Bumble date in April that their relationship blossomed, however. “And then he got tested for everything, I got tested for everything and yeah, we’ve been f—ing,” she said.

[From People]

Listen, when all of this came out I was concerned about how hot and enthusiastic Tiffany was about her budding relationship with Common. Common is a lover and I didn’t expect him to behave any differently with Tiffany than he had with all of the other women he had had relationships with. It was cringey watching Tiffany talk about how she loved Common while Common was saying that he “cared” for her. I knew then that it wouldn’t last long. Women mess up when we think we have magical vaginas and guys will change when WE date them. It has been common knowledge that Common’s (pun intended) past behavior shows that he prefers short term (1-2 years) situationships. If it were me, I would have went into the relationship just for the sex and bragging rights.

A lot of women have been in their feelings all over Twitter about the dissolution of this relationship and I personally don’t understand why. Common has been like this since the late 90s. He is as consistent in his relationship goals as he is with wearing them damn gray sweaters (I said it). No woman should go into a relationship with Common thinking they are going to bag him. Anyways, I am sure the excuse that they are rarely in the same city and don’t have time for each other is convenient. However, we are still in a pandemic and work is just now picking up. I know that Common released a new album in September of this year but his last movie came out early last year, so I am not buying it. But that’s none of my business. I hope, despite my feelings towards Tiffany, that she did not get her heart too involved. I hope the next woman in Common’s life knows that the only purpose of being with Common is to have fun and nothing more.

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