Jennifer Hudson: 'I do everything for mum'

Jennifer Hudson has said that her family are the inspiration behind everything she does in life.

Appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the singer confessed that she is still coming to terms with the 2008 murders of her mother Darnell Hudson Donerson, brother Jason Hudson and 7-year-old nephew Julian King, and has used music as an outlet to work through the pain of their loss.

"It's such a shocking thing. It's a lot to take in," she explained.

"It's like, 'OK, is this real? Did this really happen?' It's hard to put it in sync with reality."

Hudson continued: "I try to do everything to say, 'OK, will my mother like this? Will she be pleased? Will she be proud of that? How do I know she's happy and she's smiling down at me from heaven?'

"And that's what I try to go by and walk by."