Jennifer Hudson is engaged to her boyfriend, David Otunga, also known as ‘Punk’ from the VH1 reality show, I Love New York.

Hudson’s publicist confirmed the news.  “I can confirm that Jennifer got engaged to her boyfriend David on Friday night in L.A.”

Otunga proposed with a Neil Lane diamond ring on September 12th, her 27th birthday.

They are both from the Chicago area and have been dating less than a year.