Jennifer Hudson forgives brother-in-law who killed her mother, brother and nephew; says 'it's not his fault'

Happy family: Jennifer looked full of joy as she posed with her mother Darnell, sister Julia and nephew Jason

Jennifer Hudson has spoken out for the first time since her former brother-in-law William Balfour received three life sentences in July to reveal she has forgiven him.
The Oscar-winning actress and singer also said she does not blame him entirely for his actions.
'Yes, because I feel like for the most part it's not his fault.
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'It's how he was brought up. We tried to offer love, but you were so far gone, that you couldn't even see that.
'A lot of things came out, that we didn't even know about, from his upbringing, which is like he never had a chance.
'Had you had the love my mother gave us, or the background that some have, then you would've stood a chance.'


Balfour was sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole, followed by 120 years for other crimes.
She  also said: 'I haven’t been to the grave site since we buried them but now I want to go because I feel like okay, we’ve accomplished things.
'We’ve done this. We got justice for you. I can’t come here empty-handed. I came back with justice being served so now I feel like I deserve to be able to see them.'
And the grieving mother of Julian says she blamed herself for the murders.
She said: 'Of course, how can I not go through the what ifs? Because I married him. If I hadn’t saw what I thought I saw in him.
'And once I did begin to see who he really was, I tried to get out.
'That was his promise: "If you leave me. I’ll kill you. I’ll kill your family first."'
'I left. And he did what he said he would.'
Culled from mailonline.