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     *A press junket for “Dreamgirls” was held in New York over the weekend and star Beyonce spent a good part of it answering questions about her supposed feud with co-star Jennifer Hudson.

      The rumors are rooted in a story at MediaTakeOut.com, which quoted a source claiming that Beyonce’s mother and father gave Hudson the cold shoulder during an early screening of the movie, and later called director Bill Condon to complain that Beyonce was being overshadowed by the “American Idol” finalist.

      On Saturday Beyonce told EUR and other media outlets that  she has no ill-will toward Hudson, who plays the meatier role of Effie White in the film. 

      "I knew that the character that I played wasn't the star," Beyonce said of her role as Deena. "She wasn't the underdog. She didn't have the struggle and the pain and the dramatic scenes that Effie had, and I was fine with that."

      Beyonce said that taking the lesser role of Deena was all about establishing herself as a dramatic actress.     

      "I'm already a star. I already have nine Grammys. Everyone knows I can sing," she told People. "I did this because I wanted people to know that I can act and I can play someone so different from myself."      

      Directly addressing the rumors of jealousy towards Hudson, Bey said: "It's really unfortunate that everyone is saying I'm jealous of Jennifer. It hurts my heart because it's so clichéd. … They're saying that I'm mad when I knew going into this that I was playing Deena. Because I'm a star they just automatically assume that I'm not humble enough to sit down and take a back seat, which I am."      

      "Jennifer Hudson had such a pressure, first of all, never being in a film and never have done an album and still having to live up to those expectations," Beyonce continued. "She did incredible."

      Be sure to read Morris O'Kelly's very interesting take on the movie "Dreamgirls" and check out photos from the movie's New York City premiere Monday night in Nikky Dorsett's Players Haters & Imitators blog.

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