Kate Hudson’s bond with her estranged father seems to be transforming.
The “Almost Famous” star, 45, mentioned on “CBS Sunday Morning” that her relationship with musician Bill Hudson, who was married to her mother Goldie Hawn from 1976 to 1982, has been distant. Raised by Hawn and her longtime partner, Kurt Russell, after her parents’ separation when she was a child, Kate Hudson now reveals that things are starting to improve with her biological dad.
“There’s warming ups of this all happening,” she said. “But it will be whatever it will be.”
Hudson also mentioned that she has no specific expectations about the future of their relationship. “I just want him to be happy,” she expressed.
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In an interview back in 2015 with The Daily Mail, Bill Hudson stated that “I no longer recognize Oliver and Kate as my own,” following remarks made by Oliver on Father’s Day. Bill expressed that Kate and Oliver were “dead to me” and should refrain from using the Hudson name.
Reflecting on her upbringing on the “Today” show in 2021, Kate Hudson said that she and her brother had little contact with their father. She commended Russell for being a “significant influence in providing a reliable father figure in our lives.”
On “The Howard Stern Show” in 2016, she mentioned that Hawn never spoke negatively of her biological father. From a young age, Kate understood that her father leaving was not tied to her or Oliver. She expressed forgiveness towards her father, acknowledging that whatever struggles he faced must have been painful for him.
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During the CBS interview, Kate got emotional discussing bidding farewell to her son, Ryder, when he left for college two years ago. She described her love for him as the strongest she had ever felt, calling Ryder an amazing partner.
Following her brother Oliver’s conversations about childhood “trauma” on the “Sibling Revelry” podcast, Kate stood up for him in an April TikTok video after he faced criticism for his remarks.
“I was like, ‘Who cares?’ And then I really started thinking about it and I’m like, ‘Well, people do care, actually,’ ” Hudson said. “It’s not nice when people take something out of context or they look at something you’re doing and they get all negative about it, and they poke at it, and they scrutinize it and they criticize it.”
During a podcast in March, Oliver Hudson empathized with his father, recalling how he felt unprotected during his upbringing with Hawn.
Contributing: Edward Segarra, Jay Stahl and Kelly Lawler
