Kate Hudson is opening up about her estranged father. The actress and her brother, actor Oliver Hudson, grew up not knowing their father Bill Hudson, who walked out on them after divorcing their mother, Goldie Hawn, in 1982. Kate's relationship with her father has always been strained, as she revealed during an interview with "Today."
"It's a 41-year-old issue," she said of her father. "I have a great family. I have a beautiful mother. I have a stepfather who stepped in and played a huge, huge part in sharing what it is to have a dependable father figure in our life. But it doesn't take away from the fact that we didn't know our dad."
Despite their contentious past, Kate said she still loved her dad. "I think as I've sort of gone through that process ... I kind of look at my dad and I'm, like, 'You know, the love has never ever gone anywhere. It's always been there, no matter what those complications have been," she explained. "And healing is ... personal, and I think people sometimes just need to hear that they're not alone in that."
Oliver has also not shied away from speaking openly about Bill. In 2015 he caused a stir after sharing a photo of himself and Kate as children posing with their father. "Happy Abandonment Day," he captioned the image.
In response, Bill told Daily Mail that he no longer acknowledged Kate and Oliver as his own. "I would ask them to stop using the Hudson name. They are no longer a part of my life," he said. "Oliver’s Instagram post was a malicious, vicious, premeditated attack. He is dead to me now. As is Kate. I am mourning their loss even though they are still walking this earth."
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