Kate Hudson has opened up about her relationship with her father, despite past public criticisms from him.
Navigating family dynamics can be challenging, and this is no different in Hollywood, where personal issues often unfold under the public eye.
This rings true for actress and singer Kate Hudson, who has generally kept her thoughts about her distant relationship with her father, Bill Hudson, private.
Bill Hudson married Goldie Hawn in 1976, and the couple had two children, Kate and Oliver Hudson.
They separated in 1982, and Bill went on to have three more children with Cindy Williams and Caroline Graham.
Goldie Hawn began a relationship with Kurt Russell in 1983, and they have been together ever since. Kate and Oliver have come to regard Kurt as a father figure.
The public has been aware of the tense relationship between Bill and his children from his marriage to Hawn.
In 2011, Bill authored a memoir, 2 Versions: The Other Side of Fame & Family, which surprised many with his harsh comments about his daughter.
According to Digital Spy, Bill referred to his estranged daughter as a ‘brat’ and expressed the desire to visit his grandson, Ryder Robinson, and to build a relationship with her half-siblings.
In an interview with Radar Online, Bill reportedly stated: “I love Kate, but she has done stuff which is just awful.
“She is a spoiled brat in my eyes and at the end of the day, she should meet her little sister. I should meet my grandchild and she should help her grandmother.
“Kate doesn’t have to talk to me and she doesn’t have to give her a dime of her millions. All I want is for her to call and say, ‘Hi grandma’, before it’s too late.”
Last year, during an interview, Kate shared that her relationship with her father is slowly improving.
When asked about it during an appearance on CBS Sunday Morning, she said: “I don’t really have one. But it is kind of warming up.
“There is warming up [sort of] happening and it will be whatever it will be, you know.
“I have no expectation of that with my father, you know, it is just like, I just want him to be happy.”