Kate Hudson Calling Kurt Russell Dad: 'That Was Really Painful,' Says Her Father Bill Hudson
Posted on Jan 24, 2012 @ 08:00PM
By Amber Goodhand - Radar Reporter
Kate Hudson has called Kurt Russell 'dad' for years, but her biological father exclusively tells RadarOnline.com it's "really painful" to hear his daughter refer to another man as her dad.
"At first it was okay when everybody was getting along, but there were certain things I didn't like. I didn't like that Goldie wanted the kids to call Kurt 'pa,'" Kate's father Bill Hudson told us in an exclusive interview.
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"It was very confusing to the kids, particularly Kate, and that was really painful."
"Kurt is my dad," Kate told Vanity Fair in a past interview. "Kurt is a savior who came into my life. [Bill] was sort of in and out of our lives. I don't hate him for it. I guess what I feel is frustration and curiosity — like, what was it about me he didn't want to know?"
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But Bill — who has been estranged from his children with ex-wife Goldie Hawn since their divorce in 1980, besides sporadic reconciliations — says he doesn't blame Kurt and is actually glad that a good man came into Kate and Oliver Hudson's life.
"Kurt has been there for her and I'm happy for that and I think it's a good thing. Kurt's a really good guy. What's more hurtful is Kate saying publicly that I've abandoned her because that's just not true," Bill said.
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"Even though it was hurtful, I was much happier with that from when Goldie and I first broke up. We split because she had an affair with Yves [Renier] who she met on the set of Private Benjamin and he'd be there with my kids and it was just sort of a thing and didn't seem like it was something that would last, and I didn't like that."
Bill just released a book at the first of the year called Two Versions: The Other Side of Fame and Family, in which he talks about his past with Goldie, his relationship with Kate and Oliver, and what it was like to go through his personal family problems in a public light.
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"It is not a trashy tell-all. It's my side of what happened and it's backed with facts and Goldie's own words and Kate's own words and my words and feelings," Bill explained.
"The record needs to be set and it needs to come out. I wanted to show that it was a love story between me and Goldie, enough that we had children together, and it just went awry. And it was Oliver and Kate that suffered in the end."
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i think he was squeezed out, the kids went where the grass was greener. No matter what, I feel they owe some help to their dad. It is our responsibility to take care of our parents no matter what. Kate went with her best chance at fame
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 4:10am
you are Kate's father...not her dad...remind everyone how old she was when you abandoned her
Posted Wed, 01/25/2012 - 10:41am
That's GOOD for your neglectful a$$!!! I see you are STILL whining and trying to trash their MOTHER. You should have committed yourself LONG AGO because you still cannot let it go! How miserable are you? You're pathetic!
Posted Wed, 01/25/2012 - 8:52am
Oh well Bill! That is what happens when you abandon your own children and then want them back once someone else has raised them and they are all grown. Too bad. He should of thought about that 30 years ago.
Posted Wed, 01/25/2012 - 8:06am
Goldie and her ugly daughter are money-grubbing losers. Goldie is over the hill and a wrinkled prune. Kate keeps opening her legs for rockers & having ugly babies
Posted Wed, 01/25/2012 - 3:37am
How many weekends, summer breaks, birthdays, and Christmases did you schedule and not show up for. You are the reason you daughter calls another man Dad. One of them could be running to the tabloids to sell your story.
Posted Wed, 01/25/2012 - 12:09am
Sober up.
Suck it up.
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:08pm
His feelings are hurt. Yeah right. He is only a 'dad' for the media, nothing more. He was never a dad to Kate or Oliver and in fact abandoned them. He doesn't deserve to be called dad. He must be in need of money.
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 9:46pm
Sorry Bill but if you want to blame others for your child calling someone else Daddy, I would look in the mirror & blame yourself. If you were a Real Dad in your kids lives they would be calling you Daddy No one else That is your fault..
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 8:43pm
Goldie made sure the kids were alienated from their dad. Both she and Kurt thought they could just erase him. Looks like they did a pretty good job.
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 8:15pm