Goldie Hawn reflects on raising her daughter Kate Hudson – and how she “didn’t know what to say” when Hudson asked her the tough question when she was just six.
On Friday, Dec. 6, the 79-year-old Oscar winner spoke during a panel at The Wellness Oasis presented by Chase in Miami, where she shared a helpful anecdote about motherhood, faith and a tough line of questioning.
“My daughter Katie, she was six years old, and she said, ‘Mom, is God my cousin?’ And I didn’t know what to say,” Hawn said, speaking at the 1 Hotel South Beach during Art Basel week.
“I said, ‘Actually, God might be your cousin. God is everywhere. But maybe I’d better tell you how God feels. You know how you feel before you start laughing? Where’s all the joy, is all in you? If only you could hold it before you laugh, that’s what God feels,’ she added at the 4B Advisory-produced event.
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Hawn welcomed Hudson, now 45, in April 1979 with ex Bill Hudson. The couple are also parents to Oliver Hudson.
Hawn is also the mother of son Wyatt Russell with Kurt Russell, who is also the father of son Boston Russell with ex-wife Season Hubley.
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In addition to reflecting on motherhood, Hawn also opened up about becoming a grandmother of eight.
During the November 20 episode Creating space with Hod Kotb, First Women’s Club alum shared how being a grandmother affected her after welcoming a grandchild into the family for the first time with the birth of Hudson’s oldest child, Ryder, in 2004.
“When Ryder was born, Kate’s first, I still had a baby at home,” she said, referring to her son Wyatt, who was a teenager at the time.
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Hawn then described the “amazing” transition from mom to grandma. “It’s an amazing weave that starts to happen when your kids start having kids. But they’re parents,” she said. “And the thing to be careful about is that we don’t want to be the horn that always says, ‘Why did you do that?’ and, ‘They should do it,’ and whatever, Kurt and I give them full autonomy.”
While she added that she “misses being a mother,” Hawn revealed that it’s “important to appreciate” that she was once the “it girl” in her children’s lives.
“I like being a grandmother, but I’m not the boss. I’m just the one who can give them happiness and an ear if they need it,” she said.
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