Kate Hudson Has 'Done So Much Work' on Relationship with Estranged Dad Bill, Still Has 'Love' for Him

Kate Hudson explains how she found forgiveness for her estranged father Bill Hudson.

While it is on The Howard Stern ShowOn the May 7 episode, the actress, 45, was asked about the current state of her relationship with Bill, now 74, while host Stern asked why the musician “gave her up.”

“Honestly, it had nothing to do with me, it was everything [my brother] Oliver,” Kate joked with a laugh. “I take no responsibility for that.”

She continued: “Oliver wrote this post and I was like, ‘Oli, what are you doing?’ He made this thing [in 2015] where he said, ‘Happy Abandonment Day’ on Father’s Day. But that’s just Oliver’s dark sense of humor. I called him and said: ‘Why did you do that?’ And the next thing I know, my father disowns both of us, and I was like, I don’t know what I’ve done; I had nothing to do with this.”

“Where are you with him?” asked Stern, 70. Kate replied: “I’ve worked so hard, Howard. I love my dad. I do.”

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Kate Hudson; Bill Hudson April 21, 2012

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The Oscar nominee explained that while she doesn’t know Bill well, “I know him enough to know, over the years, that whatever it is that he wears, whatever it is that makes him unable to be our dad doesn’t mean he didn’t love us from afar or try his best.”

I wouldn’t be me if it wasn’t for my dad, Kate added.

Stern said in disbelief that he thought Kate would be “angry.” She explained, “No, I went through all that anger stuff. You have to get it out. And then you have to heal it… I had a lot of relationships that led me to a lot of therapy.”

Kate and Oliver, 47, were raised by mom Goldie Hawn, as well as Kurt Russell, Hawn’s longtime partner, along with Kurt’s son Boston and Kurt and Goldie’s son Wyatt Russell.

“I feel so unconditionally loved by Kurt. He’s the best,” Kate told Stern, also praising Goldie, 78. “I was so happy.”

Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson May 26, 2004

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Bill is also father to Emily (42), Zachary (38) and Lalania (18). He talked about mending his relationship with Kate in a recent interview with Us Weeklysaying, “All families have splits. It’s nice that our split is healing” after “years of ups and downs.”

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Oliver Hudson and Kate Hudson.

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Kate and Oliver have talked for years about trying to reconnect with their father. Recently, on CBS Sunday MorningKate said she’s “not in a relationship right now” with Bill, “but it’s heating up.”

“It’s been heating up with all this going on,” said Kate, who is releasing her debut album Famously May 17. “But whatever happens, you know? I don’t expect that with my father. I just want him to be happy.”

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