Oliver Hudson
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicOliver Hudson explains why he and his sister Kate Hudson rejected Kurt Russell‘s offer to adopt them.
Oliver, 48, revealed the backstory on the Sunday, November 24, episode of his ‘Brother and sister revelrypodcast, which he and Kate, 45, co-host. When they talk to their guests, Tish Cyrus Purcell And Brandi Cyrus (who was adopted by Billy Ray Cyrus during his wedding to Tish), the conversation turned to life with adoptive parents.
‘I only say this because my father was around for a while and then bailed. We have a good relationship now, but it took a long, long, long, long time, but we’re here,” Oliver said. “Kurt came into my life when I was six or five or six and he essentially raised me. It’s because of him that I am the man I am today, right? There was a moment where he asked us, Kate and I, if we wanted to be adopted, and we said no.
He explained: “Not that we were – you know, very aware of what it probably even – meant,” he added. “We were six and twelve, but I don’t remember the ages, but we just said, ‘Well, we don’t need it. The love is there. ”
Kate and Oliver Hudson’s estranged father, Bill Hudson, praised Kurt Russell for acting as a father to his children. “I couldn’t have chosen a better man to be a surrogate father for Oliver and Kate,” Bill, 74, tells Us Weekly exclusively in the new issue. “He’s a real shooter. There’s no BS involved […]
Goldie Hawn welcomed Oliver and Kate during her wedding to Bill Hudsonwhich lasted from 1976 to 1982. Both Oliver and Kate have been outspoken over the years about feeling abandoned by their biological father, but Russell, 73, quickly took on the role of ‘Dad’ after he Hawn’s old partner. (Hawn, 79, and Russell have been together since 1983 and are also the actor’s parents Wyatt Russell.)
Bill, 75, who has several children from other relationships, was not always present in Oliver and Kate’s lives. Earlier this year, the musician praised Russell for acting as a father to his children.
“I couldn’t have chosen a better man to be a surrogate father for Oliver and Kate,” Bill told exclusively We weekly earlier this year. “He’s a real shooter. There’s no BS with him. They were both great.”
Bill said at the time that he hoped for a fresh start and one big, happy family.
“I told Oliver we should have a party,” he said Us. “Everyone shows up and we remember that we loved each other at some point in our lives. And that we didn’t want to be anywhere else.”
Bill said that after ‘years of ups and downs’ the family was slowly working towards each other again.
“There is no pressure,” he said. “We’ll just let it be as it will be. Because no one is pushing it, there is no unrest or problems.”