You'd be hard pressed to find a Hollywood family as close as the Hawn-Russell-Hudson clan, led by Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.
Goldie, 80, and Kurt, 74, have been together for over four decades, famously making it a point to never marry after both were unlucky in love and marriage before. Together, they raise their son Wyatt Russell, Kurt's son from his first marriage, Boston Russell, and Goldie's two kids from her second marriage, Kate and Oliver Hudson.
© Getty ImagesDuring an appearance on The Dan Buettner Podcast on January 22, the actress spoke candidly about her views on mental health, aging gracefully and parenting, especially with Kate and Oliver. "Not just me, Kurt also raised them," she told the host, pointing out that Kurt was more of a father to her kids than their actual biological father, Bill Hudson.
Bill, now 76, was married to the Oscar-winning actress from 1976 to 1982. However, after their divorce, they essentially cut off all ties, with Kate and Oliver remaining estranged for years from their dad. "When I got a divorce, and Katy and Oliver were little. And he was gone, our relationship didn't work," Goldie recalled.
© Getty Images"But I remember thinking, 'Oh my kids are fine, it'll be me in the house, my housekeeper, we're all women. It's so happy, there's no pressure.' It really felt good," she continued. However, she soon began to realize that being a single mom, especially one at the height of her career, was not easy.
"There are things that I tried to do that I realized are really hard to do just alone," she explained, even referencing the famous conclusion of 1980's Private Benjamin, in which her character Judy decides to leave her husband-to-be at the altar and choose her independence.
"But in the meantime, I met Kurt, and he loved my children," Goldie gushed. "And I didn't think I'd find anybody who'd love my children the way I did. So we parented together. And it was wonderful."
Goldie looked back on some of her past relationships and the decisions she'd made as a mom-of-two trying to keep her family together after a trying divorce. "There were things that I did that I wish I hadn't done," she explained. "The kids were little, I was in my time of high sexuality."
© Getty ImagesShe specifically referred to her relationship with French actor Yves Rénier in the early 1980s. "He happened to live in France, I left for four days every now and then to go see him. We spent time together, then I brought him back. That was the stupidest thing I could've done."
© Getty Images"I didn't go away for long, long periods of time, but I went away. And then I brought some weird dude back, some guy," she continued. "They didn't know him and they didn't understand my relationship with him." She went on to note that she has since cultivated an open and honest relationship with her kids, preferring to treat them like they're "human" just as much as their parents.
