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Who is Kate Hudson’s estranged dad, Bill Hudson? Goldie Hawn’s ex-husband was a musician for The Hudson Brothers, and once claimed that the Fabletics co-founder and her brother Oliver are ‘dead’ to him

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Kate Hudson’s dad Bill Hudson was not a part of her life while she was growing up. Photos: EPA-EFE, @theoliverhudson/Instagram
Kate Hudson’s dad Bill Hudson was not a part of her life while she was growing up. Photos: EPA-EFE, @theoliverhudson/Instagram
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  • In a recent interview on CBS Sunday Morning, the activewear Fabletics co-founder said that she ‘doesn’t really have [a relationship with her dad],’ before adding, ‘but it’s warming up’
  • Kate and her brother Oliver Hudson come from their Hollywood actress mum Goldie Hawn’s marriage to Bill, who used to play in a band called The Hudson Brothers with his 2 younger brothers

Kate Hudson is opening up about the current status of her relationship with her estranged father, Bill Hudson.

Preview: Kate Hudson on her relationship with her father, Bill Hudson
In an interview on CBS Sunday Morning aired last Saturday, the Fabletics co-founder said that she “doesn’t really have [a relationship with her dad]”, before adding, “But it’s warming up. There’s warming up with this all happening. But it’ll be whatever it will be, you know. I have – I have no expectation of that with my father, you know. I just want him to be happy.”
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Kate Hudson co-founded activewear company Fabletics in 2013, and is now a strategic adviser and shareholder. Photo: @katehudson/Instagram
Kate Hudson co-founded activewear company Fabletics in 2013, and is now a strategic adviser and shareholder. Photo: @katehudson/Instagram
Kate and her brother Oliver Hudson come from their mother Goldie Hawn’s marriage to Bill, though they have long had a complicated relationship with their father.

Here’s everything we know about him.

Kate Hudson’s dad, Bill Hudson, was a musician

Bill Hudson is the father of Kate and Oliver Hudson. Photo: @theoliverhudson/Instagram
Bill Hudson is the father of Kate and Oliver Hudson. Photo: @theoliverhudson/Instagram

Hudson, now 74, used to be a singer and was part of a band called The Hudson Brothers with his two younger brothers. He’s also dabbled in acting, starring in a handful of films and TV shows from the 1970s to 1990s, from The Love Boat to Big Shots, as seen on his IMDB.

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