Why Kate and Oliver Hudson Rejected Kurt Russell’s Adoption Offer

Oliver Hudson he explains why he and his sister Kate Hudson rejected Kurt Russell‘s promise to welcome them.

Oliver, 48, revealed the backstory on the Sunday, November 24, episode of his “Sibling Revelry” podcast, which he and Kate, 45, co-host. When they talk to their guests, Tish Cyrus-Purcell again Brandi Cyrus (which was taken by Billy Ray Cyrus during his marriage to Tish), the conversation turned to living with foster parents.

“I’m just saying this because my father—he was there for a while, then he bailed. “We have a good relationship now, but it took a long, long, long time, but we’re here,” Oliver said. “Kurt came into my life when I was six, five or six and basically raised me. I am the man I am today because of her, right? There was a time when he asked us, me and Kate, if we wanted to be adopted, and we said no.”

He explained: “Not that we were – you know, we know exactly what if– it meant,” he added. “We were six and 12 or so, I don’t remember the age, but we just said, ‘Well, we don’t need it. Love is there.’”

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Goldie Hawn he welcomed Oliver and Kate during his wedding Bill Hudsonwhich lasted from 1976 to 1982. Over the years, both Oliver and Kate have been open about feeling abandoned by their biological father, but Russell, 73, was quick to take on the role of “Pa” after becoming Hawn’s long-term partner. (Hawn, 79, and Russell have been together since 1983 and are the actor’s parents Wyatt Russell.)

Bill, 75, who has several children from other relationships, was not always in Oliver and Kate’s life. Earlier this year, the singer praised Russell for stepping up as a father to his children.

“I couldn’t have chosen a better man to be Oliver and Kate’s surrogate father,” Bill you are only told Us Weekly earlier this year. “He’s a straight shooter. No BS with him. Both were stars. “

At the time, Bill said he was hoping for a new start to make one big happy family.

“I told Oliver we should have a party,” he said Us. “Everyone shows up, and we remember that at some point in our lives, we fell in love. And that we didn’t want to be anywhere else.”

Bill explained that after “years of trouble,” the family was slowly working its way back to each other.

“There is no pressure,” he said. “We just let it be what it will be. Because no one is pushing it, there is no chaos or problems. “