Kate Hudson Says She Doesn't 'Really Care' About 'the Nepotism Thing': 'We're a Storytelling Family'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kate Hudson.Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images

Kate Hudsonbelieves it’s more about work ethic than who one’s parents are.

Hudson, 43, said that storytelling runs in her family and she’s noticed nepotism in many industries, not just Hollywood.

“The nepotism thing, I mean … I don’t really care. I look at my kids and we’re a storytelling family. It’s definitely in our blood,” she told the outlet. “People can call it whatever they want, but it’s not going to change it.”

The Fabletics co-founder continued, “I actually think there are other industries where it’s [more common]. Maybe modeling? I see it in business way more than I see it in Hollywood. Sometimes I’ve been in business meetings where I’m like, ‘Wait, whose child is this?’ Like, this person knows nothing!”

“I don’t care where you come from or what your relationship to the business is — if you work hard and you kill it, it doesn’t matter,” she added.

Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson in 2004.Vince Bucci/Getty

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Hudson has three kids with three musicians: daughter Rani Rose, 4, with fiancéDanny Fujikawa; son Bingham “Bing,” 11, with ex-fiancé Matt Bellamy; and sonRyder, 19 next month, with ex-husband Chris Robinson.

Boston Russell, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson in 2017.Steve Granitz/WireImage

“That’s what happens when you grow up with two movie stars as parents,” she said. “Your bull—- detector is up here, you see it all. When you’re little, you’re like, ‘That person’s full of s—, that person’s full of s—,’ and I think it works really well when you’re doing a murder mystery.”

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mysteryis now streaming on Netflix.

source: people.com