Kate Hudson: Therapist prescribed a year-long ban on flirting

It’s no big surprise that even the most attractive Hollywood stars have to struggle with relationship problems. The actress Kate Hudson (45, “Almost famous”) can also tell a thing or two about it – but she seems to have her own problems in dealing with them to have gotten the men’s world under control in an unusual way.

Therapy confession in celebrity podcast

In it, she revealed to presenter Alex Cooper (29) that a few years ago, on the advice of her psychotherapist, she stayed away from all men for a whole year. She explained the background to this radical therapy measure: “I was at a point where I thought that I didn’t want to repeat any more patterns. I have a great therapist who told me: ‘I can help you, but you have to do it too'”.

One-year ban on flirting as a last resort

According to her description, the therapist at the time saw no other way to free her from unhealthy behavior patterns than to prescribe a one-year break from men. In her desperation, she had a queasy feeling about embarking on the experiment, which she admitted was very difficult at first. “I thought: ‘What?’ I couldn’t flirt – none of that,” said Hudson, adding: “But it was great!”

Experiment brought the breakthrough

The constant rejection of attractive dating candidates often put her in a bad mood. In the end, however, the man-free year paid off for her and actually helped her break out of her negative relationship patterns. “As we went through different specific forms of therapy, it was really about figuring out specific things that were happening to me,” the actress said. “And then I had this one breakthrough that was very emotional and that I don’t think I would have been able to achieve if I had been distracted.”

Three children from three relationships

Hudson didn’t comment specifically on the exact time of her dating break, only hinting that she was in her “thirties” at the time. The successful experiment helped her “see things much more clearly” and also helped her relationship with her current fiancé Danny Fujikawa (37) to be more harmonious than was the case in her previous relationships.

Fujikawa and Hudson have been a couple since 2017 and engaged since 2021. The two have a daughter together named Rani Rose (5). The actress has two other children, Ryder Robinson (20) and Bingham Bellamy (12), from previous relationships with rock singers Chris Robinson (57) and Matthew Bellamy (45).