Kat Hudson Take a break from the men!
On this week’s episode of Call her daddythe 45-year-old actress/musician opened up about the year she gave up flirting and pursuing romantic relationships.
“I took a whole year off,” she told host Alex Cooper on Wednesday’s episode. “But it was great.”
Hudson shared that in her 30s she decided to do the exercise on her therapist’s advice to help her break a pattern of bad relationships.
“I was in that place where I thought, ‘I don’t want to repeat any pattern anymore,'” said the Glass Onion said the actress. “And I have a great therapist who said, ‘I can help you, but you have to do this.’”
Hudson accepted the challenge. Throughout the year, she wasn’t able to text or flirt – something she enjoyed. However, although it was uncomfortable, it was equally empowering.
“Weirdly empowering, because it was really uncomfortable for me the first few months,” she said. “My charm was, I was like…I just thought, ‘What am I doing? I’m not me.'”
Hudson shared that after an emotional breakup with her therapist, she realized the benefit of getting rid of all male distractions.
“I had a really exciting kind of breakthrough that I don’t think I would have been able to access if I had any distractions,” she said. “It allowed me to see things much more clearly, and within six months I didn’t care about my phone anymore. I didn’t care if I was hanging out with my girlfriend, like, I wonder if so-and-so is going to be there or something, we should call so-and-so and then do it.”
She added: “There was no desire for me to do anything that had to do with possible flirting.”
After hitting the one-year mark, Hudson said she didn’t have the same reaction to men who texted her and that her attraction to certain men disappeared. For the next three years, she lived a happy, single life.
“I was so happy single,” she said. “I was single for about three and a half years, I loved it.”
Hudson’s dating history includes Owen Wilson, Dax Shepard, Alex Rodriguez and an alleged affair with Nick Jonas. Hudson was married to The Black Crowes lead singer Chris Robinson from 2000-2007. Together, they share son Ryder Robinson, 20.
Hudson was also engaged to Muse singer Matt Bellamy from 2011-2014. The two are parents to 12-year-old Bingham.
According to How to lose a guy in 10 days star, the moment also opened her heart to being with her now-fiancé, Danny Fujikawa.
“If I didn’t do this, I never would have broken up with Danny,” she told Cooper. “Because Danny, he’s such a good man, and I’m not so sure I was attracted to the good man. The uncomplicated one. I liked the aggressive, wild type. Where Danny has that in him, his values are very strong and he’s a such a lovely person, I would never have allowed this if I hadn’t taken advantage of these three years to be so happy in my life alone.
She added: “He’s so cute… honestly, I’m so happy,” she gushed.
Hudson and Fujikawa, 37, got engaged in September 2021 after five years of dating. Together, the couple shares a 5-year-old daughter, Rani.
In November 2022, “Talk About Love” singer spoke to ET and revealed why she is in no rush to marry the musician.
“I mean, I love that man. He’s right there hiding, but the last thing we’re doing right now during the holidays is planning anything but a vacation,” she said at the time. “Yes, we are not in a hurry.”
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