Kate Hudson looks back on her marriage to Chris Robinson at the age of 21: “Not a mistake”

There are no hard feelings between Kate Hudson and her “first love”.

The actress and singer spoke about her relationship with musician Chris Robinson in an interview on the podcast “Call Her Daddy,” which was released on Wednesday. The two were married from 2000 to 2007 and have a son together, Ryder.

Hudson, who was 21 at the time of the couple’s wedding, told host Alex Cooper that she had no regrets about her “stormy” marriage to the then 34-year-old singer of The Black Crowes.

“I never questioned it for a second. We were so connected,” Hudson said. “Chris taught me so much about love and connection. It was just a wonderfully passionate relationship.”

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Despite their eventual split, the star of “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days?” said the nearly ten-year relationship was “not a mistake.”

“I look back on my whole life now and I actually feel like maybe I did it right,” Hudson said. “There’s this kind of construct that we’re supposed to do it a certain way, which I understand because I really believe in the (family) unity, and I think that’s what’s missing right now.”

She added: “But I believe that unity can exist in ways other than this very religious concept of marriage and man-woman relationships.”

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Following her marriage to Robinson, Hudson has been dating musician Danny Fujikawa since 2017. The couple, who have 5-year-old daughter Rani Rose, announced their engagement in late 2021.

The “Glass Onion” actress seemed to allude to the ease of her blended family life in her conversation with Cooper.

“If you have the means and the ability to choose healthier relationships, it’s easy,” Hudson said. “Just because you’re not meant to be with someone doesn’t mean you can’t have a great, beautiful experience. I don’t know how I did it, but we just do it, we all do it.”

Although she is best known as an actress, the Oscar nominee recently made her long-awaited foray into the music industry, releasing her debut album, Glorious, on May 17.

“I love music. I’ve loved music my whole life. It was my first love and I’ve been writing music my whole life,” Hudson said on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” earlier this month. “And I thought it was something I was going to have just for myself until, say, COVID came along. And then I thought, ‘I’m going to regret not just putting this out there in the world.'”

Contributors: Jenna Ryu, KiMi Robinson and Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY

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