They are estranged from their father Bill Hudson.
But Kate Hudson told her brother Oliver on their podcast Sibling Revelry recently that there is one part of the family tie with Bill that she hopes to build on.
Kate, 41, revealed her wish to ‘connect a little bit’ with the half-siblings she has through Bill – Emily, 39, Zachary, 35, and Lalania, 15.
Side by side: Kate Hudson told her brother Oliver on their podcast Sibling Revelry recently that there is one part of the family that she hopes to build on; Kate and Oliver are pictured in 2015
‘You know what I’ve been thinking about lately?’ Kate asked Oliver. ‘Dad. I was thinking – I’ve been thinking a lot about Dad. I’ve been thinking about our sisters that we don’t spend any time with and our brother – brothers.’
Bill had Kate and Olivier with his first wife Goldie Hawn, Emily and Zachary with his second wife Cindy Williams and Lalania through a later relationship.
Goldie has spent nearly four decades in a relationship with her Overboard co-star Kurt Russell whom Kate refers to as ‘Pa.’
In addition to their siblings via Bill, they also have an actor brother called Wyatt through Goldie’s relationship with Kurt.
The way they were: Oliver and Kate’s parents Bill Hudson and Goldie Hawn are pictured together in 1976 the year their ill-fated marriage began
‘We’ve got four siblings we don’t spend any time with, and I was thinking about how everybody’s getting older,’ Kate reflected.
She has been ‘texting’ Bill’s brother Mark ‘and I just had this moment of like, you know, it would be nice to connect a little bit especially with my sisters.’
Kate pointed out that ‘we’ve been talking so much about sibling relationships and distraught relationships or good rela- and we’re sitting here, we’re like: “We’ve got the best family! We’re so great.” And yet we don’t ever acknowledge the fact that we have four other siblings. Four!’
She added that ‘I’ve been thinking a lot about the Hudsons, thinking it’s important that we reach out to all of our siblings and maybe connect with them a little bit.’
Building bridges: Kate (right), 41, told Oliver (left), 44, her wish to ‘connect a little bit’ with the half-siblings she has through Bill – Emily, 39, Zachary, 35, and Lalania, 15
Oliver acidly wished Bill a ‘happy abandonment day’ on Father’s Day 2015 prompting Bill to furiously declare he would ‘break all ties’ with him and Kate.
‘I had five birth children but I now consider myself a father of three. I no longer recognize Oliver and Kate as my own,’ he told the Mail On Sunday.
He further accused Goldie of ‘willfully alienating’ him from Kate and Oliver after she took up with Kurt, alleging that she ‘wanted to create this myth of a perfect family with Kurt and she wanted me out.’
Blended family: Goldie has spent nearly four decades in a relationship with her Overboard co-star Kurt Russell whom Kate refers to as ‘Pa’; Kurt, Goldie, Kate and Oliver are pictured in 2004
Bill claimed: ‘When we split up, she never had a bad word to say about me. But when Kurt came on the scene, the narrative changed and I became the big, bad wolf.’
He insisted: ‘I would say to her: “Goldie, why are you trashing me and saying I’m an absent father when it’s simply not the case?” and she’d laugh and go: “Oh Bill, you know it makes for a better story.”‘
However three years later Oliver told Larry King Now that his ‘darkly comedic’ Father’s Day post wound up bringing him and Bill back into contact.
Arm in arm: Goldie and Bill are pictured together during their marriage at the 1979 Academy Awards – two years before her best actress nomination for Private Benjamin
‘Well, we’re trying right now, you know. We’ve shot some texts back and forth,’ said Oliver, explaining that the Instagram jibe ‘blew up into something and actually it helped us with our relationship so now we’re kind of keeping in touch.’
Back in 2016 Kate went on The Howard Stern Show and insisted that Goldie ‘never spoke poorly’ of Bill when she and Oliver were growing up.
She described Bill’s ‘issues’ as ‘just something that he has to live with and that must be painful for him. And so, and I forgive him.’