On Father’s Day, actor Oliver Hudson posted a photo of himself with his sister, Kate Hudson and their biological father, Bill. Oliver’s caption, “Happy abandonment day…” was loud and clear. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Bill voiced his feelings on the subject:
“I say to them now, ‘I set you free,'” he pronounced, his voice breaking. “I had five birth children but I now consider myself a father of three. I no longer recognise Oliver and Kate as my own.
“I would ask them to stop using the Hudson name. They are no longer a part of my life. Oliver’s Instagram post was a malicious, vicious, premeditated attack. He is dead to me now. As is Kate. I am mourning their loss even though they are still walking this earth.”
He also lashed out at ex-flame Goldie Hawn for “wilfully alienating” him from Kate and Oliver during their childhoods. Bill accused Goldie of changing the “narrative” surrounding their split and making him the “big, bad wolf.” Bill insists that he was not a willingly “absent father,” but Goldie allegedly restricted his access to the children.
Kate also made a Father’s Day shout out to Bill with an image of herself with Kurt Russell, saying, “Pa, just simply … thank you. Happy Father’s Day. I love you to the moon and back.”
(via Hollywood Reporter & The Daily Mail)