14 DAY TRIAL // Kate Hudson doesn’t talk about her personal life that much, but when she does, she is very mindful of not stepping on any toes, especially if they’re attached to the father of her second son.
The actress is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Allure and in an interview touching on topics like the painful split from Matt Bellamy, her workout routine and how she’s currently writing a book about happiness.
Kate Hudson gets real
Kate and the Muse rocker started dating in 2010, 4 years after her first marriage ended in divorce and she publicly swore she would never go down that road again. In 2011, Bellamy popped the big question with a gorgeous diamond ring, and despite her earlier statements, Kate said yes.
She gave birth to their first child that same year, which prompted some speculation online about how they only got engaged when they found out they were pregnant.
In 2014, months after the split, Kate and Matt confirmed that they were no longer a couple, whilst continuing to do red carpets together and hang out regularly.
That’s not to say that the split wasn’t painful, the actress tells Allure, in an interview that’s meant to promote her activewear line, a new movie and a planned book on happiness. Yes, Kate Hudson says she’s thinking about writing a book precisely on this topic.
Making an effort for the kids
Meanwhile, though, she wants the world to know what went wrong with her and Matt, albeit not in very specific terms.
“Relationships ending are painful, and you can choose to carry that or you can choose to reframe it. If Matt and I had a great relationship, we would still be together, but we chose to move on because we had different visions of how we wanted to live our lives. That doesn’t mean, though, that we can’t rebuild something that would be the best thing for the kids,” she says.
She and Matt are co-parenting and making honest efforts to stay on excellent terms so they have the best results. Their approach, she says, is to handle their separation in such a way as to give the kids the impression that they’re gaining, not losing, something.
So far, they seem to have done an excellent job: Matt grew very close to Kate’s son from her previous relationship during their time together, and he still co-parents with her. As she puts it “everybody’s cool.”