This story really cracks me up, and I’ve sort of been there before. Kate Hudson’s “friend,” who is probably her assistant, usually drives her out in her boyfriend Alex Rodriguez’s car in the mornings to get coffee. The two were involved in an accident yesterday in which Rodriguez’s suburban sustained a huge dent across the back from a collision with another car. It’s hard to tell who was at fault from looking at the damage, but since the car is wrecked in the back, they were probably rear-ended and it may not be their fault. According to Radar Online, the women quietly pulled the car back in and didn’t tell A-Rod about the accident at all, leaving it for him to discover when he went out. Whether they told him or not, the photos show that he was clearly furious and was yelling at Kate’s friend for the accident.

Love hurts. Or in the case of Alex Rodiguez [sic] and Kate Hudson, it can really put a dent in things. Heading out of his Manhattan apartment to prepare for a game on Wednesday, the slugger got an unexpected surprise when his car pulled up with a big dent in it from the morning. Little did he know his current lady friend Kate Hudson was at the scene of the accident!

“Kate Hudson’s girlfriend, the one she is seen with at Yankee games, has been driving his Suburban with Kate every morning, bright and early, to get coffee,” a source tells RadarOnline.com. As the two women were pulling out of the garage, they hit another car! Hudson and the pal quickly re-parked and headed back upstairs.

Apparently, they forgot to tell Rodriguez about the incident. “A short time later the friend pulled around the car for Alex,” the source continued. “As soon as he saw the rear of the vehicle and the damage done, he had her get out of the car and started talking about her reckless driving.”

“He was visibly upset. The crash was so bad the license plate was obscured. He was ranting and raving while she stood their sheepishly.”

[From Radar Online]

I once scratched my husband’s car on the side and caused some very minor damage. There wasn’t a dent at all, but he was very concerned about it while I of course tried to minimize the issue, saying “it’s not that bad,” etc. A-Rod is a multi-millionaire but he still gets understandably annoyed when his car is wrecked, and he’ll probably have some inconvenience to deal with while it’s fixed. He lives in Manhattan, though, and he can easily make due with drivers and cabs until the car is repaired. He could alternately get a rental. Will this sour Kate and A-Rod’s new romance? Could this car accident be the turning point in their new relationship? I doubt it, but if the guy was this upset it’s got to be a reality check to the coursing endorphins of new love.

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