I know a lot of you can’t stand her, but I kind of like Kate Hudson. She’s a mess, of course. But I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I like that she never plays the victim. She’s out for a good time, and she makes no apologies for her lifestyle, and I appreciate her consistency, although I do think she consistently moves too fast and totally overwhelms whatever dude she‘s dating. After all, the tabloids insinuate that she’s a succubus who destroys men’s souls, and for good reason: she juggles men constantly, she always has a boyfriend, she’s always on the stroll, and she’s always ready to uproot her life (and her son’s life) for a piece of wang. So, in that way, I don’t care for Kate that much. But it makes her predictable, and everyone saw this coming: Kate is apparently so IN LOVE with her new boyfriend Matt Bellamy that she’s seriously considering moving to London to be with him:

IT won’t be long before KATE HUDSON and MATT BELLAMY have love nests on either side of the Atlantic.

Last week the couple – who have enjoyed a four month romance since hooking up at the Coachella Festival in California – were spotted looking for a pad in New York.

Now they are on the hunt for another loveshack in London.

A friend of Hudson said: “Kate’s been swept off her feet. She’s not only fallen in love with Matt, but also with the idea of starting a new life in Europe. The plan is for them to divide their time between his London apartment and his home in Lake Como, Italy. She’s already started moving her things over. She couldn’t be more excited.”

The pal added: “Matt’s introduced Kate to a world she never knew. He’s shown her around the English countryside, taken her to Devon and Cambridge, where he grew up, and Ireland, where his mother was born.”

“She’s found a man she truly believes she can settle down with. She’s truly excited about starting her new life.”

[From The Sun]

Well, it could totally be worse. It could be A-Rod, you know? I actually like Matt Bellamy and I think he’s really cute, so if he was all “Move to London, we can split our time between a gorgeous little flat and my place in Lake Como” I would be all “Hells to the yes.” So can we give Kate a pass on this one, just because we would do the same sh-t? Or do we have to just roll our eyes and say “Ugh, Kate, STOP IT. You’re moving to fast AGAIN”?

Header: Kate and Matt in Paris on June 13, 2010. Credit: Bauer-Griffin.

When I read the headline that yet another one of Kate Hudson’s boyfriends was meeting her mom early in the game I rolled my eyes. Kate had Lance Armstrong meet her mom Goldie at paparazzi hotspot The Ivy right before they inevitably imploded, and her parents were often seen in the stands cheering on her last boyfriend, Yankees player Alex Rodriguez. Kate doesn’t speak publicly about her relationships, I’ll give her that, but she doesn’t try to hide them either. (Some might say she flaunts them.) She also doesn’t take her time deciding whether she wants to get serious.

Only this time it’s the guy who is (allegedly) talking about how serious he’s getting with Kate. Muse frontman Matt Bellamy reportedly started dating Hudson after they met up at the Coachella music festival in mid April. The two are said to have already known each other, having first met when she was married to another musician, Chris Robinson. Now Bellamy is set to meet Hudson’s famous mom. He (allegedly) told The Mirror all about it, and added that he’s not ready for a wedding yet but we’ll see. I’m adding so many qualifiers to these quotes because the source is The Mirror and they don’t include the questions they asked Matt. The part about a wedding sounds like a definite response to a question. They’re also a very sketchy paper and could very well be making these quotes up or significantly embellishing them.

And over a glass of white wine at the Nordoff Robbins 02 Silver Clef Awards, Matt told us this wasn’t going to be just another showbiz fling. Talking for the first time about his new love, Matt grinned: “Things are going great at the moment.

“I am very happy.

“We had such a good time at Glastonbury. We just have fun together and are seeing how it goes. Kate is great. We have tried to keep things private so we haven’t told anyone how we met or any details like that. We are just doing our thing.”

Unlucky-in-love Kate has had a string of failed relationships with rockers.

But Matt, who bought the starlet a £7,000 diamond encrusted Theo Fennell ring during the fundraising auction, is clearly smitten with the Hollywood actress.

And he is gearing up for the dreaded meeting with his potential mother-in-law, Goldie Hawn – a rendezvous enough to terrify any rocker.

Matt, whose band won the main 02 Silver Clef Award at London’s Hilton Hotel, told us: “I haven’t met Goldie yet.

“We are meeting up next week. I’m quite nervous. You don’t want her reading daft stories about you online – it’s embarrassing when you meet someone’s family for the first time.

“It’s a little bit too soon to talk about weddings and stuff. Ask me again in a few months though. I’ll let you know how it went with Goldie – and then who knows?”

[From The Mirror via US Weekly]

That’s really sweet! I’m happy for her and hope this one works out. Maybe she picked a keeper this time. You have to wonder if she’ll be flattered or annoyed that he’s put this out there. I’m thinking she’ll be pleased, but will tell him to keep his trap shut in the future. Maybe he thought he was speaking off the record or the Mirror people are putting words in his mouth.

Kate Hudson is shown at Glastonbury below. She’s wearing a lot of rings and it’s hard to tell if one might be the diamond one.

Update: thanks to all of you who pointed out that it isn’t Kate’s hand in the photo below, it’s the hand of the woman behind her!

Header image: Matthew Bellamy is shown on 5/26/09. Kate Hudson is shown on set on 6/3/10. Credit: WENN.com

US Weekly has a bitchy little piece this week that claims that Kate Hudson’s new boyfriend, Muse singer Matthew Bellamy, was her second choice while she was trolling for potential musician boyfriends at Coachella in April. US was the first outlet to report that Kate and Matthew were a new item, which was semi-confirmed by a double date the two had in Paris with Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper. Now US makes it sound like Kate was on the hunt and Matthew just happened to fall prey to her charms. They report that she was initially trying to get Thom Yorke of Radiohead to pay attention to her and when that failed she asked a friend to help her find her next target.

Kate Hudson, 31, may have flown to Paris to watch Muse frontman beau Matthew Bellamy, 32, perform… and even brought him to hang out with pals Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper… But a source says when the pair met at Coachella in April, the serial dater was more interested in Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, 41, (who has a longtime girlfriend): “She was chatting him up. He just shrugged and was unresponsive.” Another insider adds, “After she was rejected, she said, ‘What other up-and-coming bands can I go hit on?” Enter Bellamy. Says the source: “She just pounced!”

I can buy that Kate was trying to talk to Thom Yorke. Radiohead is awesome and maybe she just wanted to hang out with them and Yorke wasn’t having it. Kate’s last husband was a musician and she just seems to love the type. The thing that makes me think this report is not true is that quote that Kate was looking for another “up-and-coming band” to hit on. In no way is Radiohead an up and coming band, and Muse is pretty well known too. I think we should give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe she was just hanging out backstage and wasn’t actively looking for a boyfriend. Can’t a girl chat with some rock stars without being desperate? Plus they’re careful to quote “another” insider with that comment that Kate was looking for someone else.

Here’s Kate out in Paris with Matthew Bellamy on 6/13/10. Credit: Bauergriffinonline

A little over a week ago, we reported on a story from the print edition of US Weekly that claimed that Kate Hudson was dating a British rocker named Matthew Bellamy who sings for the band Muse. The news was that Kate and Matthew met at Coachella in April, but that everything was so new that “it could be a fling.” It looks like things are getting a little more serious for Kate, 31, and Matthew, 32. People Magazine reports that two were spotted out in Paris on Sunday, where Matthew’s band had performed the night before.

The actress hopped a plane to Paris over the weekend and attended the second of two sold-out shows for the British rock band Muse Saturday, standing in an audio tent amid a crowd of 80,000 at the Stade de France.

The next day, she was spotted around town with the band’s frontman, Matthew Bellamy, who is a singer, guitarist and songwriter.

The pair were seen strolling through the Place Vendome, a square in the center of Paris. “They seemed very much a couple,” a witness tells PEOPLE. “Just walking together, enjoying the sunshine.” Later that afternoon, Hudson and Bellamy opted for a late lunch on the Left Bank at the celebrated Brasserie Lipp, leaving through a rear exit of the eatery when photographers turned up outside.

[From People]

That sounds so romantic and I hope this turns into something long term for Kate. She’s certainly had enough high profile relationships, though, and she would do well to try to keep this one under wraps. Musicians aren’t known as the most faithful, but neither are sports stars and world class athletes. A couple of you noted in the comments on our earlier story that Bellamy has a live in girlfriend. From what I could find, he used to be engaged to an Italian woman named Gaia Polloni, but they supposedly broke up in December of last year.

There’s still speculation that Kate could be pregnant considering that she’s sporting larger boobs and has filled out a little. I just think she gained a little weight and that she gains in her stomach, but it’s hard to tell. I thought that she was pregnant a couple of years ago when she gained a small amount of weight. If she’s not pregnant, then she had a small boob job earlier this year. In Touch had a whole article this week about the trend for smaller boob jobs in Hollywood. They cited Kate, Megan Fox and Nicole Kidman’s breast augmentation as examples of mini implants. They wrote that “Celebs who want to be taken more seriously [than reality show celebrities with huge chests]… want the focus to be on their work, not whether they’ve been artificially enhanced.” An “image consultant” told In Touch that “With smaller implants, they can still achieve a more feminine look and feel more confident without the stigma. It’s a win-win for them.” There’s always the risk that the tabloids will think you’re pregnant, though.

Here are some pictures of Kate out with her son on 6/8/10. There could be something to those pregnancy rumors, but I’m not going to pass judgment yet. Bellamy is shown performing in Paris on 6/13/10. Credit: Fame Pictures

Kate Hudson is one busy lady. She was last linked to her co-star Colin Eggelsfield, but that rumor seemed to have been based on some photos of them filming their upcoming movie, Something Borrowed, in which they were necessarily touchy-feely. The two were acting, and while I could see Kate hooking up with her hot also-single co-star I think the verdict is still out on that one.

The last maybe-legitimate report we heard about Kate Hudson’s dating life had her hooking up with hotelier Jeff Soffer, 42, who used to date Elle McPherson. US Weekly carried that report in late April, and claimed that Kate had been dating Soffer for about a month. If US is to be believed, Kate is either playing the field or has moved on already. They report in the new issue that Kate is dating a musician called Matthew Bellamy. Her ex husband is the lead singer for the Black Crowes and Kate might eventually settle down with another musician.

Katie Hudson is… seeing Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy, 32. Still, a pal insists the romance between the star, 31, and the British musician, who is touring in Europe and Asia with his band until mid-September, is in its early stages. “They hung out, and that’s all it is,” the insider says of the duo, who met at Indio, California’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival in April. Agrees another source, “it’s very new. It could be a fling. It’s hard to keep up with her dating habits.

[From US Weekly, print edition, June 14, 2010]

At least Kate is kind of keeping her dates on the down low. US Weekly seems to be the only tabloid with any solid news of her love life recently. (The Colin Eggelsfield story originated in Star and I would guess they made it up. They’ve had some decent scoops lately, though, so it could be true.)

Kate gets so much grief for her dating life, and that’s because there’s so much news about it. She was photographed all over the place with her exes Lance Armstrong in 2008 and then Alex Rodriguez last year. In between, she was linked with several men including ex Owen Wilson, an Australian golf pro, LA Clippers player Baron Davis, and Jason Statham.

To be fair to Kate, she may take her men to paparazzi hot spots and sit happily at their sporting events, but she doesn’t talk much about them. She refused to confirm her relationship with Lance Armstrong when she was asked about it on The View in 2008, and she didn’t say much about A-Rod when she was with him. It’s not like she’s Drew Barrymore enthusing about how deep her love is. She’s playing the field and maybe she’s being realistic about it. It may seem to us that she falls too hard and fast but it’s not like she wastes time moving on.

Matthew Bellamy is shown on 5/26/09. Kate Hudson is shown on set on 6/3/10. Credit: WENN.com