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Kate Hudson was on Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel promoting her role on Sia’s Music, which is being panned for having a neurotypical teenager play an autistic role. Sia has been rightfully criticized for that and she has responded poorly. Kate was asked about that controversy by Jimmy and she tried to respond diplomatically. Kate didn’t come down on Sia, but she wanted to let those communities know that she was listening. In the first part of her interview Kate talked about what she’s been doing in lockdown. She said she’s been listening to records after her family gave her a turntable she wanted for Christmas. My favorite part was when she said that her ex husband, Chris Robinson, left all his stuff in their shared home when they split except for his records. The way she describes their life together makes it sound like they were high a lot and hung out listening to records. That sounds kind of nice actually. I remember doing that a lot in college.
She loves listening to records
At Christmas I got back into vinyl. I always loved listening to records. For Christmas my family… got me a turnturntable. I used to have [crates of records] until we got divorced and then he took them. It’s complicated [whose they were]. It was the only thing he took. I was like ‘we should probably start getting our own places.’ He just went in, took his records and left everything else like his clothes. I was like ‘do you want your clothes?’ ‘Nope. nope.’ He just wanted all his records. I’ve slowly been recollecting.On if she’s worried about not being able to transition back to society
Yes. I love people so I have moments where I miss the connection. I miss going to a bar with a couple friends. I’m really not that extroverted. I like being at home. A dream night for me is two friends, an edible and a record player. So this little pod world is different.The idea of sitting and listening to a record and hearing the storytelling aspect of it is the best. Chris and I used to sit and listen to records. We listened to the entire Jimmy Hendrix box set on vinyl.
[From Jimmy Kimmel on YouTube]
I have a friend whose boyfriend did the same thing except for his sneakers. They split up and he took his one favorite collection of things and left most of his clothes and other stuff. She had to move his crap to the garage to get him to pick up the rest of it. Did Kate just throw out Chris’s stuff? When I moved out of my ex’s I couldn’t move most of my stuff as it was overseas. He kept it for years and would take photos asking me what I wanted to keep. That was very kind of him and I’ll never forget it. We know that Kate gets along with her exes and it sounds like Kate and Chris are doing fine as co-parents. Kate has that bubbly personality and seems like she rolls with life and doesn’t let anything bother her.
Actually, I think back in 2017 there was a custody evaluation initiated by Chris. It was termed a custody battle. I have wondered how contentious it was or wasn’t; it appears that Ryder spends the majority of his time with Kate (still).
That would have put Ryder at 15 and wanting more say about which parent he wanted to live with. If he went to Chris and said he wanted to spend more time at his home, Chris probably did what he was legally could to do it.
I love Kate. She is so unbothered by the men in her life and just seems like she enjoys the process of living rather than getting hung up on setbacks.
Kate seems so normal and grounded in a way that’s not always the case for children of very famous parents. Congrats to Goldie specifically, but she and Kurt did a great job.
Honestly the only story that would interest me from her was what on earth happened with Owen Wilson? Was he ill before the breakup? Did he do it as an act of manipulation (like Marilyn Mansons attempt)? Was it a reaction to some kind of betrayal from her?
I have always suspected that “High Fidelity” was non-fiction. The more stories I hear like this prove it. 🙂
Right? Her story instantly made me think of Lisa Bonet’s character (in the movie version) talking about how one of her songs was about her & her ex splitting their record collection lol
She’s so cool.
Ugh. Reminds me of hs and college boyfriends, who wanted to just sit and listen to records, or wanted me to sit and watch them play guitar. No talking, just listening. So fucking pretentious!