Goldie Hawn gets candid about why daughter Kate Hudson thinks brother Oliver Hudson is her ‘favorite’ child

Goldie Hawn is a doting mother-of-three, but her famous daughter Kate Hudson claims she has a favorite child.

The 78-year-old actress — who recently revealed what first attracted her to longtime love Kurt Russell — said that Kate ‘thinks Oliver [Hudson]’s my favorite’ while on Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast.

‘I tried to say to her, “You know, nobody’s really my favorite. … You’re all different,’ Hawn responded.

‘But the truth is,’ she said, ‘… [your] firstborn is always one of the most interesting and memorable experiences, particularly because you don’t have other children.

‘You only have one — until you have the second one, if that’s what you’re gonna do — and that’s what happened,’ Hawn said. 

Hawn shares Kate, 45, and Oliver, 47, with ex-husband Bill Hudson, and is mum to son Wyatt Russell, 37, with partner Kurt Russell. The blonde beauty is also stepmum to Kurt’s son Boston Russell, 44.

When the starlet was pregnant with Kate, she shared: ‘I thought, ‘How am I ever gonna love another child the way I love my firstborn?

‘The answer came when Katie was born, and that is that we have so much love in our heart that you just can’t even measure it,’ said the SPF-18 star shared, ‘That’s what happened.’

She went on to share a moment about Kate’s early acting days when interviewers would ask about Hawn. 

‘I told her, “The truth of the matter is we have to embrace each other,”‘ she expressed to Ripa, 53. 

‘I mean, yes, you’re gonna talk about me, and one day I’m gonna talk about you. And I’m gonna be Katie’s mother, and that could be pretty cool,’ she went on.  

The mother-daughter duo remain close and publicly express support for one another’s careers.

In celebration of Kate’s 45th birthday back in April, the Oscar winner posted a nostalgic photo of the two of them on Instagram.

‘Happy birthday, my darling daughter @katehudson,’ Hawn captioned the post.

‘Among all the things you have already accomplished in your life — amazing mother, great dancer, Academy Award-nominated actress, and now a fantastic singer — let us not forget you were the fastest runner in high school and all of LA!

‘SO KEEP ON RUNNING SWEETHEART. You’re a RACEHORSE. I love you ❤️,’ Hawn finished. 

The blonde beauty thanked her mom in the comment writing: ‘Haha! Mama you’re the best! Being fast is still my favorite accomplishment. Catch me if you can!!  Love you so much ❤️.’

When the starlet was pregnant with Kate, she shared: ‘I thought, ‘How am I ever gonna love another child the way I love my firstborn?’; Kate seen in 2024

Hawn shares Kate, 45, and Oliver, 47, with ex-husband Bill Hudson, and is mum to son Wyatt Russell, 37, with partner Kurt Russell; Kurt, Goldie, Oliver and Kate seen in 2003

The How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days star has sons Ryder, 20, with Chris Robinson, Bingham, 12, with Matt Bellamy and daughter Rani, 5, with Danny Fujikawa; Oliver, Goldie, Wyatt, Kate, Ryder, Wilder, Bodhi, Rio and Bingham seen in 2016

‘But the truth is,’ she said, ‘… [your] firstborn is always one of the most interesting and memorable experiences, particularly because you don’t have other children’; Kate, Goldie, Wyatt, and Oliver seen in 1996

‘You only have one — until you have the second one, if that’s what you’re gonna do — and that’s what happened,’ Hawn said; Kate, Oliver, Goldie, Wyatt and Kurt seen in 1997

Last month, the Bride Wars actress admitted that she inherited her parenting kills from her own mother and father Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell; Oliver, Goldie, Wyatt, Kurt and Kate seen in 2000

The How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days star has sons Ryder, 20, with Chris Robinson, Bingham, 12, with Matt Bellamy and daughter Rani, 5, with Danny Fujikawa.

Last month, the Bride Wars actress admitted that she inherited her parenting kills from her own mother and father Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, who raised her at a young age.

‘Their strongest value is their dedication to that unit. They’ve been through everything together, and it’s such an amazing thing to see, especially as they get older, how beautiful their relationship is,’ she shared.

‘It’s so loving and caring. They’ve stuck with it. It’s like a very rare Hollywood story. They’re in it forever. It’s wild,’ she concluded.