- Kate Hudson spoke about her music career on Tuesday's episode of Bruce Bozzi's podcast.
- Hudson said "daddy issues" kept her from pursuing music earlier in her career.
On Tuesday's episode of "Table for Two," a podcast hosted by Bruce Bozzi, Kate Hudson talked about how she believed "daddy issues" prevented her from starting her music career earlier in her life.
"Earlier on in my career, I thought I would definitely do music, but then 'Almost Famous' happened," Hudson, now 43, told Bozzi.
"Later, I kind of rejected it because, as you do when you're dealing with daddy issues, I don't want to connect to that part, because that's my dad. That's all dad," Hudson said.
Hudson has been open in the past about her strained relationship with her father Bill Hudson — a singer and actor who was married to Hudson's mother actor Goldie Hawn from 1976 to 1980. In recent years, Hudson and her brother Oliver have said they want to reconnect with their father as well as their four half-siblings. In the "Table for Two" episode, she explains her current family dynamic.
"I was raised by this incredible father, you know," Hudson said, referring to her stepfather Kurt Russell, who has been with Hawn since 1983. "I love my real father too. I have been able to heal that."
"To our family, at the end of the day, it's always been about family first," she added.
Hudson first confirmed she was making an album on her Instagram last April with a photo of herself standing behind a microphone.
"Finally realized it's time to say f#%! it and saaaannngg!!!!! #albumincoming #myikigai ," the caption read.
In December, Hudson appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and spoke more about the record, announcing it would be released this year.
"I just thought that would be one of my great regrets. I have no expectations. I just want to put a record out, and so I'm doing it. And I'm really proud of it. I can't wait," Hudson told Fallon.
Despite it being her first record, Hudson has not shied away from music in her acting. She played Stephanie in the 2009 musical film "Nine," and she also did a stint on season four of "Glee" in 2012 where she sang as dance teacher Cassandra July.