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Kate Hudson Says She Took a Year Off From Men: ‘It Was Great’

kate hudson Took a break from men!

in this week’s episode call her daddyThe 45-year-old actress/musician opened up about the year she stopped flirting and pursuing romantic relationships.

“I took a whole year off,” he told host Alex Cooper on Wednesday’s episode. “But it was great.”

Hudson said she decided to try the exercise at age 30 on the advice of her therapist to help her break bad relationship patterns.

“I got to a point where I thought, ‘I don’t want to repeat any patterns anymore.'” Glass Onion the actress said. “And I have a great therapist who would say, ‘I can help you but you have to do it.'”

Kate Hudson told that she had kept distance from men for a year. , Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Hudson accepted the challenge. During the year, she couldn’t message boys or flirt – which she enjoyed. However, it was inconvenient as well as empowering.

“It was weirdly empowering, because it was very uncomfortable for me the first couple of months,” she said. “I was excited, I was like… it just felt like, ‘What am I doing? I’m not me.'”

Hudson explained that after an emotional conversation with her therapist, she realized the benefits of putting aside all the anxieties associated with men.

“I had this kind of breakthrough that was very emotional and I don’t think I would have gotten to if I was distracted,” she said. “It allowed me to see things a lot more clearly and then within six months I didn’t care about my phone. I didn’t care if I was going out with my girlfriend, like, I wonder if this is going to happen there, or like, we should call so-and-so and then do this.”

She added, “I had no desire to do anything that had to do with a possible flirtation.”

Hudson said that after the one-year period was over, she did not respond as much to messages from men and lost her attraction to some men. For the next three years, she remained happily single.

“I was very happy being alone,” she said. “I lived alone for three and a half years, I loved it.”

Hudson’s dating history includes rumored romances with Owen Wilson, Dax Shepard, Alex Rodriguez, and Nick Jonas. Hudson was married to The Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson from 2000-2007. They also have 20-year-old son Ryder Robinson.

Hudson was Also engaged to Muse singer Matt Bellamy from 2011-2014. The couple are parents to 12-year-old Bingham.

According to how to lose a guy in 10 days As for the star, Time also opened her heart to being with her fiancé Danny Fujikawa.

Kate Hudson got engaged to Danny Fujikawa in 2021 after five years of dating. , Viktor Szymanovich/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

“If I hadn’t done that, I would have never gotten together with Danny,” she told Cooper. “Because Danny, he’s such a nice guy, and I’m not sure I was attracted to that nice guy. Simple. I liked the fiery, wild type. Where Danny is that, his values ​​are so strong and he’s such a lovely person, I would never have allowed that into my life if I didn’t spend these three years being so happy alone.”

“He’s really cute…I’m really happy to be honest,” she said.

Hudson and Fujikawa, 37, got engaged in September 2021 after five years of dating. The couple have a daughter, Rani, 5.

In November 2022, “Talk About Love” The singer spoke to ET And explained why she is in no rush to marry the musician.

“I mean, I love that guy. He’s right there, hiding, but the last thing we’re doing right now during the holidays is planning anything besides the holidays,” she said at the time. “Yeah, we’re in no hurry.”

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