Kate Hudson has shared some stories about her father Bill Hudson during an event at the Grammy Museum on September 9th Kate revealed that Elton John has frequently told her unique stories about her father's wild behavior in 1970s she said that Elton would often recount how Bill Hudson her biological father was known for being wild and naked all the time every time I would see Elton John especially after Almost Famous he would tell me these stories about how crazy my father was and wild and naked all the time apparently he liked to be naked the stories I heard of my dad from Elton Kate shared bill was part of the music scene with his band the Hudson brothers and had a close relationship with Elton and his songwriting partner Bernie toppen elton's label rocket record company signed and produced several albums for the Hudson brothers meanwhile Kate's relationship with her father has been strained since his divorce from her mother Goldie H in 1982 after the divorce Goldie married Kurt Russell and they raised Kate and her brother Oliver along with Kurt's son Boston and their own son Wyatt Kate who recently made her music debut has often touched on how she used music to connect with her father saying I wanted him in my life but for complications of life and people and what have you we had a very very tough relationship so for me music was like Hudson you know the Hudsons were just it's just all music and so when I was little I wanted to feel that connection with him but I never got it