Kate Hudson opens up about strained relationship with Father Bill Hudson and career highlights Kate Hudson 45 recently shared insights into her evolving career and her complex relationship with her biological father Bill Hudson during a special performance and panel at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on September 9th Hudson who is now venturing into songwriting reflected on her career and personal life in a candid conversation with journalist David Weise Hudson revealed that Elton John 77 often regaled her with tales about her father's wild partying days in the 1970s 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 Hudson shared she added he liked to be an asterisk asterisk asteris D the stories I heard of my dad from Elton in a previous interview with people magazine in May Hudson had addressed her strained relationship with Bill who distanced himself after his divorce from her mother Goldie H in 1982 there's nothing new there but love Hudson said about her father I love him I just don't overthink it it's a 40-year-old issue during her recent chat Hudson elaborated on how she tried to bridge the gap with her father through music I wanted him in my life but for complications of life and and people and what have you we had a very very tough relationship she explained so for me music was like Hudson you know the Hudsons we 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 Hudson also fondly reminisced about her time working on almost famous particularly highlighting the iconic use of John song Tiny Dancer in the film's memorable singal along scene that whole experience as a whole was incredible she said reflecting on how the film significantly impacted her career and personal growth