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Yesterday we covered the story of Kate and Oliver Hudson’s biological father, Bill Hudson, claiming that he was a victim of parental alienation by their mother, Goldie Hawn. Bill was married to Goldie from 1976-1980 and has told the press for years that Goldie excluded him from their children’s lives and replaced him as a father with Kurt Russell. It would be somewhat understandable for Bill to complain about that, but he went one further by stating that Kate and Oliver should stop using his last name, that he never wanted to see either of them again, and that they were “dead” to him. Bill was responding to recent Instagram posts by both Kate and Oliver on Father’s Day in which they were honoring Kurt Russell as their dad. Oliver also posted a childhood photo with Kate and Bill and captioned it “happy abandonment day.”

US Magazine has a follow up to that story saying that Bill’s response wasn’t unexpected to either Kate or Oliver, which is just freaking sad to me. Bill did put out a tell-all book in 2011 about his relationship with Goldie and their kids and I guess nothing has changed at all. Here’s part of US’s report:

A source close to the How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days actress tells Us that Kate, 36, and Oliver, 38, had “zero relationship” with their musician dad for years. “They don’t care and are not surprised by this,” the insider tells Us. “It’s been this way, and he’s been saying this stuff forever.”

Another insider close to Oliver echoes what the first source told Us. “They weren’t surprised at all that Bill spoke out,” the pal says. “He’s always trying to clear his name and his image.”

Says the second source: “Oliver was just trying to be funny by posting that comment. In retrospect, he probably should have thought twice before putting that out. But what’s done is done.”

Another insider adds: “The Instagram was a joke… Oliver did not expect it to blow up to this level.”

Instead, both kids wished their mom’s longtime love, Kurt Russell, a Happy Father’s Day via social media. “Kate and Oliver consider Kurt their father,” the Kate pal tells Us. “He’s the best.”

The second insider adds that Bill already knew how his oldest two kids felt about him. “This wasn’t news to him,” the source claims to Us. “Nor was the fact that they consider Kurt to be the only father they’ve ever known…”

The Oliver pal, meanwhile, alleges that Bill knows what he’s doing. “They don’t see him or talk to him unless it’s by accident,” the insider tells Us of Oliver and Kate. “They just think it’s ridiculous that he’s playing the victim.”

[From US Magazine]

US got some believable quotes here which make it sound like Oliver is their source. As this article alludes to, In Bill’s bitter Daily Mail interview he mentioned that he ran into Oliver in a supermarket in Malibu and that they hugged. He said “I always thought Oliver could be the peacemaker, that somehow he would help bring our fractured family back together.” How can Oliver bring the family back together when Bill calls his kids “dead” to him and says he never wants to see them again? Bill slammed that door shut and told his kids to not let it hit them in the ass on the way out. What kind of person totally disowns their family without even a hint that he’s open to reconciliation? If Bill’s side of the story is true, if it’s all Goldie’s fault, he should have more sympathy and love for Oliver and Kate. As it is, he sounds like he’s playing the victim.

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