Oliver Hudson Shares Why He 'Hated' Mom Goldie Hawn's Fame When He Was Growing Up

“It was detracting from her energy toward me, and I hated it," Hudson shared in a conversation with sister Kate.

Oliver Hudson is an esteemed actor in his own right these days, but he says witnessing his mother Goldie Hawn’s experience with fame was “definitely a negative experience” for him at an early age.

On this week’s episode of their “Sibling Revelry” podcast, Kate and Oliver Hudson spoke about their famous mom as part of a conversation with guest Cindy Crawford. In the chat, Oliver Hudson shared his less-than-favorable reaction to witnessing Hawn get assertively approached by fans while she was out with him in public.

“I reflect on these feelings that I used to have when I was a young son and sitting with Mom, and people coming up and wanting her attention,” he said. “It was detracting from her energy toward me, and I hated it.”

“It would make me angry when people would come up to the table and want autographs and interrupt what we were doing,” he continued. “It was this invasion for me as a young boy ... who needed his mother.”

Interestingly, Oliver Hudson noted that Kate Hudson was much more at ease with the attention from outsiders. Though she didn’t refute that assertion, Kate Hudson did note that she wasn’t prepared for the level of scrutiny she’d receive when she won acclaim as an actor in her own right, thanks to films like “Almost Famous” and “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.”