Kate Hudson Says She ‘Leaned on’ Brother Oliver Without ‘Having to Ask’ amid Chris Robinson Divorce

Kate Hudson can always count on her brother Oliver Hudson.

The two answered fan-submitted questions on the Monday, July 21, edition of the Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson podcast, when one listener asked them to describe a moment in their life during which they really “leaned on each other.”

While Kate, 46, said she feels it happens “often,” the “biggest time was in divorce.”

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“For me, with you in my divorce with having Ryder and being a working mom, I felt like you really stepped up without me asking,” Kate told Oliver. She and her ex-husband, Chris Robinson, were married from 2000 to 2007 and share a son, Ryder Russell Robinson, 21.

“It’s just that you just stepped up as Uncle Ollie and was really there for us and Ryder. I think that period of time, you really stepped up for me without me even having to ask for it,” Kate continued. “In reflection, you were so stable for Ryder and myself.”

The Running Point star noted that two “created fun times with the kids.”

In addition to Ryder, Kate is also a mom to Bingham “Bing” Hawn, 14, with ex-fiancé Matt Bellamy. She shares Rani Rose Hudson Fujikawa, 6, with her now-fiancé Danny Fujikawa.

For Oliver, 48, there are “micro leanings” that happen between him and his sister all the time.

“There’s little things that happen. It’s not these big catastrophic events where it’s like, ‘Here, put your head on my shoulder.’ It’s the little things,” he said.

In a June 2024 conversation with PEOPLE, Kate opened up about her blended family, expressing that they are “very connected” and are “very close.”

“Love can change form. It’s interesting when you have that modern family; there’s so much love for all the kids,” she said.

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“I think the thing that’s so unique about my life is that in this very patchwork family, we all have figured it out … The kids feel like they have this huge family,” continued Hudson, adding that her exes’ daughters and Rani “are like sisters … There is something that has been able to be nurtured in our family that is personally what I think is, it’s very rare.”