Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagicKurt Russell and Goldie Hawn have long been Hollywood’s power couple, but they don’t have endless words of wisdom for others.
“I’m the last person in the world who thinks I should be giving advice to anybody,” Russell said Us Weekly exclusively at Goldie’s Love-In Gala celebrating the Goldie Hawn Foundation and MindUp’s 20th anniversary on Friday, September 27. “It’s just every day.”
Russell, 73, and Hawn, 78, have been together since 1983 after meeting on set Swing Shift. The two actors have famously chosen not to marry, but are still in love.
“He’s always been my priority. We’re ‘people now’,” Russell said us. “We just said, ‘What do you feel? What do you want to do? Do you want to watch something?'”
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have been going strong for decades, proving that Hollywood romances can last. The duo met in 1966, but didn’t start dating until they collaborated on Swing Shift in 1983. Before their romance, Russell was married to Season Hubley from 1979 to 1983 while Hawn went through two divorces of her own. First of all, (…)
He continued, “Obviously, our lives depend on our grandchildren and their children, and their lives and what happens, and a lot of things happen. We’re very happy.”
Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson
Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagicHawn shared a son Oliver48, and a daughter Kate45, with ex Bill Hudsonalso a son Wyatt38, with Russell. At Tombstone the actor also shared a son Boston44, with ex-husband Hubley season.
Hawn and Russell’s children have followed in his acting footsteps and, according to Russell, they “talk about” making a family film “often”.
“I watched Meredith (Hagner) at Bad monkey last night and among all the people in our family who are in this business, they are good at what they do,” Russell quipped there, specifically referring to Wyatt’s wife. “We talk about different things and never settle on anything. If something really comes up, and we have a little twist that’s right, (we’ll say yes). It’s always the right thing.”
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are a great Hollywood love story – with a modern Hollywood family. The actors have a mixed family of six. When they reconnected on the set of Swing Shift 1983 — Hawn and Russell first met when they were 21 years old and teenagers, while filming The One and Only, Genuine, (…)
Hawn, meanwhile, told us there he did not “know” what he said the script would look like.
“I can’t write and we don’t have time,” Hawn quipped on the red carpet.
Hawn founded the eponymous foundation in 2003 to highlight children’s mental health initiatives. The nonprofit MindUP is an evidence-based program that promotes mental health and well-being for elementary and middle school students. Hawn and Russell, along with children Oliver and Kate, stepped out at a birthday gala on Friday to celebrate the organization’s success.
“I’m really proud. I mean, this is a woman who had an idea, around 9/11, (about) the hardships she was predicting for kids, and she wanted to do something for kids,” Russell said. “So they finally started coming up with some ideas and some questions and doing research on it. The research that the foundation has done over the years has been invaluable.
He continued, “It’s great to hear the teacher talk about how he can hold a better class and benefit from what the children learn about their minds. It’s something he has in his head, and he’s got a lot of tenacity for him, man, he stuck with it. It’s not easy.”
For Russell, he found it “exciting” to watch Hawn “grow” his foundation and the MindUp initiative.
“I’m just proud of them for staying where they are and having them, and I’m looking forward to where they’re going,” Russell said. us. “He’s amazing. I mean, he’s the best. I tip my hat to him. I’m really happy for the kids, it’s good for them.
With reporting by Amanda Williams
