Goldie Hawn’s long-lasting relationship with Kurt Russell has been a beautiful one that has lasted nearly 40 years.

Prior to Russell, Hawn was married to musician Bill Hudson from 1976 to 1982, and they share two children, Kate and Oliver.

Unfortunately, after the couple’s divorce, Hudson was reportedly largely absent from his children’s lives, and it was Russell who helped raise them alongside Hawn.

In fact, both Kate and Oliver fondly call their stepfather “Pa.”

Oliver once made his feelings about his estranged father known when he posted a picture of Bill with Kate and Oliver on Father’s Day, captioning it, “Happy abandonment day.”

Around the same time, Kate put up a black and white photo of herself with Kurt Russell, writing, “Pa, just simply… thank you.

Happy Father’s Day.

I love you to the moon and back.”

Bill claimed that he did his best to remain in his children’s lives for years, but it was Hawn who increasingly pitted them against him.

He had some strong words for his children at the time, even going on to say that Kate and Oliver were “dead” to him and that Hawn “poisoned” them against him.

“I say to them now, ‘I set you free,’” he said, according to Yahoo News.

“I had five birth children, but I now consider myself a father of three.

I no longer recognize Oliver and Kate as my own.

I would ask them to stop using the Hudson name.

They are no longer a part of my life.

Oliver’s Instagram post was a malicious, vicious, premeditated attack.

He is dead to me now.

As is Kate.

I am mourning their loss even though they are still walking this earth.”

Bill admitted that he didn’t fight hard enough for custody of his children when they were younger.

“I can’t keep flogging myself for where I screwed up.

I’ve apologized for 15 years, and I’m not apologizing anymore.

When you are the custodial parent and you can influence them at a very young age all along, the parent on the outside doesn’t have much of a chance.

Usually the fathers,” he said, blaming Hawn for their children’s feelings about him once again in an interview with Inside Edition.

He also said that their Father’s Day posts “were like somebody put a final dagger in my heart.”

He added, “If that’s what it takes to make them feel better, then change your name to Russell!

It doesn’t mean I love you any less.

It doesn’t mean I don’t want to resolve this, but shut up already!”

However, more recently, it looks like the family members are trying to work things out.

In 2018, Oliver revealed on Larry King Now that he was back in touch with his biological father.

“Well, we’re trying right now.

We’ve shot some texts back and forth.”

“There was an incident that happened via my Instagram,” he explained of the 2015 post.

“I had posted something that was darkly comedic and it blew up into something, and actually it helped us with our relationship.

So now we’re kind of keeping in touch,” he added.

“He did an interview and talked sh*t,” the actor said of his dad, according to PEOPLE.

“He felt hurt by it.

I called him, and we got on the phone and talked.

It was really productive.

Then we saw each other, had breakfast, and it was the first time I had seen him in 12 years, and it was really amazing to see him.

We talked it out, and we had a really great three-hour conversation.”

In conclusion, despite the drama and tension that previously existed between Bill and his children, it seems like they are making strides towards reconciliation.

It’s heartwarming to see that they’re trying to work things out after all these years, and hopefully, they can continue to build a healthy relationship moving forward.