Kate Hudson Reveals She 'Took A Full Year Off Men' Following Advice From Her Therapist

Following a meeting with her therapist, Kate Hudson explained why she decided to give dating a year off.

Despite being the lead in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the 45-year-old actor has disclosed that she once made the decision to swear off men for a full year rather than just a few weeks.

Hudson disclosed that she stopped dating for "like a full year" when she was in her thirties during an interview with Alex Cooper for her podcast Call Her Daddy. 

She clarifies that although she "couldn't flirt" or "even text guys," she was allowed to "talk to" men.

Kate Hudson waved goodbye to flirting and men for a whole year Getty Images

"I couldn't give them my number," she adds.

However, why did she choose to take such a drastic stance?

Of course, because Hudson's therapist also gave her advice. 

The actor clarified that although her therapist had offered to "help," she had to "do it" and follow the advise.

"He's like get off the sauce," she continues.

"And, well my thing, is I always get distracted. It's fun. I just love the, 'Oo this is fun I'm going to text this person.'"

The actor says that she didn't "want to keep repeating any patterns anymore," which is why she was so willing to follow the suggestion. 

Hudson doesn't think she'd be with Danny Fujikawa if she hadn't taken a year away from dating Getty Images

And her life saw a significant change as a result.

She says: "It was strangely empowering because it got very uncomfortable for me in [...] like the first couple months.”

"[...] You know my mojo was like [mimes downward movement] I was just like [...] I felt like, 'What am I doing?' [...] It's not fun, you know?"

But Hudson clarifies that the entire process was 'really about figuring out certain things that were happening with' her because she was 'going through a very specific form of therapy'.

"And then I had this one sort of breakthrough that was very emotional, that I don't think I would have been able to access if I had any distraction, so it allowed me to see things much more clearly.”

"And then, within six months I was like, I didn't care about my phone, I didn't care if I was going to go out and meet my girlfriends, I wasn't like that thing where I'm like, 'Oh I wonder if so-and-so will be there' or 'We should call up so-and-so and do that'. There was no desire for me to be doing anything that had anything to do with potential flirtation."

The actress jokes that she initially "forgot" how to flirt, but that after she reached that point, her therapist allowed her to go back and she "didn't have the same attachment to" texting boys. 

Hudson felt quite "happy" to be single and avoided going after specific men she would have previously gone after throughout the year she spent without a partner. 

She doesn't think it would have occurred if she hadn't flirted over the year, but it also helped her meet her current fiancé, Danny Fujikawa.