Kate Hudson, 45, reveals why she took a year off dating men and didn't even 'flirt'... before finding love with Danny Fujikawa

Kate Hudson has opened up about taking a year off of dating after her therapist advised her to 'take a break from men.'

Appearing on the Call Her Daddy podcast on Wednesday, the 45-year-old said, 'I couldn't flirt - none of it.'

She continued, 'I was at that place where I was like, "I don't want to keep repeating patterns anymore."'

As part of her dry spell, Hudson admitted that she couldn't even give potential suitors her phone number.  

'But it was strangely empowering,' she explained.

Her exes have included Chris Robinson, Owen Wilson, Alex Rodriguez, Lance Armstrong and Matt Bellamy, among others.

Despite feeling 'uncomfortable' during the first few months of her dating ban, Hudson said she had a 'breakthrough' and that the break 'allowed me to see things much more clearly.'

The Almost Famous actress went on to find love with musician Danny Fujikawa in 2016 and the pair got engaged in 2021. 

On January 30, Hudson released her debut single Talk About Love, which she co-wrote and composed with the 37-year-old Fujikawa as well as producers Linda Perry and Johan Carlsson.  

Hudson - who originally met Fujikawa in 2002 while she was married and pregnant with her first child - will release her debut studio album later this year through Virgin Music Group. 

She will next executive produce and star as the 'ambitious and often overlooked' LA Waves owner Isla Gordon in Mindy Kaling's upcoming 10-episode basketball comedy for Netflix.

Hudson and her big brother Oliver currently co-host their very own iHeartRadio podcast Sibling Revelry every Sunday.

She recently got candid about her 'patchwork family' and how she manages having three children with three different men. 

The How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days star has sons Ryder, 20, with Chris Robinson, Bingham, 12, with Matt Bellamy and daughter Rani, 5, with Fujikawa.  

'We are very connected, and we are very close,' the Something Borrowed star told People. 

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

'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,' she added.