Goldie Hawn Describes the “Little Honeymoon” She & Kurt Russell Enjoyed on the Way Back From New York

Nov 12, 2026 by apost team

Some compliments take decades to say with a straight face. Goldie Hawn has been saying hers for more than four decades, and she still means it.

Appearing on “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” Hawn reflected on her long relationship with Kurt Russell and did not hold back. “I do look at him to this day and we put a few years on, but he is still so handsome,” she said. “And I tell him that love is still there. He’s beautiful and he makes me happy.”

She elaborated on what keeps drawing her in. “You always wonder if you want a nice guy or a nice guy and a little dangerous guy,” Hawn said, before confessing that she likes a little of both. The two first crossed paths long before they were a couple, on the set of the 1968 Disney musical “The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band,” when Russell was just a teenager.

Hawn, an Oscar winner and one of Hollywood’s most beloved comedic stars, has always valued humor, and Russell’s big laugh is one of the qualities she says she loves most.

The details she shared were charmingly ordinary. After a recent trip to New York, the couple flew home together in what she described as “a great little honeymoon together.” Russell spent the flight watching a film with his earphones on, laughing so loudly that Hawn tried to quiet him down. It did not work, and she did not seem to mind.

“I just love him,” she told Hudson. “I love a big, big personality. He’s also the best father.” She summed up her feelings in a way that left little room for doubt: “It really should be that simple.”

Hawn and Russell first became involved while making “Swing Shift,” and Russell has described their early agreement in his own words. “We hit it off and agreed, ‘Let’s have fun until we don’t,’” he said. Hawn has said she sees “no reason” to marry after so many years, and has credited their independence for the relationship’s endurance. She has also been honest that they do not always see eye to eye. “We don’t agree on everything,” she once said. “His politics are different than mine.”

Their 1987 comedy “Overboard” holds a favorite memory. During filming, Hawn recalled, their son Wyatt took his first steps. The family has since grown into a blended group of four children: Boston, Russell’s son with his former wife Season Hubley; Oliver and Kate Hudson from Hawn’s earlier relationship; and Wyatt, the couple’s son together. Kate and Oliver were around three and five when Russell came into their lives, and they have said they look to him as a father figure and call him “Pa.” Russell has credited Hawn with keeping him fit and with keeping him laughing. “Goldie can literally physically walk away sometimes and make me laugh,” he has said.

The family has long gathered at a ranch in Colorado, where they spend Christmas, and Russell has described splitting their time between homes in Los Angeles, Palm Desert, Colorado, and New York. His favorite is a large log-cabin lodge on a ranch. “Goldie and I share a passion for log homes,” he has said.

A couple that agreed to have fun until they didn’t has now been having fun for more than four decades. On the evidence of a loud laugh on a flight home, they are not done yet.

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