We’ll try not to go overboard with the sentiment, but Goldie Hawn hanging out with her grandkids is the sweetest.
Not least because the mother of Oliver Hudson, Kate Hudson and Wyatt Russell appreciates the fact that, when she’s in grandma mode, she’s not required to be The Parent.
“I do love being a grandmother, but I’m not the boss,” the Oscar winner explained on a 2024 episode of Hoda Kotb‘s Making Space podcast. “I’m just the one that can deliver happiness to them, and also an ear if they need it.”
At the same time, she noted, going from mom to grandma, “I don’t think I’ve changed at all.”
Going by the 79-year-old’s effervescent appearance at the Happy Gilmore 2 premiere alongside son Oliver, his wife Erinn Bartlett, and their sons Wilder, 17, and Bodhi, 14, and daughter Rio, 12, that certainly seems to be the case.
And Goldie—who shares Kate and Oliver with ex-husband Bill Hudson and Wyatt with longtime partner Kurt Russell—is already preparing for the inevitability of having another actor in the family.
“I don’t think we have a choice, frankly,” she told Access Hollywood at the Happy Gilmore 2 premiere, remarking on her mini-me granddaughter Rio‘s already obvious stage presence. “Same with Kate, with Kate I didn’t have a choice. And I think with this one, we don’t have a choice.”
But, she added, “All I want her to be is happy. I don’t care about anything else.”
Though it’s not as if the 10 Mindful Minutes author ever had a reputation as the hard-charging disciplinarian of the family.
Kate—mom to 21-year-old Ryder with ex-husband Chris Robinson, 13-year-old Bingham with Matt Bellamy and 6-year-old Rani Rose with fiancé Danny Fujikawa—told E! News in 2016 that she was easily “stricter” with her kids than Goldie was with her, while “Kurt is pretty tough.”
And it turns out the 74-year-old hasn’t really changed as he’s gone from father to grandfather, either.
Kurt’s “awesome,” Wyatt—dad to sons Buddy, 4, and Boone, 17 months, with wife Meredith Hagner—said in 2024 on Late Night With Seth Meyers, “’cause he can do all of the hard sort of lessons that sometimes I don’t want to have to do.”
But overall, Kurt and Goldie—a.k.a. Gogi and Gogo to Wyatt’s kids—are simply loving these golden years.
“I look at our kids and grandchildren and there’s nothing in the world that could make me as proud as I am of all of them,” Goldie told Australian Women’s Weekly in 2022. “Being a grandmother is amazing, I love it. It brings incredible joy. Family is so important.”
See Goldie in action as Gogo in these sweet family photos:
Surrounded by Love
How many grandkids does it take to put a smile like that on Grandma’s face?
Goldie Hawn cuddles up with six of her eight grandchildren in a pic posted by daughter Kate Hudson for Mother’s Day 2024.
Modern Family
The holidays came a little early for Goldie and partner Kurt Russell when they played Mr. and Mrs. Claus.
So, they made the November 2018 premiere of The Christmas Chronicles an event for Oliver Hudson and wife Erinn Hudson‘s family, while Wyatt Russell brought future wife Meredith Hagner.
Baby Love
Goldie enjoyed a quiet moment with one of her grandbabies.
Home on the Range
Goldie and granddaughters Rani Fujikawa and Rio Hudson dressed the part for a day at the ranch in 2024.
ROFL
Goldie was having such a good time with son Oliver, daughter Kate, her partner Danny Fujikawa and their daughter Rani, she couldn’t stay upright.
Who’s the Fairest of Them All
Goldie, Kurt and Rio dressed the part of Hollywood royalty and made a certain kid’s Disney dreams come true.
Summer Fun
“Vacationing with our family!” Goldie captioned a June 2024 snap of her and Rio. “It’s the greatest gift one could ever have.”
The Family That Gives Together…
At 13, Kate’s eldest son, Ryder Robinson, was deemed old enough to attend a gala with the grown-ups, hanging with his mom, grandparents and uncle Wyatt at Goldie’s Love In For Kids benefit in 2017.
Like Grandma, Like Granddaughter
Rio’s had Goldie’s photogenic head tilt down to a science at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Goldie Hawn Foundation and MindUP Gala in 2024.
The Greatest Show-Woman
Forget saying cheese at the annual Goldie’s Love In For Kids. Budding ballerina Rio, still a few months shy of 3 at the time, met the moment with a curtsy.
Guardian of This Galaxy
Kate celebrated her pop Kurt on Father’s Day 2023 with a snap of him surrounded by grandkids.
Grandma’s Got You
“love is buzzing,” Kate captioned a February 2024 carousel featuring this sweet pic of Goldie and Rani.
Par for the Course
Goldie had a grand time supporting Oliver, daughter-in-law Erinn and their kids Wilder, Bodhi and Rio at the 2025 premiere of Happy Gilmore 2.
