WEATHER. SAVANNAH?
SAVANNAH? >>> AL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
KATE HUDSON IS AN AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND
SUPER COOL GIRL.
SHES HERE WITH A GOOD REASON TO
CELEBRATE.
HER NEW BOOK, "PRETTY FUN Q," IS
OUT NOW, AND HAS WAYS TO LIVE IN
THE MOMENT AND HAVE FUN IN LIFE.
GOOD MORNING.
I CANT THINK OF A BETTER THING
TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS
MORNING.
>> OH, BOY.
YOU KNOW, IT IS FUNNY, BECAUSE
WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE
NEXT BOOK I WAS GOING TO DO AND
ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT
WELLNESS, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE
SO -- THE WORLD IS SORT OF
OBSESSED WITH RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE KIND OF FORGET THAT CONNECTINGE
KIND OF FORGET THAT CONNECTING IS A HUGE PART OF OUR WELLNESS.
WE ACTUALLY NEED EACH OTHER FOR
SUPPORT AND TO CREATE THAT
ENVIRONMENT.
ENVIRONMENT.
I KIND OF DID IT -- I TALK ABOUT
THAT IN THIS BOOK IN A PRETTY FUN WAY.THIS BOOK IN A PRETTY
FUN WAY.
>> YEAH.
>> BUT THATS REALLY WHAT THE
BOOK IS.
ITS LIKE, HOW DO YOU CREATE
PLACES WHERE YOU CAN CONNECT
WITH YOUR TRIBE AND CREATE
TRADITIONS AND ALL THAT.
>> YEAH.
IT IS FUN BUT MEANINGFUL.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE.
I MEAN, YOU MADE A LITTLE PARTY
FOR US.
>> WE DID.
>> WHAT ARE WE DOING?
>> WE WANTED TO DO A TASTING.
I DO THIS TASTING PARTY.
ITS LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN
YOURE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW,
THINKING OF SOMETHING TO DO
THATS FUN AND DIFFERENT,
TASTINGS ARE ALWAYS GREAT TO
TALK ABOUT.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO I ACTUALLY LOVE DOING
TASTINGS.
THEN YOUR WONDERFUL PRODUCER WAS
LIKE, LETS DO A COFFEE TASTING. I SAID, GREAT, IT SOUNDSASTING.
I SAID, GREAT, IT SOUNDS AWESOME.
AWESOME.
>> ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? >> ETHIOPIA, BRAZIL, COLUMBIA
AND MYANMAR.
AND MYANMAR. >> YOU HAVE FRIENDS OVER AND
YOURE LIKE -- WELL, MINE MAY BE
A WINE TASTING OR SOMETHING.
>> I WOULD PREFER A WINE
TASTING, BUT AT 8:00 IN THE
MORNING --
MORNING --
>> ACTUALLY, ON THIS SHOW, ITD BE PERFECTLY FINE.IS SHOW, ITD
BE PERFECTLY FINE. >> THERES STILL NOTES IN THIS.
THE ONE YOU HAD IS CRANBERRY.
YOU TASTE IT?
>> I TASTE JUST A NOTE.
>> YOU TASTED A NOTE.
>> PERHAPS A SUGGESTION OR HINT.
>> IM DOING ETHIOPIA.
IM SUPPOSED TO -- THERES
SUPPOSED TO BE PEACH.
>> THATS TOUGH.
>> I TASTE NO PEACH.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> BUT I CAN TASTE A LITTLE
VANILLA.
VANILLA.
HOW IS THE BRAZILIAN? >> ILL TRY IT.ZILIAN?
>> ILL TRY IT. >> ITLL HAVE HAZELNUT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. WELL, I MEAN --
>> DO YOU TASTE IT?
>> I WAS ABOUT TO BE LIKE,
HAZELNUT, THATS THE MOST
HAZELNUTTY THING EVER.
BUT THIS IS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT
IT, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY, YOU LIKE TO CREATE
MEMORIES.
MEMORIES.
LIKE LETS MAKE SOMETHING FUN. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL
YOU INHERITED FROM YOUR MOM AND
DAD?
DAD? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YEAH.
YEAH. I THINK THAT THEY, YOU KNOW --
THEY KIND OF -- THERES NO OTHER
PLACE THAT WED RATHER BE THAN
HOME AND WITH OUR FAMILY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN TOGETHER.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS BASED IN
THE TRADITIONS AND WHAT KIND OF
HOME THAT THEY CREATED AND HOW
THAT PASSED DOWN TO ME AND MY
BROTHER -- ALL MY BROTHERS.
AND, YEAH, I THINK WHEN YOU
CREATE THOSE KINDS OF
TRADITIONS, THERES CERTAIN
NOTES THAT YOU CONTINUE TO
EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE,
WHETHER IT IS THE SMELL OF A
KITCHEN THATS ALWAYS COOKING
SOMETHING, WHETHER ITS THE WAY
THAT MOM LIGHTS HER CANDLES
AROUND THE HOUSE.
ALL OF THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT
CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU
JUST FEEL SUPER COZY AND AT
HOME.
HOME.
OUR LIFE IS ALL ABOUT CONNECTING. ALL ABOUT
CONNECTING.
>> YES. >> ITS OPEN DOOR KIND OF POLICY
IN OUR HOUSE.
WE WERE ALWAYS THE GO-TO HOUSE GROWING UP.AYS THE GO-TO HOUSE
GROWING UP.
NOW MY HOUSE IS KIND OF THE
GO-TO HOUSE.
I THINK YOU DO HAVE TO CREATE
THAT ENVIRONMENT TO GET THAT
KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
>> I MEAN, YOU WANTED THE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING
TRADITIONS AND MAKING MEMORIES. ARE THERE THINGS YOURE DOINGES.
ARE THERE THINGS YOURE DOING
WITH YOUR KIDS, YOUR BOYS, THAT YOURE LIKE, OKAY, IM BOYS, THAT
YOURE LIKE, OKAY, IM CONSCIOUSLY TRYING TO MAKE THIS
A THING?
A THING?
>> WE DO DINNERS.
WE DO LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE
IN-DEPTH FAMILY DINNERS THAN --
I THINK WHEN YOURE SUPER BUSY,
WORKING, SINGLE MOM OF TWO, YOU
HAVE A LOT GOING ON, THOSE NIGHTS WHERE YOU GO A LITTLE BIT
EXTRA TO MAKE IT REALLY NICE FOR
JUST YOU AND THE KIDS, I THINK
THAT GOES A REALLY LONG WAY FOR
YOUR CHILDREN.
YOUR CHILDREN. THEY REALLY REMEMBER THOSE
NIGHTS.
NIGHTS.
IF YOU FORGET THEM ONE WEEK, YOU
KNOW, ITS THE FIRST THING ILL HEAR ABOUT.HE FIRST THING ILL
HEAR ABOUT.
MOM, WE DIDNT DO OUR FAMILY DINNER THIS WEEK.OUR FAMILY
DINNER THIS WEEK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
FOR ME, FAMILY DINNER,
OBVIOUSLY, WERE TOGETHER ALL
THE TIME, BUT THE FAMILY DINNER FOR ME IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT
MORE SPECIAL.
MORE SPECIAL.
THE KIDS ARE MAKING FOOD WITH
ME.
I MAKE THEM PUT THEIR
ELECTRONICS AWAY. GOD FORBID, YOU KNOW.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> ITS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THAT WE NEED TO -- WE NEED TO
CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT BECAUSE ITS EVERYTHING.E
THAT BECAUSE ITS EVERYTHING. WITHOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LOVE
SORT OF STARTS TO KIND OF, YOU
KNOW, DISSIPATE.
KNOW, DISSIPATE. WE NEED EACH OTHER.
>> ITS WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT.
I LIKE THE BOOK BECAUSE IT GIVES
YOU WAYS TO DO THIS.
A WAY IN TO KIND OF MAKE EVERY
DAY MOMENTS SPECIAL.
ITS IMPORTANT.
ITS IMPORTANT. KATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.