Oliver Hudson has admitted to cheating on his wife, actress Erinn Bartlett, in the lead-up to their 2006 wedding.
Speaking on his and sister Kate Hudson’s “Sibling Revelry” podcast, the 47-year-old got candid about his relationship, saying he “spiraled” after he and Bartlett got engaged in 2004.
“When I got engaged, something happened psychologically, and I spiraled, and I was unfaithful, and I was cheating, and I was crazy,” Oliver told guest Robyn Lively, who is actress Blake Lively’s sister.
“I never got caught. I told her everything because I couldn’t live with myself and get married and be married and have children with this sort of weight.”
The “Rules of Engagement” actor said he had to get through it “psychologically” before he became the man Bartlett deserved.
“And my mother played a big part in it as well,” he said of his and Kate’s mom Goldie Hawn. “Where it’s about looking at the entirety and the totality of the relationship, not just the action.”
“Even though it might seem extreme, let’s dig in a little bit into why and looking at the whole person rather than this one affliction,” he said, adding that he’s a “good man” who is “not malicious.”
“I was going through whatever I was going through and we were able to sort of therapy and do all of it and get through it,” he continued.
“And honestly, if that didn’t happen I don’t know what kind of a person I would be. So do I regret it? I mean no, I guess not. I regret causing pain. I don’t want to cause anyone any pain.”
Lively then asked him if he had any regrets.
“Regret is an interesting word,” Oliver responded. “I’m not sure I have many regrets because if I didn’t, it was a choice that I made, whether it was a positive one or a negative one.”
“I’ve made some horrible, horrible choices in my life just generally. You would think I regret doing that, but I don’t know who I would be if I didn’t make that choice,” he added.
After tying the knot with Bartlett in 2006, the couple welcomed three children together: Wilder Brooks, 16, Bodhi Hawn, 13, and Rio Laura, 10.
