Kate Hudson has shared that concerns over her large family and the potential cost are contributing factors to her continued delay in marrying fiancé Danny Fujikawa, whom she has been engaged to for five years. Hudson discussed these wedding planning hurdles on a recent episode of her and her brother Oliver Hudson’s podcast, “Sibling Revelry.”
“I still am not married. I’m just engaged, and I keep thinking about the wedding, you know? Like, what are we going to do?” Hudson, 47, stated. A significant point of contention for Hudson is the guest list. “Every time we start thinking about it, like, who we have to invite, Danny’s like, ‘I just want a small wedding.’ I’m like, ‘Our family alone is, like, 50 people,'” she explained. She further elaborated that her family is “huge,” with “a million” children, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
![Kate Hudson laughing on the "Sibling Revelry" podcast.]( "Kate Hudson laughing on the "Sibling Revelry" podcast.")
Cost is another major factor contributing to her hesitation. “That’s part of why I don’t want to get married. I’m like, it’s too expensive,” Hudson said. She expressed a preference for simpler catering, stating, “I just want, like, hors d’oeuvres. I want to do, like, chips and salsa.”
Hudson and Fujikawa became engaged in September 2021, five years after they began dating in December 2016. They welcomed their daughter, Rani Rose Hudson Fujikawa, in October 2018. Hudson is also mother to sons Ryder Russell Robinson and Bingham Hawn Bellamy from previous relationships.
In November 2022, Hudson told Entertainment Tonight that she and Fujikawa were “in no hurry” to wed, prioritizing other matters at the time. More recently, in March 2025, she appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show” and suggested she might prefer to remain engaged indefinitely, expressing a liking for the concept of freedom and finding the idea of a marriage contract challenging.
She previously mused about the possibility of a destination wedding, envisioning an event so adventurous that attendance would signify a genuine desire to be there. Her first wedding to Chris Robinson was described as “so small,” and she had considered a traditional Japanese ceremony to honor Fujikawa’s heritage and their daughter's background.