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ELLE EXCLUSIVE: KATE HUDSON

Yes, this really is Kate Hudson. When ELLE met up with the actress in New York to shoot our December cover, we were pretty amazed, too. We’ve photographed and interviewed Kate before, of course, the last time for our April 2008 issue, some 20 months ago. But while the bright smile and easy-going persona were familiar, Kate’s incredible new body was something of a shock.
In the process of losing weight for a role in which she plays a terminally-ill woman, 30-year-old Hudson describes her body as ‘Pretty solid, actually. I’m not, like, 110lbs. But I’m probably heading towards that.’

Writer Choire Sicha meets Kate for lunch, but when she turns up at the restaurant she’s already eaten. Apparently, her meal consisted of some beetroot from a plastic container that’s now stained red and that, for no apparent reason, she will carry around for the rest of the day. She does drink: some disgusting, pulpy, grey, grapefruit concoction. That’s another thing about this career-enforced diet, no cocktailing. ‘And I love my glass of wine. I love tequila,’ she says. ‘To be in New York for two weeks and not have one beverage! I’m not sure I’ve ever done that.’
The full interview, is in the December issue of ELLE on sale from Wednesday, but we’re happy to give you a taster of what you can expect. Here’s Kate on a few of her passions:

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Everyone’s doing the best they can. It’s not a negative world; it’s quite positive.

On the bloggers: ‘It’s like having a girl talk badly about you in high school. It’s so juvenile and base. Not liking an outfit, OK, I get that. OK, let’s all laugh at somebody’s outfit. OK, you don’t like it; you can make a funny joke about it. And if you have a good sense of humour, you can take it. It’s happened to me; I got panned at the Oscars one year. But a lot of my Hollywood peers are really beautiful people. Really, really nice. And everyone’s doing the best they can. It’s not a negative world; it’s quite positive. And for people to want to switch it and make it negative, because it makes them feel better, that’s really bizarre.’
On her rumoured engagement: ‘Did you know that it was this finger, on my right hand?’ she says. ‘I hear about this and I’m like, “Why would I even respond? What would I say if you’re going to lie about something ridiculous?” And if you really did your job, you’d look at the pictures taken that day and realise the ring was on my right hand.

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