Kate Hudson | Unfiltered

Everyone's kind of a nepo,

like, statistically, most people are nepo babies.

This is, like, a very loosely-based show on Jeanie Buss,

the president of the Lakers and owner of the Lakers,

and her, kind of, her life.

Sometimes she's like,

You can't write this stuff.

But she just loved Mindy Kaling's

writing on The American Office.

And went to her, about six years ago, with this idea.

Like, I mean, my life's, kind of, a comedy.

I think you should take this idea

and, like, loosely base it on, you know, my life,

but make it a fun comedy.

It's really about a family dynamic of the only

girl in a family of boys,

which is very challenging, as I know personally,

having three brothers,

growing up with three brothers and no sisters.

It's a lot, like, it's, it's really

a lot.

And awesome.

And also, like, you gotta yell to be heard

by your brothers,

wanting their validation,

it not coming very easily.

And that's like a big part of

what the show is really about is

that dynamic.

I think, that the one thing that's always challenging

for everybody

that's a woman

is,

when you assert yourself

and you put your foot down

or you have very strong boundaries,

that you, sort of, understand that you're risking

being likable

and therefore, being seen differently than, you know,

a male, like, peer or counterpart who puts their foot down.

It's a completely different perception.

Apparently, statistically,

most people go into the family business,

so whatever that family business is,

is actually, statistically, where you end up.

So, I guess, everyone's kind of a nepo,

like, statistically, most people are nepo babies.

We live in a time where,

I think, it started as this, sort of,

a way to undermine people that I actually see as, like,

really talented artists who grew up

with storytellers and artists as in their family,

to sort of undermine their success.

But it's actually become, sort of like, this funny word

that I don't think anybody really minds.

She was like, Is that about me?

I was like, Yes.

I think, we're the keepers of our parents' stories

and we get to share them with our children

and we get to share them with,

you know, your community.

And I really believe in that, like, third-generational

respect and care.

But I get to do it in music

and then, like, share it with the world, [laughs]

which is really fun for me.

And,

and it was, the writing process of it was cool because,

it wasn't like I set out to write a song about my mom.

It just, actually, really happened and

I kept saying, Dead End Street,

in the song that I was writing.

And then, I remember my mom grew up on a,

she grew up on this little,

tiny little cul-de-sac, in a duplex.

And I started thinking about that

and then all the little stories that she'd tell me.

And so, I wrote Right On Time.

I overheard someone say, like,

Oh, I don't like the word empower

because it means that

someone else has to do it for you.

And I was like,

I don't,

I get that.

Like, I can understand that feeling,

and again, back to the woman who's really strong in the room

and thrives in that, I can understand that.

But, for me, personally, I've had moments

where I've felt much confidence and have empowered myself.

But there's also moments

that I couldn't have had the confidence to do something

if I didn't feel like I was being empowered by

someone who gave me the courage or gave,

showed, like, validated something

that might have been a fear of mine.

If you are one of those women

who feel really strong in a room, like,

remember that you might make the difference

to someone who needs that confidence and that encouragement.