Kate Hudson Admits She's Fine With Sometimes Just Being ‘The OK Mom’

When it comes to motherhood, Kate Hudson isn’t here to tell you it’s easy.

The actress, who stars on the October cover of Marie Claire, opened up to the magazine about the difficulty that comes with balancing motherhood and work, and why she sometimes settles for being “the OK mom.”

“I don’t try to sugarcoat things,” she told the magazine. “I’ll say, ‘I’m doing the best I can.’ I like cooking, I like presenting. I like it to be an experience and [my kids] help me with it, but if they want something after that, I’ll be like, ‘Look, I’m placing a meal out for you like a king. I can’t do everything. I’m going to have to be the OK mom.’”

The actress, who will appear in the upcoming BP oil spill film “Deepwater Horizon,” also noted that her kids are the reason she keeps her love life out of the press as much as possible.

“People ask that question as if, ‘Oh yeah, it’s really healthy to publicly talk about who I am or am not dating when I’ve got a tween,’” she said. “[Ryder] can read, and he can hear. I’m not going to indulge in that kind of thing until there’s someone in my life who I am introducing to my kids.”

Despite her thoughts about being an “OK mom,” it seems like she’s got this whole thing figured out.

To read more from Kate’s interview with Marie Claire, head over to their website or pick up a copy of the issue when it hits newsstands on Sept. 20.