Kurt Russell Explains 1986 Colorado Move With Goldie Hawn

kurt russell said he and Goldie Hawn moved from California to Colorado in 1986 because it fit their blended family better on a day-to-day basis. He also said the move lined up with a plan to eventually get into ranching, not an escape from Los Angeles.

Colorado in 1986

Russell said, “What I want to look at, what I want to be a part of [are] all the things that Colorado has to offer,” and added, “I wanted to eventually get into the ranching life.” The move came in 1986, after he and Hawn got together in 1983, and it was built around ordinary life rather than celebrity logistics.

“When Goldie and I got together,” Russell said, the family was heading toward a setup that worked better outside the city. He said, “It's very different from living in a city. They grew up with a good dose of what nature can offer,” drawing a line between the move and the way he and Hawn wanted to raise their children.

Blended Family, Ranch Life

The family includes Wyatt Russell, 39, Oliver Hudson, 49, Kate Hudson, 46, and Boston Russell, 46. Russell said the ranch life fit that mixed household, and the couple built a ranch in Colorado a couple of years after they got together in 1983.

That choice was unusual enough that Russell said, “When I did it, nobody else was doing that. I had many people tell me, ‘Well, that's goodbye. That's it.' I said, ‘Well, we'll see.'” He also made clear he was not trying to flee the city: “I don't dislike L.A.,” and “I wasn't escaping. I was just living where I live. I was fortunate that it really didn't make any difference.”

In 2020, Russell put the move in even plainer terms: “Do it every 33 years, first of all.” He received a star on the Walk of Fame in 2017, but the stronger signal here is practical, not symbolic: he and Hawn chose a life built around Colorado long before that sort of celebrity relocation became familiar.