Breaking up is hard to do. Just ask Kate Hudson, who has been leaving phone
messages for her ex, Alex Rodriguez, frequently since they split earlier this
month. An insider tells BettyConfidential that the Nine star has been reaching
out to A-Rod but the Yankee third baseman isn�t taking her calls.
While Kate has mocked the tabloids� characterization of her as someone who gets
too serious with guys too quickly � she told Harper�s Bazaar earlier this month,
�I�m not needy� � the insider says her behavior tells a different story.
�Kate realizes now that she drove Alex away by being so pushy about marriage,��
the source says. �She�s left him messages, but he hasn�t returned her calls. She
wants to talk to him about how they can work it out without having to tie the
knot.�
But Alex is telling friends that he�s moved on. According to the insider,
A-Rod�s told pals that he�s not angry with Kate � he still has feelings for her
� but he doesn�t believe that she would settle for anything less than marriage.
�He thinks that after a month or two, she�ll start needling him about setting
the date and he�s not ready to get married again,� the source says. �He may
never be ready. Right now, he doesn�t see a wedding happening in the near
future. He stayed with his ex-wife [Cynthia] longer than he should have to try
and work things out, but it didn�t help. It wasn�t the answer.�
��Now Alex is enjoying his freedom and is having fun being in the company of new
people. He�s not looking to get seriously involved with anyone and if he does,
it won�t be a famous woman,� the insider says. �After being involved with
Madonna and Kate, Alex doesn�t want to share the limelight.��
As BettyConfidential previously reported, Alex has been spending time with his
daughters, Natasha 5, and Ella, 19 months, in South Florida since he and Kate
broke up.
But he recently returned to Manhattan, where he owns an apartment, and was
spotted doing some last-minute Christmas shopping on Fifth Avenue and then
stopping for a drink at Uncle Jack�s Steakhouse on 56th Street. �He�s just doing
the bachelor thing,� the insider says. �He�s hanging out and is enjoying meeting
new people.��
As for Kate, she was in New York for the premiere of her movie, Nine, with her
mom, Goldie Hawn, but returned to California where she tried to get into the
holiday spirit by hosting her own star-studded Christmas bash at her Pacific
Palisades home, sans Alex.
Sources say she and guests partied until the wee hours of the morning. The next
day, looking a little worse for wear, Kate boarded a private plane with her son,
Ryder, 4, and headed to Aspen, where she spent the holidays, as usual, with her
mom, Kurt Russell, brother Oliver and his wife, Erin.
But while her Christmas was warm and loving, Kate�s plans for New Year�s Eve
have reportedly been ruined in the wake of her split with A-Rod. According to
Life & Style magazine, the couple was scheduled to appear together at several
parties in Miami, but now Kate has canceled her plans to attend. So who will the
exes be cuddling up to on New Year�s Eve? Stay tuned.
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