The 37-year-old beauty has opened up about her relationship with the "Overboard" star, 70, and insisted the actress was a "strong presence" in her life, reported People magazine.
"I think people get an idea of her spirit and she's just this wonderful person and she's a light and she's a great mom. She's a very strong presence and she was strict at times. She wasn't always like what her Instagram shows. There's another side to mom," Hudson said.
"What makes mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.