Kate Hudson says she’s happy about how Song Sung Blue came out despite harsh criticism from the real Mike Sardina‘s son Michael Sardina Jr.

The actress received an Oscar nomination for her role in the musical biopic and is reflecting on the work that went into the movie. She plays Claire Sardina, who is based on the real musician, formerly one half of the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder with her husband, the late Mike Sardina.

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“Claire is so happy and my relationship with Claire and telling her story and this love story – it’s such a love letter to them,” she told Deadline. “And I am just so grateful that Claire was and is pleased and I just can’t wait to talk to her. People’s reaction to the movie, the way it’s moved people, that’s what I think about.”

Michael Jr. previously said the film was “all lies” and “steals all the hard work that my father put in his entire life.”

Kate responded directly to his comments during a special screening, saying she wasn’t the “right person to speak to it.”

Song Sung Blue was based on the documentary of the same name about Claire and Mike.

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