Kate Hudson on 8/30/09 not wearing an engagement ring

When I’m reading about Kate Hudson’s dating habits and how she always rushes into commitment, and introducing her son Ryder to her whichever new boyfriend, I always wonder what Ryder’s dad thinks about all of this. Kate and husband Chris Robinson split back in 2006, and there were rumors at the time that she had basically left Chris for Owen Wilson, her costar in You, Me and Dupree. Of course, there were always rumors that Chris liked the groupies while the Black Crows were on tour, so it seems both of them might have had issues with fidelity. No matter what really happened between while they were married, they’ve always seemed to have a really great relationship as a divorced, co-parenting couple. Chris seemed to publicly support whatever Kate wanted, and they were even spotted kissing two years after their split.

I’ve gone into this little gossip history lesson, because I think Chris has done something that will send Kate Hudson into a minor tailspin. Chris has gotten his girlfriend pregnant! Chris’s rep confirms that the baby is due in “early 2010”:

Kate Hudson’s son Ryder is going to be a big brother!

Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson — ex-husband of the Oscar nominee — is expecting a baby with his longtime girlfriend Allison Bridges, his rep confirms. The baby is due in early 2010.

Since Kate and Chris split in 2006 after six years of marriage, they have remained friends, sometimes even spending holidays together with 5-year-old Ryder and their significant others. Most recently Kate has been dating NY Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez — and has taken his daughter Natasha to home games along with Ryder.

The Black Crowes’ new album Before The Frost…Until The Freeze, came out last week.

[From Star Magazine]

This really isn’t the most exciting news, and there were some mutterings about it for a while. What’s interesting is that both People and Us Weekly ran stories about Chris’s happy news yesterday, and almost instantly Gatecrasher has an item about how Kate Hudson was spotted wearing “a sparkly diamond band on her left ring finger.” Saving face much?

Kate Hudson was sporting a very interesting new accessory at Monday night’s Yankees game: a sparkly diamond band on her left ring finger. Our spy caught the bubbly blond proudly sporting the ring while typing away on her BlackBerry when her slugger wasn’t up. Either A-Rod is making it official, or Ms. Hudson made some very careless jewelry choices! Neither a rep for Hudson nor Rodriguez returned calls for comment.

[From Gatecrasher]

Yeah, I seriously doubt Alex Rodriguez wants to marry Kate, but he probably doesn’t mind an engagement rumor here and there, just to make her feel better. Am I the only one who find this engagement ring story a little suspicious? I think that Kate is probably happy for Chris, but it probably threw her for a loop to acknowledge that Chris isn’t waiting around for her. It’s like therapy through the tabloids.