Amazing Bikini Body Kate Hudson was not always known as such. In the new issue of Shape, she reveals she only recently learned to eat and drink in moderation, while on vacation in Paris. She did not come to this realization on her own, however—the lesson was presented to her by another dame.

Kate recalls:

I was at my favorite French restaurant in Paris … eating everything I love … steak, fries, lots of wine. Then the dessert came, and I was having strawberries and cream pastries plus the wine. [Then,] a svelte, sophisticated woman approached [my] table. She pointed to my glass of wine. "This is your piece of cake. That's how you should be thinking." And I always try to remember that: Everything in moderation!

"This is your piece of cake," she said, pointing to the wine. "That's how you should be thinking."

How very, very rude. Here is how that scene would have gone down in America:

I was at my favorite United States restaurant in these big, beautiful, glorious United States … eating everything I love … steak, fries, lots of wine. Then the dessert came, and I was having strawberries and cream pastries plus the wine. [Then,] a svelte, sophisticated woman approached [my] table. She pointed to a piece of cake. "This is your piece of cake. Would you like another piece of cake?" And I always try to remember that.

Much better.

Attention France: Let Kate Hudson eat cake.

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