How Hudson lost a guy

Not only did this column break the news last week about Lance Armstrong splitting with Kate Hudson, I've now learned why serial dater Armstrong has moved on.

Seems the Tour de France champ and cancer survival poster boy was feeling a bit ''smothered'' by the actress. According to an Armstrong associate at his Livestrong charity foundation, the sports hero felt Hudson was ''just too needy,'' and was coming on ''too strong, too fast ... sensing Kate was way too desperate, a woman who clearly can't be on her own without a man in her life at all times.''


Cyclist Lance Armstrong peddled for the hills, leaving actress Kate Hudson because he felt she was "too needy."

He may have a point. Hudson always seems to escalate her relationships quickly -- even turning things into familylike outings with her son Ryder ever-present, as he has been with Armstrong and with Hudson's last flame, Owen Wilson.

One thing Armstrong reportedly liked about ex-girlfriend Sheryl Crow -- and one reason that relationship lasted as long as it did -- was that ''Sheryl's one very independent woman. ... Lance liked that,'' said the source.

Re: How Hudson lost a guy

Lance just wanted a new woman.

Re: How Hudson lost a guy

Ryder, ever-present?

I'm glad she includes her son in what she does on a day-to-day basis. It's called being a single mom who dates.