Tom Cruise 'scaled an eight-foot gate' to crash Kate Hudson's party

Kate Hudson has claimed Tom Cruise once scaled an eight-foot gate to get into one of her parties without an invite.

The Almost Famous star recalled the incident during an appearance on Thursday's instalment of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, as she and her brother Oliver opened up about parties at her family home.

The siblings recalled throwing elaborate parties at their mum Goldie Hawn and her longterm partner Kurt Russell's home when they were out of town, with Oliver revealing: "Kate would invite the industry people and I'd invite the riff raff."

Explaining the parties got bigger each time, Kate revealed her childhood crush Tom even showed up one time - despite not being invited.

"I remember I was having this party with over 400 people. I see someone scaling an eight-foot gate at my parents' house and I freak out... and it's Tom Cruise!"

"I was like, 'Oh, I didn't realise you were coming to my party!' He is Mission: Impossible," she gushed.

During the chat, the pair, who are estranged from their biological father, singer Bill Hudson, also confessed they have smoked cannabis with their parents before. The drug is legal in Los Angeles where the family resides.