For those of you unfamiliar with Paul F. Tompkins’ standup bit about interviews with Hollywood actresses, it goes a little something like this:

At one point, they will always ask the beea-utiful Hollywood actress, ‘Tell me, what were you like as a little girl?’ And then the beeau-tiful Hollywood actress will always say, “Oh, well — I was a bit of a Tomboy. I know it’s hard to believe cause I’m so beautiful and everything, but I WAS A TOMBOY! Used to walk around in overalls and a baseball hat, carried a slingshot and I was constantly catchin’ frogs!

Flash forward to Wednesday, April 30 — Kate Hudson has been named People Magazine’s Most Beautiful Cover Girl. Surely, this beautiful actress has always been beautiful and actresslike, especially in her childhood, right?

Was she always such a head-turner? Admits the actress: “I was a tomboy. I had three brothers. I was the girl with the dress on that always came back in the house filthy with scrapes and bruises. But I was always very girly. I had to be able to twirl so that my underwear showed.”

Sometimes, folks, the jokes come true.