It is little known that Julia Roberts and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared a bond from the moment she was born.
During a conversation with Gayle King for A+E Networks and History Channel’s “HISTORYTalks” on Sept. 24, Julia Roberts revealed that the civil rights activist and his wife, Coretta Scott King, covered the hospital bill for her birth.
“The King family paid for my hospital bill — Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta. My parents obviously couldn’t pay for the hospital bill,” she said.
In response to a question regarding how the relationship between the Kings and Roberts’ parents, Betty and Walter Roberts, began, the 55-year-old actress replied: “My parents had a theater school in Atlanta called the ‘Actors and Writers Workshop.’ And one day, Coretta Scott King called my mother and asked if her kids could be part of the school because they were having a hard time finding a place that would accept her kids. My mom was like, ‘Sure, come on over,’ and so they all just became friends, and they helped us out of a jam.”
The “Ticket to Paradise” star celebrated her 55th birthday Friday by sharing a selfie of herself sipping a mug of coffee and pink-and-gold balloons.
“Feeling the love and magic on my ⚡️55th ⚡️ Birthday ! My cup runneth over 🥰,” she captioned the Instagram photo.
Earlier this month, the “Pretty Woman” star gushed about life with her husband, Danny Moder, and their kids, 17-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus and 15-year-old Henry.
“The life that I have built with my husband, [and] the life that we’ve built with our children, that’s the best stuff,” she said. “To come home at the end of the day, triumphantly, to them.”