And when her parents, Walter and Betty Roberts, couldn’t afford to pay the bill, the Kings stepped in, the actress said. In 1967, Julia Roberts was born in Smyrna, Georgia.

And my mom was like, ‘Sure, come on over.’” After that, the two families formed a friendship. “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 parents had a theater school in Atlanta called the Actors and Writers Workshop,” Roberts said at the event. Here she is talking about it with /147圆d807W- Zara Rahim October 28, 2022 Can’t stop thinking about this since I read it.

Today is Julia Roberts birthday! 55 years ago MLK and Coretta Scott King paid for her parents hospital bill after she was born. (The account followed up the next day: “Correction: He and Coretta both paid!”) On October 28, consultant Zara Rahim retweeted the post, adding a video clip of Roberts speaking with journalist Gayle King at an event earlier this year. “Martin Luther King Jr paying for her birth is still a little known fact that sends me,” Twitter account posted on October 21. and Coretta Scott King.īut when the actress turned 55 last week, the story started recirculating and quickly went viral. While most people probably know Julia Roberts, they may not know about her unlikely connection to Martin Luther King Jr.

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