The Kings Paid Julia Roberts' Birth Hospital Bill
Julia Roberts (the actress) revealed that MLK Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, took care of the hospital expenses since her parents couldn’t pay the bill.
“My parents had a theater school in Atlanta called the Actors and Writers’ Workshop,” Roberts said. “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.”
Roberts’ mother said sure and thus began the friendship between the civil rights leaders and Walter and Betty Lou Roberts.
That led to the Kings paying for the birth of the woman who would go on to become an international star.
“They helped us out of a jam,” Julia Roberts said.
“My parents had a theater school in Atlanta called the Actors and Writers’ Workshop,” Roberts said. “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.”
Roberts’ mother said sure and thus began the friendship between the civil rights leaders and Walter and Betty Lou Roberts.
That led to the Kings paying for the birth of the woman who would go on to become an international star.
“They helped us out of a jam,” Julia Roberts said.
