Julia Roberts: MLK paid my delivery hospital cost
29-10-2022
By Jawad Hussain
Julia Roberts' parents couldn't pay the hospital fee for her birth, so Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King covered it.
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"Erin Brockovich" actor Gayle King said her parents befriended the Kings while running a theatrical school in Atlanta.
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"Coretta called my mother and asked if her kids could be part of the school," Roberts said, referring to segregation in the 1960s.
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"My mom said 'Sure, come over,' and they all became friends and helped us out."
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A KKK member blew up a car outside one of Betty and Walter Roberts' productions because Yolanda King Jr. had to kiss a white performer.
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The famous writer labeled Roberts' parents' decision "exceptional" because "small black children in acting school" was rare at the time.
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The "Ticket to Paradise" diva shared a selfie with pink-and-gold balloons on her 55th birthday.
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