Julia Roberts: Martin Luther King Jr. paid hospital bill for my birth

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Julia Roberts revealed that the late Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, paid the hospital bill for her birth when her parents couldn’t afford it.

While in conversation with Gayle King, the “Erin Brockovich” star explained that her parents befriended the Kings while living in Atlanta and running a theater school.

“One day Coretta 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 said, referring to segregation in the 1960s.

“My mom was like, ‘Sure, come on over,’ and so they all just became friends, and they helped us out of a jam.”

It previously has been reported that a Ku Klux Klan member blew up a car outside one of Betty and Walter Roberts’ plays in response to King Jr’s daughter Yolanda being cast in a role where she had to kiss a white actor.

The Kings befriended Roberts’ parents after they opened a theater school in Atlanta.

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The Kings befriended Roberts’ parents after they opened a theater school in Atlanta.

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