Julia Roberts

13 Jan

Julia Roberts Has Discovered She’s Not Actually A Roberts

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We are learning even more about the heritage of Julia Roberts. Not long ago, the internet was all abuzz about the fact that civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. had paid the hospital bill for her birth. Now comes news that there was a big secret in the “Ticket to Paradise” star’s family. On Wednesday’s episode of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots” with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Roberts is shown learning that she was not actually related to her supposed great-great-grandfather, Willis Roberts. Gates shared the news with the Oscar winning actress that the elder Roberts had actually…

01 Nov

Julia Roberts Reveals Martin Luther King Jr. And Coretta Scott King Paid The Hospital Bill For Her Birth

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A previously little known fact about Julia Roberts is now more widely known, thanks to social media. It all started recently when a Twitter user shared a compilation video of Roberts, writing “Martin Luther King Jr. paying for her birth is still a little known fact that sends me.” A few days later, in honor of Roberts’ 55th birthday on October 28, consultant Zara Rahim tweeted a clip of Roberts sharing the story about her birth with journalist Gayle King (no relation to Dr. King). Roberts explained that Dr. King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, took care of the…