Julia Roberts and her family's incredible, uplifting connection with Martin Luther King | JOE.ie

Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts turned 55 this week, leading to a fascinating interview with the Hollywood icon to go viral.Twitter user Zara Rahim shared a snippet of Roberts in conversation with American journalist Gayle King last month in which the actress spoke about her family's connection with social activist Martin Luther King Jr.In the clip, the Erin Brockovich star talks about how King Jr and his wife Coretta Scott King paid for her hospital bill when she was born.

This was after the King family had become close with the actress' parents - Betty and Walter Roberts - because the latter pair ran a theatre school in Atlanta that Coretta and Martin's children attended. Today is Julia Roberts birthday! 55 years ago MLK and Coretta Scott King paid for her parents hospital bill after she was born. Can’t stop thinking about this since I read it. Here she is talking about it with

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