Julia Roberts says Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King paid her parents' hospital bill after she was born

• In a September interview, Julia Roberts said that Martin Luther King paid for her birth.

• When her parents couldn't afford the hospital bill, the King family stepped in.

• Fans of Julia Roberts have taken to social media to talk about her.

Julia Roberts said that her birth was paid for by Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King.

The King family's influence in her life was noted in a video posted by a former advisor to Barack Obama.

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When Roberts' parents couldn't afford to pay the hospital bill, the King family stepped in.

My hospital bill was paid by the King family. Roberts mentioned Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King. She said that they helped out of a jam.

During a time when black children were not allowed to integrate into white schools, Roberts' parents ran the Actors and Writers Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia, and welcomed the King children.

Roberts said that Coretta Scott King called his 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 them.

The families became friends after their children attended the school.

A Ku Klux Klan member blew up a car outside of the school after the Kings' entry as students, according to an essay by Phillip Depoy. The terrorist act was done in response to the casting of King's first born child as a love interest to a white person.

The Roberts family was applauded for their role in integrating the Atlanta theater scene during a time of heightened racial injustice.

In the 60s, you didn't have little Black children interacting with little white kids in an acting school, and your parents were like "come on in" It sort of lays the groundwork for who you are and that's extraordinary.

People on social media discussed Robert's revelation. Martin Luther King Jr paid for her birth, that's a little known fact.

Roberts has spoken out about race before. In a 1990 interview with Rolling Stone, Julia Roberts talked about filming "Sleeping with the Enemy" in South Carolina.

Roberts said the town was "horribly racist" and called it a "living hell" after her black friend was refused service.

The residents of Abbeville raised money to take out a Variety ad against Roberts. Are you talking about pretty woman? The ad said it was pretty low.

The Anderson Independent-Mail received a clarification from Roberts.

She said that she was surprised that this type of treatment still existed in America in the 90s.

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