Julia Roberts is an Academy Award-winning actress, a mother of three, a generous philanthropist, and — most surprisingly — a Bravo reality TV fan. The 57-year-old recently appeared on Watch What Happens Live to discuss all things Real Housewives with host Andy Cohen. In addition to divulging several hilarious opinions about Bravolebrities, Roberts shared about her longtime friendship with Oprah Winfrey.
While appearing on Watch What Happens Live, Julia Roberts promoted her new movie, After the Hunt. She also pulled back the curtain on her personal life. The Golden Globe Award winner revealed her love for Bravo, giving a humorous impersonation of Sutton Stracke’s infamous line, “Name ’em.” During the taping, a viewer asked the actress, “Since you’re such good friends with Oprah, what’s your favorite Oprah story or memory?”
“Oh, wow! Well, my favorite story I probably wouldn’t share here,” Roberts laughed. “But I will say this: She could not come to our baby shower. We live in a very remote place. She somehow managed to — in a place that you cannot even send me a nice bouquet of flowers on my birthday — she got a truck to pull up late at night and had two chests, beautiful chests with baby things — one for Finn and one for Hazel — delivered. And we were all just looking at the trucker and the truck and the things. And we were just like, ‘Only Oprah could do this.'”
Julia Roberts has referred to Oprah as a friend in multiple interviews. For example, in 2011, Roberts told Extra TV, via Business Insider, “I’ve made a lifelong friend in that woman. I think she’s one of the highlights of humankind. I’m lucky that she’s my pal.”
Julia Roberts was likely referring to her remote New Mexico home, a ranch in the Taos area near a 200-year-old community called Arroyo Seco. The northern New Mexico retreat is approximately 32 acres. After first buying the property in the ’90s, she’s acquired multiple adjacent parcels over time, including land owned by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The Taos ranch serves more as a retreat away from Hollywood, offering space, privacy, and seclusion.
In fact, Roberts married her husband, Danny Moder, there on July 4, 2002, in a relatively private ceremony without many celebrity guests. A deeply meaningful place to the Ticket to Paradise star, Roberts has reportedly described the ranch (or that region) as being where she feels most herself. It’s a place she returns to, for family, peace, nature, away from the spotlight. Locals have described Roberts as preferring a lifestyle in Taos that is quieter, private, and “country.” It would certainly take a lot of effort for Oprah to get a truck full of bespoke baby gifts to this remote area.
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