- Gates added that while Rhoda kept her married name and gave it to her son — John Pendleton Roberts — Willis Roberts could not have been the father. “Julia, Willis Roberts could not possibly be your great-great-grandfather, he was dead.”
- The “Pretty Woman” star was visibly taken aback by the revelation, responding, “But — wait — but am I not a Roberts?”
- Gates went on to say that there were no records anywhere that shed light on who might actually have been John’s father, leaving them no recourse but DNA to trace her family history further.
