Julia Roberts Sent Chilly Texts Before Sister's Death

Messages supposedly sent to Nancy Motes have not been confirmed
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 13, 2014 10:40 AM CDT
Julia Roberts Sent Chilly Texts Before Sister's Death
Julia Roberts arrives at the 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, in Los Angeles.   (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

No, apparently we have not yet exhausted the supply of sad stories about Julia Roberts' broken relationship with half-sister Nancy Motes, who committed suicide last month. Text messages supposedly between Roberts and Motes were revealed in a preview for an upcoming documentary about Motes, and though Roberts' lawyers got the video clip taken down, Radar got a peek. The site notes that the authenticity of the text messages has not yet been confirmed, but here they are:

  • Roberts: "If you plan on seeing Mom in the next 2 weeks you should go in the next hour. Thanks," texted Roberts in November 2013, while their mother was presumably in the hospital fighting breast cancer.
  • Motes: "We're heading to see her now. Thanks."
  • Roberts: "Please be gone by 3:30."
  • Roberts, a week later: "We will text you when Mom’s surgery is scheduled."
  • Motes: "Mom asked me to come to the hospital. I’m coming."
  • Roberts: "She is asleep. She has to get an x ray and isn’t even admitted to the hospital yet. She is only allowed 1 person with her."
(More Nancy Motes stories.)

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