Goldie Hawn says that her friend Diane Keaton never liked praise. But now, Hawn says, “you can’t tell me to ‘shut up’ honey.”
In a heartfelt tribute on social media, Hawn wrote that Keaton, who died at 79, “stole the hearts of the world and shared your genius with millions, making films that made us laugh and cry in ways only you could. I was blessed to make First Wives Club with you, our day starting with coffee in the makeup trailer, laughing and joking, right through to the very last day of filming. It was a roller coaster of love.”
Hawn starred opposite Keaton and Bette Midler in the 1996 film.
“We agreed to grow old together,” Hawn continued. “And one day, maybe live together with all our girlfriends. Well, we never got to live together, but we did grow older together. Who knows…maybe in the next life.”
Midler also remembered Keaton Saturday by writing, “I cannot tell you how unbearably sad this makes me. She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star. What you saw was who she was…oh, la, lala!”
Another beauty from The First Wives Club shared her thoughts about Keaton. In the comedy that also starred Victor Garber, Sarah Jessica Parker and Dan Hedaya, Marcia Gay Harden played Keaton’s therapist who ultimately slept with her husband (Stephen Collins).
“Oh how we are going to miss this beautiful, unique, talented, compassionate woman!” Harden wrote. “All jokes aside, indeed she did ‘work from love and grow from love’ and share it all with us!”
Harden also shared a video from one of their scenes.
