Goldie Hawn broke down in tears as she honoured her late friend and neighbour Diane Keaton at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment event.
Goldie Hawn broke down in tears as she honoured her late friend Diane Keaton.
The 80-year-old actress was left devastated when her First Wives Club co-star passed away in October at the age of 79, and she admitted Diane, who she lived very close to, was always on her mind even before her death.
Speaking at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment event on Wednesday (03.12.25), Goldie tearfully said: “Diane lived right below me. My house was higher up, and I went down, and I said, you know, we can talk to each other.
“We would laugh, because we were so close, and, literally, I said, ‘Let me get a megaphone.’
“It was just the greatest thing knowing that she was just below me.
“I would go and do my flowers and stuff, my rose garden, and it was right on the edge there. And I remember looking over and wondering, ‘What in the world is she doing now?’ She was always on my mind. She was so close to me.”
The Christmas Chronicles 2 star was in her rose garden when she found out her beloved friend had died.
She said: “I happened to learn in my backyard. And I went over to my backyard, to my rose garden, and I just looked down at her house and [thought], She can’t be gone. She just cannot be gone.
“No one like that should ever die. She just brought so much joy, so much life, so much exuberance. She was like lightning in a bottle. There wasn’t anything that she couldn’t do. There wasn’t any world that she couldn’t live in. She was just an extraordinary human being.”
Shortly after the Annie Hall star died, Goldie hailed her friend a “genius” and told how they had vowed to grow old together.
She wrote on Instagram: “Diane, we aren’t ready to lose you. You’ve left us with a trail of fairy dust, filled with particles of light and memories beyond imagination.
“How do we say goodbye? What words can come to mind when your heart is broken? You never liked praise, so humble, but now you can’t tell me to ‘shut up’ honey. There was, and will be, no one like you.
“You 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 days 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.
“We agreed to grow old together, 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. Shine your fairy dust up there, girlfriend. I’m going to miss the hell out of you.
” My heart goes out to your beautiful children, Dex and Duke. I love you.”
Goldie Hawn pays tearful tribute to Diane Keaton
