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Nothing to Cluck At: Goldie Hawn Recalls Wacky Thing Elvis Presley Said She Looked Like When They First Met
Goldie Hawn recalled meeting Elvis Presley while rehearsing *Laugh-In* at NBC Studios, where he told her she looked “like a chicken that’s just been hatched”. Hawn said she thanked him, and described the encounter as the start of a warm connection with the singer.
Years later, while performing a Las Vegas residency, Hawn and her father stayed for three weeks in Presley’s private suite at the Hilton Hotel. She said he rarely invited people into the suite and remembered him as “a precious, precious person”. Hawn also discussed her children’s book, published in May, and paid tribute to her late friend Dolly Parton.
In short
- Elvis compared Hawn to a newly hatched chicken.
- Hawn later stayed in his private suite with her father.
- She remembered Presley as a “precious” person.
Explained simply
Goldie Hawn is an American actor and comedian who rose to fame on the television sketch show Laugh-In in the late 1960s. Elvis Presley was a singer and actor whose fame made him one of the best-known entertainers of the era.
The two met while Hawn was rehearsing at NBC Studios. Their paths crossed again years later when Hawn was performing in Las Vegas and stayed with her father in a suite at the Hilton Hotel associated with Presley. Their recollections offer a glimpse of a personal connection between two prominent entertainers.