Bette Midler is reflecting on the loss of her friend and former co-star Diane Keaton.
The pair, who starred alongside Goldie Hawn in the movie “The First Wives Club,” shared a genuine bond, Midler said.
“I met her a long, long time ago. A girlfriend introduced me to her. I’ve always adored her,” Midler told Andy Cohen during a Thursday episode of “Watch What Happens Live.”
“She was so unique, so special, so completely who she was,” she continued, describing her as “inimitable.”
“I used to go home and try to do that style that she had,” Midler confessed.
Diane Keaton and Bette Midler attend the 21st Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards on June 13, 1997, at Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
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Midler described Keaton’s fashion sense as “giddy,” and added that “no one came close” to recreating it. She also said her friend had an “extraordinary personality.”
She went on to recall her time filming “The First Wives Club” with Keaton and Hawn, who Midler said had her “crying with laughter.”
“We had so much on that show,” she said. “I think that was the most fun I’ve ever had.”
In a statement released Thursday, Keaton’s family revealed that the actor had died of pneumonia.
“The Keaton family are very grateful for the extraordinary messages of love and support they have received these past few days on behalf of their beloved Diane, who passed away from pneumonia on October 11,” the statement reads.