Nothing to Cluck At: Goldie Hawn Recalls Wacky Thing Elvis Presley Said She Looked Like When They First Met

Goldie Hawn’s first interaction with Elvis Presley was memorable, to say the least — and not just because she was in the presence of the King of Rock & Roll.

While appearing on The Jennifer Hudson Show on Tuesday (Nov. 10), the actress opened up about crossing paths with Presley while rehearsing Laugh-In many decades ago at NBC Studios. “I remember I was wearing a purple wool jumpsuit, and I went over to him and I said hi,” Hawn began.

“He took my hair and went, ‘You look like a chicken that’s just been hatched,’” she said, making Jennifer Hudson’s jaw drop. “I said, ‘Oh, thank you.’”

A few years later, Hawn would headline a residency at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, where Presley was kind enough to invite her to stay in his private suite. “He didn’t let a lot of people back there,” she recalled to Hudson. “But me and my daddy [Edward Rutledge Hawn], we stayed in his big suite. … I was there for three weeks. And I saw [Elvis] during that time and he was a precious, precious person.”

Also on the talk show, the Death Becomes Her star spoke about her new children’s book The After-School Kindness Crew (Pooch on the Loose #1), which was published this past May. Hawn shared her passion for kids’ literature with late friend and Imagination Library founder Dolly Parton, whom the Hollywood legend honored in August after the country superstar passed away at the age of 80.

“She was a ray of light!” Hawn wrote on Instagram at the time. “She was lit up like an angel, a joyful, celestial being. Dolly blessed us all for generations to come. Rest, dear Angel, and, as you said, keep the angels creating music and singing in the heavens.”

Watch Hawn recap her experience meeting The King above.