Kimberly Williams-Paisley says she bought Diane Keaton’s hat and gloves at auction, then had a bald eagle land nearby while she was unpacking them. She described the moment as rare and said it felt like Keaton’s energy was around them, a private tribute that now sits inside the pair’s shared Father of the Bride history.
Friday, Aug. 7 tribute
On Friday, Aug. 7, Williams-Paisley wrote on Instagram, “Recently I bought this hat and gloves from the Diane Keaton auction. I'm so happy to have some of her iconic style with me.” The post put a concrete object behind a grief response that could otherwise have stayed generic: a black hat, gloves, and a public record of what she chose to keep from Keaton’s style.
The carousel showed Williams-Paisley by a lake in a black-and-white suit, wearing Keaton’s gloves and the black hat. The final slide showed Keaton wearing the hat herself, which turns the post into more than nostalgia; it links the item back to the person who made it recognizable in the first place.
NO MORE WAR hat
Williams-Paisley said, “The hat says, 'NO MORE WAR,' and she'd added a skull and crossbones.” She also said she was “passing along Keaton's message,” a detail that matters because the item is not just costume nostalgia but a piece of personal expression Keaton had marked up herself. The message stays inside the object.
She added that while my friends and I were carefully unpacking the items and getting ready to shoot this, “a gorgeous, gigantic bald eagle landed in a nearby tree, stayed for a moment and then flew off (see video).” She called it rare and said, “THIS IS SO RARE!! It definitely felt like Diane's energy was around us!” That is the emotional read Williams-Paisley gave the moment; the post does not establish any factual connection between the sighting and Diane Keaton.
Father of the Bride pair
Williams-Paisley and Keaton first worked together in 1991’s Father of the Bride, where Williams-Paisley played Annie Banks, Keaton played Nina Banks, and Steve Martin played George Banks. They reunited for Father of the Bride Part II in 1995, which explains why this purchase lands as a shared professional artifact rather than a random celebrity auction score.
Earlier, Williams-Paisley said Keaton was one of her idols long before they met and later described her as a mentor and mother figure early in her career. She also said the pair “really bonded” while filming the sequel and called Keaton “so generous, and so funny, and wise. Just like wonderful,” which is the clearest reason she is framing the auction buy as a personal handoff, not a collector’s move.
Keaton died at 79 on Oct. 11, 2025, and Williams-Paisley’s post was labeled part one of two. The unanswered piece is simple: which Diane Keaton auction the hat and gloves came from is not identified, so the public can see the tribute but not the sale trail behind it.
