Sally Struthers and Betty White.
Getty Images (2)Sally Struthers He knows how much he is loved Betty White She was in Hollywood, but her experience with the late actress was not golden at all.
“Now that she's gone, I'm going to talk about Betty White for a moment,” Struthers, 77, said during the Monday, January 13, episode of the podcast.Let's talk about it! With Larry Saperstein and Jacob BellottiPodcast. “I know everyone loves it. “They loved her very much.”
Struthers admitted that White's fans have had success “signing petitions to bring her to the guest host Saturday Night LiveBut he admitted, “I didn't have a great experience with it.” (White He died in December 2021 At the age of 99.)
the Gilmore Girls The alum described White as a “very passive-aggressive woman” and recalled an awkward encounter at White's home decades ago.
Struthers explained that she once went to fellow sitcom star White's house in Los Angeles to work on a pilot for a new game show. While there, White asked her housekeeper to bring the group a snack.
“Then the plate was put in the middle, and it had cookies on it, I think,” she recalls. “So, she looked for a cake and said in front of everyone, 'Oh, I wouldn't do that if I were you, honey, you don't need a cake.'
Struthers claimed that White “completely humiliated me in front of the rest of the people in the room. And I thought: 'Oh my God, this is not nice.'
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Although Struthers did not have White's fondest memories, she was close to the actress. Golden girls com. costar Bea Arthur. (White played Ditzy Rose In comedy from 1985 to 1992 Opposite the sarcastic Dorothy Arthur. Arthur died in December 2019 at the age of 86.)
“She was a force of nature,” Struthers said of Arthur, whom she met when Arthur guest-starred as Maud on the series. It's all in the family In 1971. “Bea Arthur was dirtier than a deliberately drunken sailor.”
Struthers, who played Gloria It's all in the familyshe recalled meeting Arthur at a grocery store in Brentwood, California, after she moved to the area for the spinoff, Modyears ago Golden girls'First time.'
Sally Struthers with the cast of All in the Family: Rob Reiner, Carroll O'Connor, Mike Evans, and Jean Stapleton.
Getty Images“It will destroy everyone we've ever known,” Struthers said with a laugh. “I loved how dirty it was. It was a big deal. I loved it.”
The actress also remembered McClanahan Streetwho played the saucy Blanche Golden girlsbeing a “sweetheart”. McClanahan died in June 2010 at the age of 76.
Although Struthers' meeting with White was anything but normal—White was one of the most beloved actresses of her time and an American treasure—she wasn't the only one who didn't connect with White right away.
The Saturday Night Live stage has hosted icons from Harry Styles to Betty White, and many of its celebrity guests have gushed about reaching this impressive career milestone. “I can't believe I'm hosting Saturday Night Live. I'm not sure many of you know that I'm 88 and a half years old,” White, who (…)
Arthur and Wyatt butted heads Golden girls Despite playing best friends alongside McClanahan and Estelle Gettywho played Sophia, Dorothy's wise mother.
“During our time on set, I never felt tension between the two.” Golden girls author Stan Zimmerman He wrote in Girls: From Golden to Gilmorewhich was released last year. “I've only heard stories and learned recently from the producer Marsha Posner Williams On the podcast, Bea thought Betty was two-faced.
Zimmerman noted that “Bee liked real people,” writing, “I had a feeling that Betty was more like Sue Ann Nevins, the character she played.” The Mary Tyler Moore Showthan she was like Rose. “More conniving than the innocent airhead from St. Olaf.”
