Betty White might be loved by millions for her performances on shows like “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Golden Girls,” but don’t put fellow actor Sally Struthers on that list.
The 77-year-old “All In The Family” star recently revealed she “didn’t have such a great experience” with White, who died in December, 2021, at the age of 99.
“I know everybody loves her. They loved her so much,” Struthers said during an interview on the “Let’s Talk About That” podcast with Larry Saperstein and Jacob Bellotti. “They signed petitions to get her to guest-host ′Saturday Night Live.′ I know all that,” but still called her fellow performer a “very passive-aggressive woman.”
Struthers told the hosts that White once “fat-shamed” her when they were working on a pilot for a new game show.
At one point, White asked her housekeeper for some food and the employee brought a plate of cookies.
“So I reached for a cookie,” Struthers recounted, “and [White] said in front of everyone, ‘Oh, I wouldn’t do that if I were you, dear, you don’t need a cookie.’”
Struthers said White “totally fat-shamed me in front of the rest of the people in the room. And I thought, ‘Gosh, that’s not nice.’”
But Struthers had nicer words about White’s “Golden Girls” co-star, Bea Arthur. She met Arthur when she guest-starred on “All In The Family” as Edith Bunker’s cousin, Maude, which turned into a successful spinoff.
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Struthers said that, years later, she would see Arthur in the grocery store and the two would end up laughing up a storm in the aisles.
“She would trash everyone we ever knew,” Struthers reminisced. “I loved how filthy she was.”
You can see the complete interview on YouTube. Struthers’ comments about white begin at around the 35-minute mark.