<p id=”par-1_85″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/what-betty-white-did-with-obscene-fan-letter.html/”>Betty White</a> was a beloved actor whose sunny disposition and wit made her an icon. When the famed actor died in December 2021, just days shy of her 100th birthday, the world mourned. While many in the entertainment business have spoken about White’s kind nature, not every interaction she had with other actors was pleasant. Sally Struthers recently shared a negative experience she had with White, calling her passive-aggressive. Struthers isn’t the only one; White’s <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/the-golden-girls/?swcfpc=1″><em>The Golden Girls</em> </a>co-star, Bea Arthur, had a similar take.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-sally-struthers-calls-betty-white-passive-aggressive-in-a-new-podcast-interview”>Sally Struthers calls Betty White passive-aggressive in a new podcast interview</h2>
<p id=”par-2_48″>It has been years since Betty White died, but only now does <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/all-in-the-family-sally-struthers-net-worth-and-why-she-really-hated-abcs-live-reboot-of-the-series.html/”>Sally Struthers</a> feel comfortable enough to talk about her less-than-nice interaction with the star. During an appearance on <em><a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4LDPszuOw8″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Let’s Talk About That!</a>, </em>a podcast, Struthers recalled how a meeting with Betty White got a bit tense.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-large” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high” width=”2560″ height=”1662″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sally-Sruthers-scaled.jpg?w=1024&h=665&strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”Sally Struthers arrives at the premiere of Netflix’s ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life’ at the Regency Bruin Theatre on November 18, 2016″ class=”wp-image-2271361″ srcset=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sally-Sruthers-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sally-Sruthers-scaled.jpg?w=640&h=416 640w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sally-Sruthers-scaled.jpg?w=768&h=499 768w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sally-Sruthers-scaled.jpg?w=1024&h=665 1024w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sally-Sruthers-scaled.jpg?w=1536&h=997 1536w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sally-Sruthers-scaled.jpg?w=2048&h=1330 2048w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sally-Sruthers-scaled.jpg?w=1200&h=779 1200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sally-Sruthers-scaled.jpg?w=92&h=60 92w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sally-Sruthers-scaled.jpg?w=150&h=97 150w” sizes=”(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px”><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Sally Struthers | Amanda Edwards/WireImage</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-3_96″>Struthers said she met with a group to discuss a pilot for a game show. Betty White was one of the people she was meeting. All seemed fine until White made a fat-shaming comment toward her when she was offered a snack. Struthers said she reached for a cookie from a platter provided to the group, only to have White tell her she didn’t really <em>need </em>a cookie. She went on to say that Betty White was a passive-aggressive woman. The moment embarrassed and angered Struthers, who noted an entire group of people witnessed the interaction.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” width=”1200″ height=”969″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Golden-Girls.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”Bea Arthur as Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak, Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux, Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo, Betty White as Rose Nylund” class=”wp-image-3456854″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>A promo image for “The Golden Girls” season 1 I Herb Ball/NBCU Photo Bank</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_98″>In the days since she made the statement, the podcast episode has gone viral, with many people weighing in on Struthers’ account of her interaction with White. While White’s fans are agast, Struthers is 100% standing by her statement. <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14294327/sally-struthers-dog-vet-betty-white-fat-shamed.html” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Daily Mail</a> caught up with the septuagenarian as she headed out with her dog. While the photographer quizzed Struthers on her thoughts on White, she kept her cool. Struthers insisted that she simply told the truth about Betty White and hadn’t said anything particularly terrible. She reiterated that she merely told a true story as she remembered it.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-bea-arthur-felt-the-same-way”>Bea Arthur felt the same way</h2>
<p id=”par-5_82″>While Struthers is the first celebrity in recent years to share a negative story about Betty White, she’s not the only star who had negative feelings towards her. Bea Arthur, White’s <em>The Golden Girls</em> co-star, also had a strained relationship with her. For years, rumors have suggested Bea Arthur and Betty White disliked each other. Betty White once suggested Bea Aruther was <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-golden-girls-inside-bea-arthurs-alleged-feud-with-betty-white.html/”>bothered by her optimistic nature. </a>Others have suggested the pair just had different working styles that clashed while on set.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-3″><img decoding=”async” width=”1200″ height=”798″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Betty-White-and-Bea-Arthur.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”Betty White and Bea Arthur during The Golden Girls: Season 3 Signing at Barnes and Noble” class=”wp-image-3627255″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Betty White and Bea Arthur | Desiree Navarro/FilmMagic</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-6_50″>More recently, though, Stan Zimmerman, a writer on the show, revealed Bea Arthur’s issue with Betty White was deeper than anyone thought. In his book, <em><a href=”https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Girls.html?id=aNjWEAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore</a></em>, Zimmerman wrote that he was informed, years after the series ended, that Arthur believed Betty White to be<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/bea-arthur-thought-betty-white-was-two-faced-claims-the-golden-girls-writer.html/”> “two-faced.”</a></p>
<p id=”par-7_38″>Bea Arthur died in 2009 at 86, many years before Zimmerman penned his memoir. She didn’t openly speak about her feelings about White. Betty White was the last living member of the cast until her death in 2021.</p>