Betty White On Why Bea Arthur Never Fancied Her

Betty White is the only living original cast member from The Golden Girls, and she is still killing the game. A recent feature for Us Weekly gave us a closer look behind the scenes of the iconic show. 

“It started the first day of the first read-through for the pilot,” Betty said of the girls’s on-air chemistry. “We showed up for the read-through [and] it was like batting a tennis ball over the net. It was so exciting to be with four people with that chemistry. I’ll never forget that first read. It was like we had been working together forever. I still get goose bumps thinking about it.”

Betty and Rue were especially excited to reconnect, since they’d worked together on Mama’s Family: “They would play little word games on the set when the cameras weren’t rolling,” said a friend. “There was such love and friendship between them.”

Still, things weren’t so great with her other co-stars — including Bea Arthur. As one friend explained, Betty “is Ms. Sunshine and it drew the cast and crew to her. Bea thought it was an act — she would barely give Betty the time of day.” 

Betty once acknowledged, “She found me a pain in the neck sometimes. It was my positive attitude, and that made Bea mad sometimes. Sometimes if I was happy, she’d be furious!”

Read more at Us Weekly.