By Page Six | Created at 2025-01-15 19:43:35 | Updated at 2025-01-15 22:59:48
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Betty White was not such a golden girl, according to Sally Struthers.
Two years after White’s death, the “All in the Family” alum opened up about her negative experiences with the late actress, whom she deemed a “very passive aggressive woman.”
Struthers, 77, claimed on Monday’s “Let’s Talk About That” podcast episode that White once “totally fat-shamed [her] in front of” other people while working on a pilot for a new game show.
“The plate was set in the middle [by White’s housekeeper], and it was cookies, I think,” Struthers recalled. “So I reached for a cookie and she said in front of everyone, ‘Oh, I wouldn’t do that if I were you, dear, you don’t need a cookie.’”
At the time, the Emmy winner thought, “That’s not nice.”
Struthers, who felt comfortable talking about White “now that she’s gone,” noted, “I know everybody loves her. They loved her so much. They signed petitions to get her to guest host ‘Saturday Night Live.’ I know all that.”
However, the “Gilmore Girls” alum admitted, “I didn’t have such a great experience with her.”
White’s rep has yet to respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
The comedian passed away on Dec. 31, 2021, at age 99, suffering a stroke less than three weeks shy of her 100th birthday.
White recorded a Facebook video to come out on the milestone day, in which she said, “I just want to thank you all for your love and support over the years. Thank you so much, and stick around!”
The Grammy winner previously said in a 2012 “CBS Sunday Morning” interview that she was not “at all” afraid to die because she would learn “the secret” of what happens next.
She was best known for her role as Rose Nylund in “Golden Girls” from 1985 to 1992, alongside Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan.
Struthers also spoke about Arthur on Monday’s episode, calling the late star a “force of nature” with a wonderfully “filthy” sense of humor.
“She would trash everyone we ever knew,” the actress told co-hosts Larry Saperstein and Jacob Bellotti.
Former casting agent Joel Thurm wrote in his 2022 memoir, “Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season,” that Arthur once called White a “c–t” for being “unkind” to Getty.
