Bea Arthur called Betty White a ct often, Golden Girls producer claims whyd they clash?

Not so golden. “Golden Girls” co-producer Marsha Posner Williams opened up about Betty White and Bea Arthur’s rumored feud during an event celebrating the hit sitcom’s 40th anniversary in Los Angeles on Wednesday.“When that red light was on [and the show was filming], there were no more professional people than those women, but when the red light was off, those two couldn’t warm up to each other if they were cremated together,” she said, per the Hollywood Reporter. Williams recalled that Arthur “used to call me at home and say, ‘I just ran into that [C-word] at the grocery store.

I’m gonna write her a letter,’ and I said, ‘Bea, just get over it for crying out loud.Just get past it.’”The producer continued, “I remember, my husband and I went over to Bea’s house a couple of times for dinner.

Within 30 seconds of walking in the door, the c-word came out [to describe White].” “The Golden Girls” aired on NBC from 1985 to 1992, following four older single women sharing a home in Florida while navigating their “golden” years.There was Southern belle widow Blanche (Rue McClanahan), Minnesota-born widow, Rose (White), Brooklyn-born divorcee Dorothy (Arthur) and Dorothy’s Sicilian mother, Sophia (Estelle Getty).Getty died in 2008 at age 84, McClanahan died in 2010 at age 76, White died in 2021 at age 99 and Arthur died in 2009 at age 86. Producers speculated about the source of White and Arthur’s animosity.

Co-producer Jim Vallely said he thought it was because White got more applause during cast introductions.But Williams disagreed and thought they clashed over their different backgrounds, since Arthur had a theater background while White came from TV.It’s also previously been speculated that the feud came from jealousy, as White was the show’s first cast member to be nominated for a Best Actress Emmy in 1986. In the 2016 “Golden Girls Forever” biography, author Jim Colucci noted that Arthur remained in character...