Bea Arthur threatened to hit Merv Griffin because of his question in Betty White
She appeared with her Co-Stars des Golden Girls in an episode of 1985 of her talk show.
In November 1985, Daddy's Girls It has only been for two months, but it was already a success. The four stars - Betty White ,, Bea Arthur ,, McClanahan Street , And Estelle Getty - was guests on The Merv Griffin show To talk about their new series, but some of the host's questions did not go so well with one of the actors. A clip that recently circulated on X (formerly Twitter) shows that Arthur threatened to strike MERV GRIFFIN Live in the air because of the questions he asked and white for him.
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"You talk about an age thing, Merv? Because if you are, I'm going to hit you. I'm really going to hit you," said Arthur Clip published by the User @Mxnedits At the invite "named an era when a celebrity has yawned their interviewer". Griffin tries to explain himself, but she adds: "I heard how Betty asked you, and I really blame myself." White was interviewed solo before Arthur joined her on stage; McClanahan and Getty came out later.
A Longer version of the interview is available on YouTube. In this video, White can be seen to make an exaggerated expression happy towards the public while Arthur defends it. He also shows why Arthur decided to confront Griffin in the first place.
Griffin asks Arthur if she was "collected" recently, and she says she was when she was in Toronto. Arthur then said: "You asked Betty things like ... about age and how it changes, right? Me, frankly, I see no difference at all." Griffin says: "In what?" and the Mud The actor explains: "I mean, why would you like you to ask me if I was recovered recently. If I was 30 years younger, you would not have bored to ask me this question." To this, Griffin said: "Oh, yes, I would have done it. I would probably have asked you if you had picked up someone."
"So there is a difference? There is a difference," replied Arthur.
The interview continues from there with Arthur making his own obsolete comments. She says she was picked up by an Indian in Toronto and adds: "I'm not talking about America Indians.
The defense of Arthur's white could surprise some Daddy's Girls Fans from the two had a controversial relationship. Casting director Joel Thurm said on the podcast The originals that He heard Arthur call White the word c . Thurm also said that one of the reasons for Arthur was angry with White was because she had fun in Getty to the studio public when Getty, who showed early signs of dementia, forgot her lines.
White herself opened on Arthur's vision of her. "She didn't love me," said White, according to the Village voice . "She sometimes found me pain in the neck. It was my positive attitude - and it made Bea mad sometimes. Sometimes, if I was happy, she would be furious!"
However, they sometimes got along. As indicated by E! News, McClanahan said to the television academy That while they were shooting, Arthur "would not have lunch unless Betty accompanies him".
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