The legendary comedian called this 2010 Entertainment Weekly photo shoot one of her all-time favorites to take part in.
We were later told the shoot was one of White’s all-time favorites to take part in.
We are sharing it again now followingnews of her death at 99.
Betty White enjoys some pampering during a May 2010 EW photo shoot.Michael Elins for EW
They seem to still be hungry for more, actually.
“I think that still might happen.”
At 88, theMary Tyler Moore ShowandGolden Girlsalum has never been more in demand.
How did she beat that?
By getting tackled in a Snickers ad that ran during the Super Bowl last February.
A star had been born.
“After three rejections, I stopped asking,” says Michaels.
“But it seemed amusing to me as the Facebook thing started.”
White, however, remained uninterested.
“People have had such an overdose of me they don’t need me anymore!
And he said, ‘You’ve got to do it.
If you don’t do it, I’ll divorce you!"’
“Their sense of comedy is so good,” White says.
A bonus: After White signed on, Jay-Z was announced as the night’s musical guest.
After all, this is a woman who’s been on TV practically since it was invented.
(Ludden passed away from cancer in 1981.
White never remarried.)
They garnered her three Emmy wins and 10 nominations.
“Maybe if you’re lucky, you get one of those.”
Sue Ann and Rose are two of White’s favorites, but she’s humble about them, too.
“Actors take all the credit,” she says.
“Oh yes, we did this or that.
But you could’t do it unless the writing is there.
You just cannot.”
“I didn’t think I went anywhere!”
Betty certainly personified the former, and she had no problem embracing the latter.”
She took the cake.
In fact, many of Betty’s saucy parts have been written with her in mind.
(With apologies to Cloris Leachman, White has cornered the market on the bawdy grandma.)
That’s unusual, and why comics and actors and directors love her so much.
It has an air of naughtiness that I think people find irresistible."
White embraces the theme.
“That’s wonderful.
That’s fine,” she adds with a laugh.
“But we’re getting to the point of America’s great-grandmother!
It’s just ridiculous,” she continues.
“At my age, you shouldn’t have all this good stuff.
But honestly, how lucky can I get?”
It’s sheer, blind luck!"
(White herself adopted a golden retriever named Pontiac, whom she calls “Mr. Well, in a sense.
“I’ve been working with the Los Angeles Zoo for 45 years,” she adds.
you’ve got the option to’t ask for better than two things you love the most.”
Fortunately for White, she may be one of the few in Hollywood experienced enough to tell the difference.
