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pbmus

(12,422 posts)
Fri Dec 31, 2021, 06:15 PM Dec 2021

Kathy Griffin on Betty...

1) Betty White. Where do I begin? I’ve known her long, but I think the first time I met her was when she was a guest star on Suddenly Susan in the late 90s. Everyone was very excited she was on the show. I had accidentally parked in her parking spot that day. She walks in…
2) yells from the back of the soundstage for everyone to hear “Where’s that redheaded bitch who stole my parking spot???” SWOON. A friendship was born. Another time I was lucky enough to present at the primetime Emmy awards with the lake great Don Rickles. He and Betty and I …
3) We’re sitting backstage at rehearsal with the great Mary Tyler Moore. Don and Betty and I were being silly and vulgar and Mary was not having it. Mary got up and walked away and Don turned to Betty and I and said “She was never the warmest.” We laughed way too hard. But when..
4) Betty, who was gracious enough to be a guest star on the episode of “Kathy Griffin My Life on the D List”, where we get my mom Maggie a play date with Betty White, was a bucket list memory, touching and hilarious at the same time. We surprised Maggie, so when Betty shows up…
the day on film and off camera, with my mom and Betty White. It was basically a dream girls day. Betty legit treated my mom like a friend. She answered every question, acted very shocked at…
6) …every word out of my mouth, which was mandatory. She hung out with my mom, like a peer. She treated me like we were in the same club or something. She actually treated me like an equal in the comedy gurrrl world. She was as sharp and funny as she was soft and wise…
7) …and no matter how long this world continues to spin, there will be only one Betty White.


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Kathy Griffin on Betty... (Original Post) pbmus Dec 2021 OP
Thought she was going to be holding a bleeding head... lame54 Dec 2021 #1
Here's to those who go out of their way to make others happy! nolabear Dec 2021 #2
#3. I was with Mary Tyler Moore for only about an hour. 3Hotdogs Dec 2021 #3
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Dec 2021 #4
Karhy at her best UTUSN Dec 2021 #5

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
2. Here's to those who go out of their way to make others happy!
Fri Dec 31, 2021, 06:22 PM
Dec 2021

It’s truly something to aspire to. Thanks for posting this.

3Hotdogs

(12,372 posts)
3. #3. I was with Mary Tyler Moore for only about an hour.
Fri Dec 31, 2021, 06:26 PM
Dec 2021

She lived in the same building as Pale Male (N.Y.C.'s Red Tailed Hawk). There was a gathering in Central Park after the building management restored Pale Male's nest after tearing it down.

M.T.M. came. She was warm and friendly to all.

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