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Betty White Explains Golden Girls Absence at Estelle Getty’s Funeral
By Karen | August 7, 2008
Betty White, Bea Arthur and Rue McClanahan better known and loved as the Golden Girls are getting a lot of bad press lately. The trio was not at the other member of the Golden Girls Estelle Getty’s funeral. Getty who bravely suffered from advanced dementia for many years died at her home in Hollywood on July 22.
“We were with Estelle when it mattered,” Betty tells ET. “I didn’t go to her funeral and Paul, her wonderful caretaker, knew I wasn’t going to her funeral.”
Betty, a feisty 86, claims that Estelle would have been angry if they had shown up. As they would have attracted even further tabloid coverage. Since they were very close to Getty you would think they would know and understand her.
“Funerals are about [journalism] … who was there and who wasn’t? That’s not about Estelle,” Betty says. “We adored her. To tell you the truth, her passing is tough on us, but it’s a blessing for her. She’s been so ill for so long, she’s in a better place now, wherever she is.”
Funerals in general are not a fun place to be and at one of a close friend it is even worse. Let’s face it at the age the “Girls” are now I am sure they spend a whole lot of time going to funerals. So let’s cut them some slack on this, my motto is bring me flowers while I can enjoy them and not when I can’t.
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2 Responses to “Betty White Explains Golden Girls Absence at Estelle Getty’s Funeral”
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August 8th, 2008 at 4:13 am
Karen, please don’t link auto-play videos. They’re annoying.
There’s no reason to give people crap about not going to the funeral. My grandpa just died and his brother and sister didn’t attend because they didn’t want to see him wasted from cancer. No one gave them crap for it, so why do it for the friends of Estelle Getty?
May 5th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
I AM DEEPLY SORRY FOR WHAT HAD HAPPEN’D TO ESTELLE GETTY a.k.a “SOPHIA”…!!! I MAY BE 21 YRS OF AGE BUT I HAVE BEEN A BIG FAN OF THE *GOLDEN GIRLS* SINCE I WAS YOUNG…AND TIL’ NOW, I’M STILL WATCHING THE EPISODES…YOU ALL HAVE DONT A JOB WELL DONE ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO LOVE YOUR SHOW…! TWO THUMBS UP!!!! WE WILL DEEPLY MISS YOU *SOPHIA AND DORTHY* MAY YOU BOTH REST IN LOVE AND PEACE! AND MORE POWER TO YOU *BLANCHE AND ROSE*…! MAY THE GOOD LORD ADD MANY MORE DAYz TO YOUR LIVEz…!!!! WILL TRULY MISS YOU GUYz BEIN’ TOGETHER….!! *:[
LOVE ALWAYz,
*ELIZABETH L.*