Kathy Griffin on Betty White

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Kathy Griffin

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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…

5) at Sizzler Senior Early Bird Special, my Mom about fell OUT! And I got to spend 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.

[Alice Kramden]

1. Good memories of Betty White

So super cool always

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. She made us laugh. Thank you Betty White. RIP.

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[Duppers]

6. ❤️ this pic!

Thanks for posting this tweet.

[UTUSN]

3. This is Kathy at her best.

[DownriverDem]

4. Some folks passing

makes me so bummed and Betty White is one of those folks.

[BobTheSubgenius]

5. A woman who I have known for just over 60 years and her husband (a parvenu of a mere 41 years)...

...just went home from a visit of several days, and phoned from her residence on the mainland. She was in tears over Betty White's passing. As Al Stewart said:

"....don't some people just affect you that way?"

A class act among class acts, and a total original. Loved her to death.

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. Everybody has their time

and if she had to die, I guess closing out this shitty year is as good a time as any. In this year of so much tension and disagreement, it's one thing we can all agree on. She really was a national treasure, and I'm so glad that she stayed so healthy and sharp until the end.