Betty White and Bea Arthur apparently had an ongoing feud on ‘Golden Girls,’ says producer

Thank you Betty White and Bea Arthur for being a friend on “The Golden Girls,” even though those behind the show now say it was all an act.

Thank you Betty White and Bea Arthur for being a friend on “The Golden Girls,” even though those behind the show now say it was all an act. The tea was spilled during a panel of writers, producers and others who worked on the show held at NeueHouse Hollywood on Wednesday evening as part of the monthlong Pride LIVE! Hollywood festival, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “When that red light was on (and the show was filming), there were no more professional people than those women,” said co-producer Marsha Posner Williams of Arthur and White – who played Dorothy Zbornak and Rose Nylund, respectively – “but when the red light was off, those two couldn’t warm up to each other if they were cremated together.” Williams also said Arthur “used to call me at home and say, ‘I just ran into that c—” – referring to White, using the c-word – “at the grocery store. I’m gonna write her a letter,’ and I said, ‘Bea, just get over it for crying out loud. Just get past it.’” And it happened more than once. “I remember, my husband and I went over to Bea’s house a couple of times for dinner. Within 30 seconds of walking in the door, the c-word came out,” Williams said of Arthur’s continued off-color references to White.