Betty White's 'Golden Girls' castmate once called her the C-word

remains popular for the hilarious — and sometimes inappropriate — hijinks of four single, aging women who share a home in Miami. But while the on-camera chemistry between Rose Nylund (Betty White), Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) still charms viewers, the mood was decidedly different behind the scenes.The latest episode of “The Originals,” a podcast hosted by entertainment journalist Andrew Goldman and produced in partnership with Los Angeles Magazine [LINK TK], includes an April 2021 interview with the sitcom’s casting director Joel Thurm, who recounts how the leading ladies, especially Arthur, really felt about White — who died this past New Year’s Eve, weeks before her 100th birthday.“Literally Bea Arthur, who I cast in something else later on, just said, ‘Oh, she’s a f – – king c – – t,’ using that word,” Thurm says on the podcast.

Queen of Funk Betty Davis died aged 77 on Wednesday 9 February from natural causes. Betty had been married to well-known musician Miles Davis — who was 19 years her senior — and, over the course of her music career, released hit songs like Get Ready for Betty, It’s My Life, If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up between 1964 and 1975. Miles and Betty were only married for a year.

Funk singer Betty Davis has died, aged 77. The singer’s friend, Danielle Maggio, confirmed the news to Rolling Stone on Wednesday (9 February). Davis, who was the ex-wife of jazz singer Miles Davis, died of natural causes.

Betty Davis has died from natural causes at the age of 77. The legendary funk and soul star - who was known for writing overtly sexual lyrics and remembered for her marriage to jazz legend Miles Davis - passed away on Wednesday (09. 02.

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NEW YORK -- Betty Davis, a bold and pioneering funk singer, model and songwriter of the 1960s and ‘70s who was credited with inspiring then-husband Miles Davis’ landmark fusion of jazz and more contemporary sounds, has died at age 77.Davis died early Wednesday after a brief illness, according to Danielle Maggio, a singer, adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh and associate producer of the 2017 documentary “Betty: They Say I’m Different." Davis spent part of her childhood in Pittsburgh and settled there during the second half of her life.Sometimes referred to as “Madonna before Madonna,” Davis was the rare woman to make funk albums in the 1970s, and her three albums from that time were showcases for her fearless personality and sexuality and insistence on control of her material and her image. Davis producer Greg Errico, former drummer for Sly and the Family Stone, would call her style “down and dirty funk." Her records sold modestly at the time, but their impact has been cited often in the decades following.“The reach of her influence & sonic lineage is immense,” the author and critic Hanif Abdurraqib tweeted Wednesday.

Betty Davis, a commercially unsuccessful but immensely influential soul, funk, and R&B singer, died today of natural causes, a representative confirmed in an email to The FADER. Born Betty Mabry in Durham, North Carolina, she moved to New York in the early '60s to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Legendary funk singer Betty Davis passed away at the age of 77 on Wednesday.

A.D. Amorosi Singer-songwriter-producer Betty Davis, an icon of future-funk, fashion and bold sexuality in the 1970s, died Wednesday at age 76 in her longtime home of Homestead, Pennsylvania.Davis, who was once married to and collaborated with jazz legend Miles Davis, died of natural causes, Allegheny County communications director Amie Downs told Rolling Stone.The singer was widely viewed as having paved a way for R&B and hip-hop performers ranging from Prince and Erykah Badu to Cardi B and  Megan Thee Stallion, even though she dropped out of the recording scene so early — all but disappearing after the mid-1970s — that thse debts were not always recognized.In her heyday, this uninhibited mistress of futuristic funk and highly sexualized lyrical and vocal prowess released three albums – 1973’s “Betty Davis,” 1974’s “They Say I’m Different” and 1975’s definitive “Nasty Gal” – that were as bold in their self-creation as she was in portraying their sensual power on each album sleeve.

Trailblazing funk musician Betty Davis has died at the age of 77. The star, who was once married to jazz legend Miles Davis, died in the early hours of Wednesday morning, according to a statement on her official website. Davis died in Homestead, Pennsylvania, where she'd lived since childhood, the statement reads.

Betty Davis, a soul and funk singer of the 1960s whose growling, raspy vocal style and unapologetically explicit lyrics would influence future performers from Prince and Erykah Badu to Outkast, died today of natural causes at her home in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She was 77.

Three time Emmy Award nominee Betty Gilpin is in talks to play the late Anna Nicole Smith in a new biopic titled Hurricana.

“GLOW” actress Betty Gilpin is in talks to star in a biopic as Anna Nicole Smith, the actress, model and Playboy Playmate who died in 2007 at age 39 of an accidental drug overdose. The film “Hurricana” will focus on Smith’s final days of her life as she embarks on a 36-hour odyssey with her therapist, in which she unknowingly delivers the fatal blow.

Glow star Betty Gilpin is in discussions to play model, actress and TV personality Anna Nicole Smith in movie Hurricana, we can reveal.

As a stand-up comedian, Pete Davidson has not doubt felt what it’s like to bomb on stage. Hopefully, the experience lessened the blow when he was reportedly booed at a Syracuse University basketball game. The 28-year-old entertainer received the not-so-friendly welcome when he showed up for the match between Syracuse Orange and Louisville Cardinals at the Carrier Dome on Saturday (Feb. 6), according to Page Six. The harsh hello came three years after Pete called the city of Syracuse “trash” during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show.

Geri Horner has hailed the Queen as being the “ultimate” symbol of girl power.The Spice Girl made the comments in a new BBC documentary celebrating the Queen’s seven decades on the throne called The Queen: 70 Glorious Years.The documentary sees a variety of famous faces reflect on the Queen’s reign and how life has changed throughout her years as monarch, including how life changed for women in the 1990s.The decade of “girl power” was famously encapsulated by The Spice Girls when they burst onto the music scene in 1996. Geri said: “The Spice Girls were speaking for a generation of how we were feeling in that era.

She went there! Despite only being in the Celebrity Big Brother house for a few days, Shanna Moakler has already mentioned her past drama with her fellow houseguest Lamar Odom‘s ex-wife.

her death — by rewatching “Golden Girls” and sending the series to the top of Nielsen’s charts, 30 years after its series finale.The sitcom following a group of older women as they enjoy their fabulous and unapologetic lives in Miami is still widely being streamed today on Hulu, where viewers can watch the entire seven-season show which aired between 1985 and 1992.The show has now capped Nielsen’s Top 10 Streaming Acquired Programs list at no. 8, beating out “Shameless” and “The Thundermans,” and short of “Supernatural,” in the week after star Betty White’s passing.White’s death at the age of 99 on Dec.