REPLY ALL: Betty White Opens Up About Love, Laughter and Sex

Marlo Thomas checks in with the ageless actress, funny lady and beloved Golden Girl.

If you could write a personal slogan that you live by, what would it be?
“Be kind.”

What's a good come-on line to a woman your age?
Hello!

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Overbooking my schedule!

What is your greatest fear?
Fire.

Which word or phrases do you most overuse?
“I'm sorry.”

Who is your personal hero?
Charles Darwin.

Who or what always makes you laugh?
Tim Conway.

What is always at your bedside or in your purse?
Crossword puzzles.

What do you collect?
Pekingese artifacts.

What is your obsession?
Animals.

What do you find sexy? What turns you on?
A clean-shaven man in a fresh dress shirt

What is your current state of mind?
Euphoric.

What brings you peace?
Sitting on the couch with my golden retriever.

Who is your favorite bad guy?
Bad guys don't exactly thrill me.

What do you remember most about your first kiss?
He was a classmate in grade school. He asked if he could kiss me. But my question is: Why didn't he just surprise me?

If you were a stripper, what would you choose as your stage name?
Blanche Raunch.

What is your secret dream?
To keep on doing exactly what I'm doing.

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Comments

[SourdoughJoe]

02:42 AM on 03/27/2012

Betty's Hot! :oD

[chrissy8569]

12:25 AM on 03/27/2012

Betty White is my soulmate...I love her and still proudly hang my 2011 Betty White Calendar on my wall.

[grayplace]

12:06 AM on 03/27/2012

Betty's the BEST!

[KAIE]

10:14 PM on 03/26/2012

Betty White has it going on....she is talented, funny, witty, gifted, and beautiful... there should be more people like Betty. Betty is like fine wine, gets better with age. And she loves her animals..she has it all. She still has alot of people who absolutely LOVE her and with good reason. I personally cannot get enough of her on tv, she really can make a person laugh, and it just doesn't have to be from a script, she can adlib with the best of them..... LONG live Betty, you go girl...just take care of yourself, so we can continue to WATCH YOU DO WHAT YOU DO BEST....

[David Jeffers]

08:18 PM on 03/26/2012

You go girl.....always been a favorite......

[DoggieMom]

02:54 PM on 03/26/2012

The Golden Girls is still my favorite late-night rerun show.

[bmitche]

02:46 PM on 03/26/2012

I love Betty White. She proves that just because you ARE old does not mean that you have to BE old.

[Dan Crabtree]

01:58 PM on 03/26/2012

In the 60's had a deck of playing cards with a nude lady that was miss betty white or her identical twin before she made it big ..have no idea as to what happened to them..

[LudeDude714]

12:53 PM on 03/26/2012

Way to go Betty, I hope you are still rocking another 40 years. You have to retire sometime but let another generation or two get to know you. You and one of your old co-stars Cloris Leachman are still working in an age when young is in and it is great. I hope one day you and Cloris do another sitcom together, show these young bucks how to stay busy and wanted in an unforgiving industry.

[barkingspider07]

03:00 AM on 03/20/2012

I love Betty White. She is such a nice woman and a wonderful actress. She is good to animals, which I really respect. I think that if she has to have a stripper name, Blanche Raunch is not a good one for her - she should be Sinnamin Bunz (that's what my porno name would be!)

[rsgreyfox1]

04:17 AM on 03/20/2012

Shut up stupid.

[Daniel Velasquez]

01:50 AM on 03/20/2012

I thought her 2nd 15 mins of fame would have died out by now.

[Robin Bush]

12:48 AM on 03/20/2012

Betty White is the BOMB! She is one hall of a lady and an animal lover. She has had such a glorius life and has made people laugh for years. I am in awe of her...... God bless her.... She is still a beautiful woman.

[rdrvr1752]

11:06 PM on 03/19/2012

Somehow her character on "Hot in Cleveland" seems to be on autopilot. She's funny, but I wish the producers/writers would give her more depth than that of a wisecracking, octogenarian caricature of Sue Anne Nivens. The preview of her new series, "Off Their Rockers" wasn't very funny. I'd hate to see Ms White's wonderful career falter a la Lucille Ball ("Life With Lucy") on a bad vehicle.

[dcnashinsc]

10:00 PM on 03/19/2012

When Betty was young she did the fan dance and took some nude photos, I've seen them. I'm not complaining because I have nothing against nudity and I don't think posing nude makes you a bad person. This is just another chance to say people today are no different than people in the past since people are so hard on young stars today. I have a Hustler Magazine from the 70s with her posing nude on a playing card. She was really cute. If you want to see I am sure it is on the net somewhere. Goolge images.