It was the 1980’s and no one ever expected the world to fall in love with a bunch of single, mature women who shared a house in Miami, Florida, but that’s exactly what happened. When The Golden Girls aired, it was an immediate hit.

The show featured four women, Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty that experienced the highs and lows of being divorcee’s and widows in their golden years. While it appeared that everyone on the show got along, once it was off the air, Betty White revealed that everything that went on behind the scenes wasn’t nearly as friendly as what it appeared on screen.

White, who is now in her 90’s, had been thrown into the spotlight before appearing on the sitcom. She had played Sue Ann Nivens in the 1970’s classic Mary Tyler Moore, but her role as Rose Nylund made her one of America’s sweethearts.

White revealed in an interview with Joy Behar that Bea Arthur never really liked White, but she never knew why. “I loved Bea and I admired her,” said White. “I don’t know what I ever did. I don’t know. But she was not that thrilled with me.”

White was born in January 1922 making her older than all the other women on the show. Bea Arthur was actually a year older than Estelle Getty who played her mother on the show.

Now White is the only one of the four left and she looks back on those years with fondness. She remembers when Estelle came back to the show after getting a facelift, and the makeup team went into a tizzy. Estelle was also mortally afraid of any talk about passing away.

White, however, has a different view point when she thinks of the end of her life. She says her mother always told her that we know a lot of things, but we never know about that moment. So when we lose somebody they get to know that secret.

White says her mother now knows the secret, and although we’d like to have her around for several more years, White is ready when the time comes. Check out the video below to see the interview with White and be sure to share this story with your family and friends.