Betty White’s demise garners response from Hollywood’s young and old – Nationwide

Celeb reactions poured in after beloved Hollywood star Betty White died on Friday at age 99, weeks away from her one hundredth birthday.

Comedians young and old remembered the Golden Women star, having labored alongside her or been impressed by her pioneering comedy.

Comic Steve Martin remembers a time in 1974 when he ran into White earlier than doing a gap set at a membership in Los Angeles, solely to seek out out she was there to see him, not the primary act, Linda Ronstadt.

“I used to be elated,” he mentioned on Twitter.

Comic Seth Myers recalled that White was the one Saturday Night time Reside host he ever noticed obtain a standing ovation on the present’s afterparty.

“A celebration at which she ordered a vodka and a hotdog and stayed until the bitter finish,” he tweeted.

White hosted SNL on Could 8, 2010, with musical visitor Jay-Z. At 88, she was the oldest actress to ever host the present on the time.

Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds paid tribute to White in a tweet.

“The world appears to be like totally different now,” he mentioned. “She was nice at defying expectation. She managed to develop very previous and in some way, not sufficiently old.”

Reynolds had been exchanging jokes with White solely a day earlier. The 2 co-starred within the 2009 comedy The Proposal and over a decade later, advised Folks journal that he nonetheless “can’t recover from his factor for me.”

“I’m completely sick of the media exploiting previous relationships simply to drive clicks,” Reynolds tweeted, joking in response.

White’s demise even garnered a response from U.S. President Joe Biden, who advised reporters, “It’s a disgrace.”

“She was a stunning girl … 99 years previous. As my mom would say, ‘God love her.”’

A small however rising memorial at Hollywood’s Stroll of Fame has already begun to type at White’s star, one reporter tweeted.

Comic Kathy Griffin remembered how supportive White was when she met her.

“She handled me like we have been in the identical membership or one thing,” she tweeted. “She really handled me like an equal within the comedy gurrrl world … there’ll solely be one Betty White.”

Comic Andy Richter had come into contact with White in 2010 when she was a visitor on the sport present Pyramid, which he hosted.

“The one factor she requested for all day was two bean and cheese burritos from Taco Bell,” he tweeted.

White influenced many within the leisure enterprise, particularly ladies, via her tv profession that spanned greater than 60 years.

Author Nancy Meyers, identified for romantic comedies such because the movie One thing’s Obtained to Give, mentioned on Instagram that White “modified her life.”

“She was the primary one who made me consider I could possibly be a author,” she wrote. “What an infinite factor to do for an additional individual. I wager there’s a whole lot of us who she helped over time.”

Actress Reese Witherspoon is one other who was impressed by White, tweeting that she “beloved watching her characters that introduced a lot pleasure.”

“Thanks, Betty, for making us all snicker!”