Reason #915,679,010 On Why I Love Bea Arthur
Apparently, Rufus Wainwright has told this story for years, but this is the first time I've heard it and it's never too late to hear one of the reasons for why Bea Arthur will forever be our Patron Saint of Bitchiness. During a time in Rufus' life when he was trapped in a black cloud of loneliness, the only thing that gave him life was watching episodes of The Golden Girls. Just like every good gay, Rufus considers Rue, Estelle, Bea and Betty his four apostles. So many years later, Rufus saw Bea at a party and had to thank her for being a friend. Sometimes when you meet one of your idols, you walk away with the taste of disappointment in your mouth, but that didn't happen to Rufus. Rufus walked away with the feeling of knowing what it's like to be slapped down by a GOD! This is how Rufus' moment with Bea went:
Rufus: "I'm sorry to bother you, and I'm sure you hear this all the time, but I was going through a rough patch and Golden Girls brought me so much entertainment and comfort. It really helped me get through the bad spell.You're so wonderful. You made me feel like you're my grandmother."Bea: *gently leans into his ear* "I'm not your fucking grandmother." *throws scarf over shoulder, arches back and exits stage left*
Getting bitched out by Bea Arthur is like Jesus himself putting his hand on your forehead to rebuke the evil spirits out of you. How Rufus survived that is beyond me. If Bea Arthur put the word "motherfucker" in my ear, I would've called the tombstone store and told them to etch "Bitch Died Happy" into my peen-shaped headstone before falling on the floor to die. You've unlocked every achievement and won the game of life when Bea Arthur curses you out.
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Huh. I have the opposite impression of Rufus than everyone else. That boy is a total sweetheart. I went to a show of his in the late 90s at a tiny hole in the wall bar. He was the opening act for some no name band. A friend of mine chatted with Rufus before the show, and became a fan of his. About 3 or 4 years later, Rufus came back to town, this time headlining at a theatre. He also did an autograph session thing, which my friend and I went to. When my friend got to the front of the line, Rufus recognized her and remembered their previous convo. He actually greeted her as an old friend, and hugged her etc.
Say what you will, but he treats his fans right.
He's also wickedly funny and sarcastic. Great live show.
Wainright does come across as a total cunt. I saw an interview of his a few weeks ago and he just seemed so ridiculously contrived.
I do Pagents!
"Revenge is sweet and not fattening"
-Alfred Hitchcock-
This post has me in the mood for some more of Bjorkie's Golden Girls porn fiction.
Submitted by Dj Tenn. on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 4:22pm.
RuPaul told me he ended up sitting next to Bea Arthur on a flight to JFK to LAX and Bea told him dirty jokes for the entire 6 hr. journey that had in tears with laughter.
GODDESS.
OMG, what I wouldn't have given to be sitting across the aisle, pretending to read a magazine and eavesdropping.
There are 2 woman I love more than GOD.
Bea Arthur & Agnes Moorehead.
Submitted by jack-n-the-hat on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 11:05am.
I don't get all the hype over Golden Girls, Bea Arthur or that annoying ass Betty White.
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JACK! You take that back what you said about Betty White... or... or... no beej for you!
*bursts into tears and runs out of the thread*
*realizes Jack won't visit this thread again and won't read what I just wrote and returns quietly*
LOL! I don't care for Rufus. Don't know why though; his bitchiness and pretentiousness just irritate me (however, I can enjoy those traits in others).
Anyway, Bea A. can do no wrong. This we know to be true
She did a great job on "Malcolm in the Middle." She was on before that show jumped the shark.
That's right, Kerfuffles, from one of his best known albums. And so enshrined in that song is the line, "my new grandma, Bea Arthur..." Looks like Rufus got the last laugh.
That's right, Kerfuffles, from one of his best known albums. And so enshrined in that song is the line, "my new grandma, Bea Arthur..." Looks like Rufus got the last laugh.
He put this in one of his songs, too. 'California'.
Sounds like one of life's perfect moments to me.
@Scott in NYC
Exactly. I also wouldn't say to elderly folks, "Hey, corpse, you are the best! Don't go dyin' on me!"
Rufus was begging for the treatment if he called Bea his grandmother...right to her face. What aging actress would want to hear that? But, the fact that he was actually in the same room as BEA ARTHUR is amazing enough.
Ooh snap! But really, what kind of idiot would actually say that to someone? Glad Bea told him to fuck off!
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What an ass to call Bea Arthur a grandmother. He could have just said he loved the show and her work on it.
Good for Bea!
Thankx Ziggs in complete agreement, would have paid $$ to see Goddess Bea shutdown Dufus Aintwright.
RuPaul told me he ended up sitting next to Bea Arthur on a flight to JFK to LAX and Bea told him dirty jokes for the entire 6 hr. journey that had in tears with laughter.
GODDESS.
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Submitted by ZiggyStardust on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 1:01pm.
Rufus Wainwright is an insufferable cunt. Pretentious, self-absorbed and egotistical; I could go on.
I'm glad that Bea Arthur threw shade in his direction. It's just a shame that she didn't seriously injure him in the process, or cause irreparable damage to his throat. Bea Arthur wasn't some novelty act. I'm struggling to understand why you would say something so stupid, so facile, to an actor of Bea Arthur's stature. He obviously thinks that older women are a novelty.
A misogynistic gay man - now THERE is a newsworthy story.
I hate Rufus Wainwright and his army of fat, ugly, faghag fans. Its not plastic surgery , its a medical condition!!
@Statler and Waldorf
Oh well. Maybe it was better that you hadn't met her when she was in a bad mood anyway. :)
Submitted by Validate Captcha on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 3:18pm.
@Statler and Waldorf
How fantastic that you got to be in Bea's presence in the flesh. I bet she was intimidating in both stature and attitude (bless her heart).
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I only wish I had met her! I bungled my first post. I meant to say I had met this family member who had met Bea but didn't get a chance to really talk to her (the family member) until just a few months ago, when she told me Bea was bitchy.
So it was the family member who met her and sadly not me. :(
Submitted by IrishFury on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 3:08pm.
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You can't just leave it at that! You said 'several shows' - what gives? Who? What? When? Where? MORE PLEASE! We live for this!
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I don't think she'd want me giving her name out, and no one would recognize it. She was a behind-the-scenes woman. Never famous, but did get a chance to meet some people. A few of her shows were Saved by the Bell, Gimme A Break, an episode or two of the GG, and I know there are more but they're not coming to me. I need to ask her the next time I see her.
As for Bea, I never met her. I wasn't clear in my post. I was saying I had met but never talked much to this family member until a few months ago, and that's when she told me the story about how Bea was quite bitchy in person!
Considering it was Bea Arthur the correct thing to say was "You remind me of my GRANDFATHER - 'cept his voice wasn't quite so deep".
TEAM BEA!
That bitch could work with an edge a mile wide.
Exhibit A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtLUShvlyFA
And Exhibit B-kicking it old school
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItU7Uo2lcz0
If Bea bitched slapped me down like Dufus, I would have said, "That is why I adore you Ms. Arthur! Not worthy! Not worthy!"
We need more Beas and Deans. All we have now is Lilo and the 3 sisters from hell, Kim, Kloe and the other idiot.
Bea could have called me a low rent,stupid SLORE, and I would have swooned!
~So long, and thanks for all the fish!~
Maybe she was cranky because Stanley was crashing at her place again after a heart procedure.
"JUST SMILE LIKE A NORMAL FUCKED UP PERSON."
Charles Manson
@Statler and Waldorf
How fantastic that you got to be in Bea's presence in the flesh. I bet she was intimidating in both stature and attitude (bless her heart).
I think ALWAYS having to be 'nicey nice' would get damned tiresome after a while especially if you're having a really crappy day. The fake smiling alone would make me go bat-shit.
Another thing - I was on YouTube and came across an interview with the Broadway legend Elaine Stritch. Turns out she was being considered for the role of Dorothy. While she has the tough old broad persona down pat and the gravely voice, I can't imagine for a second anyone but Bea playing that role.
I don't know. Being approached all the time by fuckers like Rufus and you'd get a bit testy too. I've read that Bea took shit from no one. it was who she was - love it or leave it. Like Shirley MacLaine, Bea was a honey badger.
Submitted by Statler and Waldorf on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 3:04pm.
This is going to sound so ridiculously cliche, but my husband has a family member who worked on several well-known TV shows and a few months back, I got to spend some time with her (I met her years ago, but never really talked to her).
Anyhoo, she said Bea was very bitchy. I was disappointed to hear that and in my mind, I like to think she was only bitchy when she had a reason to be, so maybe she was just having an off-day when Rufus approached.
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You can't just leave it at that! You said 'several shows' - what gives? Who? What? When? Where? MORE PLEASE! We live for this!
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Dark-sided!
This is going to sound so ridiculously cliche, but my husband has a family member who worked on several well-known TV shows and a few months back, I got to spend some time with her (I met her years ago, but never really talked to her).
Anyhoo, she said Bea was very bitchy. I was disappointed to hear that and in my mind, I like to think she was only bitchy when she had a reason to be, so maybe she was just having an off-day when Rufus approached.
But who cares?! She was Bea Arthur! The woman can do no wrong in my book. And she was an animal advocate and had Dobies, which are one of my favorite breeds.
Fuck Rufus, team Bea forever and always.
I still love Bea, but people really need to get over the age thing, especially women. People age. I was born in one year, you were born in another. That does not make you better/worse than me. End of!
on snap! that outta teach this jagoff not to hassle a national treasure.
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Bea Arthur was on a TV show about OLD WOMEN. For fuck's sake, they shared a house in Fort Lauderdale like every other old fart in the U.S.
There's comfort in "The Golden Girls." It's what I tune to what I'm sick. I get it.
I wonder how many broken people killed themselves over a Bea Arthur remark? What an evil troll.
Turt, you weren't rude and it's true! *whispers* I half forgot as well! ;)
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I'd never heard of this Rufus person until today. Oh well.
CoconutCoochie, didn't know that about him! That's an awful story!
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Wait. Bea is DEAD?
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WR, lol. I'm lacking tact today...I was trying to put that in a way so as to not sound rude to Lisbet...I think I failed!
Well, I have no hate for Rufus here.
Since the "rough patch" he's referring to is most likely his time struggling with a meth addiction, a result of his being raped as a teenager, I can see how Bea's response could have been disheartening to him.
Subtle Turt! Hehehe :D
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Bookworm, I think "Auntie" would be a great compliment without coming off ageist and Diva rude.
Submitted by Lisbet459 on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 11:08am.
That's just rude, assuming it's true.
Bea Arthur is in an industry with 90%+ unemployment. She manages to get a standout role that people still love and which probably still makes her money. The least she can do is perfect a line to tell people when they tell her how she inspired them.
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You know she's dead, right?
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@Nanners
Well, just saying "Grandma" to someone simply because they are old enough to be one is lame, especially since many women don't even have children or grandchildren and some women can be grandmothers as young as in their thirties so it's definitely an ageist catty remark imho.
You can give someone a huge compliment without having to be tacky. Same thing with, "I've been watching you since I was a little kid" type of remark. lol
Submitted by Hekki on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 11:06am.
And another thing. She should have been fawning over RUFUS, not the other way around.
*stomps off*
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Ok who the fuck is he?!?!? Seriously, never heard of him.
Even Google shrugged and went MEH!
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I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Bea Arthur. And I absolutely love The Golden Girls. I have all 7 seasons on disc and have watched them so much that I need a new set. There is just something so wonderful about that show, it will always be one of my all time favourites.
However, I NEVER would have called Bea my grandmother. Maybe an aunt, but not my grandmother. Actually I would have just said I am a big fan of the show, etc. Actually I probably wouldn't have said anything to her. I would have been too star-stuck and embarrassed. LOVE that woman, what a fantastic actress she was.
I dont think old people need to be reminded that they're old...i think they know that pretty well...so TEAM BEA!
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Rufus Wainwright is an insufferable cunt. Pretentious, self-absorbed and egotistical; I could go on.
I'm glad that Bea Arthur threw shade in his direction. It's just a shame that she didn't seriously injure him in the process, or cause irreparable damage to his throat. Bea Arthur wasn't some novelty act. I'm struggling to understand why you would say something so stupid, so facile, to an actor of Bea Arthur's stature. He obviously thinks that older women are a novelty.
A misogynistic gay man - now THERE is a newsworthy story.
I hate Rufus Wainwright and his army of fat, ugly, faghag fans.
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Submitted by SugarFreeRedBull on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 8:13am.
Ziggy, I hope you fall off your soap box. Then people will pay attention... to the green alien blood.
He is so insufferable. I loathe his music as well. I'll be watching the marathon of Golden Girls that runs every Monday, long live the girls!
Love both these guys (and Martha W. too!)
Here's my Golden Girls story.
Was housesitting for my friend in NYC with my then boyfriend on a trip across the country. After a long day of walking/museum going, etc., we ducked into a bar to get a drink and use the facilities. My boy sat at the bar while I looked for a toilet. I noted that Golden Girls was showing on the TV but thought nothing of it.
As I vainly searched for a ladies' loo, i ran into my boyfriend, who looked slighttly uncomfortable and suggested we move on...
Too funny. Is it even legal not to have two bathrooms???
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Submitted by jack-n-the-hat on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 11:05am.
I don't get all the hype over Golden Girls, Bea Arthur or that annoying ass Betty White.
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I gotta say, I'm a tad over Betty as well--though watching old Mary Tyler Moore re-runs when BW was in absolutely top form is still a pleasure.
Also agree that Golden Girls was just ok. It's the mother I can't stand, though--she's just not all that fucking funny. Overall, the writing on that show was pretty lame imo.