Sandra Bullock still feels Betty White’s presence, five years after her death.
The 62-year-old actress misses her The Proposal co-star – who died in 2021 just before her 100th birthday – but Sandra insisted she believes Betty is still around.
She told Kylie Kelce on her Not Gonna Lie podcast: “Betty White is everything. I say ‘is everything’ cause I know she’s still floating around.”
The Practical Magic 2 star went on: “Betty was the epitome of a human who lived her best life, found the best love, made lemonade out of absolutely everything, had timing that was unbelievable.
“You just don’t even bother to say anything funny [when in a scene with her]. Don’t try. Just let it be Betty because she just could own a room. She was incredible.”
Sandra has great memories of filming 2009’s The Proposal with Golden Girls actress Betty and Ryan Reynolds.
She said: “We had a day where we were on this little boat. It was Ryan, Betty, I think just me. I don’t think anyone else is on it. And it was freezing. And they’re like, ‘Sandra, do you want a jacket?’ I’m like, ‘Yes.’ I’m in these heels, and I’m freezing, and I have this big down coat, and Ryan’s got a down coat.”
“Betty goes, ‘No, I’m fine.’ I’m like, ‘F*****.’”
Following Betty’s death in 2021, Sandra called her a “loving, decent, optimistic, inclusive, hilarious human being” and added to PEOPLE: “I don’t drink vodka … but I will tonight, on ice, with a slice of lemon with a hot dog on the other side and just be OK being sad.”
And Ryan also took to social media to pay tribute, writing on X: “The world looks different now. She was great at defying expectation. She managed to grow very old and somehow, not old enough. We’ll miss you, Betty. Now you know the secret.”
Then US President Joe Biden called White a “cultural icon.”
The President wrote on X: “Betty White brought a smile to the lips of generations of Americans. She’s a cultural icon who will be sorely missed. Jill and I are thinking of her family and all those who loved her this New Year’s Eve.”
