The Golden Girls Never- Before-Told TALES!

FRIENDS WHO WORKED WITH THE ACTRESSES SHARE MEMORIES FROM THE SET AND BEYOND!

- Lindsay Hoffman

Bea Arthur arrived at Estelle Getty’s 75th birthday party with a big plastic bag. “She beelined to Estelle and just threw this bag — a heavy one! — to me,” recalls Richard Weaver, Estelle Getty’s longtime personal assistant. “Bea said, ‘Happy birthday, Ma. Here’s a [freaking] brisket.’ It was an inside joke because they’re both Jewish. She literally brought her a brisket!”

On The Golden Girls, Bea, Estelle, Betty White, and Rue McClanahan served up lots of love and laughter. Now, 30 years after the series aired its final episode, three of the men who knew the actresses best are sharing their memories in The Golden Girls Insiders Show. “There were no divas,” Art Harding, a makeup artist who worked on the series for five of its seven seasons, tells Closer. “I know sometimes they didn’t get along. There were some tough relationships, but they were always professional on the set. They always knew their lines, and they were always ready to roll.”