The Truth About Betty White's Friendship With Robert Redford

The long-running joke seemed to grow from there. Even just days before her death, White responded to actor Ryan Reynolds calling her his ex-girlfriend, something he’s been saying jokingly since the two starred together in “The Proposal” in 2009. “I’ve heard Ryan can’t get over his thing for me, but Robert Redford is The One” (via People). 

Robert Redford, who’s been married to German artist Sibylle Szaggars for more than 12 years, was a good sport about the joke. In 2017, he jokingly told “Entertainment Tonight” he reached out to White but never heard back. He also admitted he had not been aware of her feelings. “I can’t imagine being loved by anybody better,” he said. “I’d like to work with you, if you’d slow down.” For White’s 99th birthday on January 17, 2021, someone gave the longtime star a life-size cutout of the actor, according to her personal assistant Kiersten Mikelas. “For a long time, we had him in the office entryway. When she came in, she’d say, ‘Hi sweetheart,'” Mikelas remembered (via People). And that’s the truth about Betty White and Robert Redford’s friendship.

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