Joel McHale has made a compelling case that Betty White was not the person Bea Arthur and Rue McClanahan claimed she was ... a case so compelling it would have impressed Oliver Wendell Holmes!!!
As we reported, the director of "The Golden Girls" said Bea and Rue used to call Betty the c word during the run of the show .... and even Betty acknowledged they didn't like her.
Well, Joel says it's all a numbers game, because no one made similar comments on other shows on which Betty was featured, including "Mary Tyler Moore," Password," :"SNL" and "Community.