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'Saturday Night Live': Betty White Facebook campaign pays off
Betty White is Hollywood's (88-year-old) cool kid of the moment, and "Saturday Night Live" now has her on their roster.NBC has yet to confirm officially but a source close to the show tells Zap2it that White signed on a couple weeks ago, and the plan at this time is for former "SNL" castmate Molly Shannon to do the show with White at some point in May.
And when asked about whether she was headed to the "SNL" stage, White herself said "Yes" while attending Elton's John's post-Oscar party on Sunday (March 7).
Always good for making us laugh, White had a touchdown with her Snicker's commercial during the Super Bowl and one fan started a campaign on Facebook called "Betty White to Host SNL." Nearly 500,000 people have joined the rallying cry.
White also recently got props from one of the most desired men in the world when Robert Pattinson called her "one of the sexiest women in America" on "The View."
All this on the heels of White flipping the bird to Ryan Reynolds in a Funnyordie.com video, calling Barack Obama "one hot piece of man" on Craig Ferguson, and begging to do a nude scene in "The Proposal."
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YAY!! FINALLY!! I can't wait for that episode...would prefer Tina Fey to Molly Shanon though, but Betty White..ALRIGHT!!
Normaly i don't care for SnL but ill watch that show. i adore betty white.
I cannot wait for this. It is going to be one of the best SNL episodes ever. Too bad she didn't make an appearance during the Oscars, but she is still having one of the best stretches of her career. Go Betty!
OMG!!! I love Betty..The ONLY ones who can screw this up now are the S'NL writters..I hope they are having a good week that week. NO LAME SKETCHES!!
I gave up on SNL years ago, but I will watch THIS episode!
We love you Betty!
Yes!!! Awesome!!! This will probably be the most watched episode in years. I'm calling it now.
I agree, it'll will be one of if not the most watched episode ever. everyone loves Betty White..Even Snoop Dog is a fan of hers!! SNOOP DOG!!
If you don't love Betty White, there's something wrong with you.
WOO-HOO BETTY WHITE RULES!!!
I am so excited i can't wait for May to get here!! This will be Saturday Night Live's best show EVER!! And the highest rated EVER!!
nothing is better than being together with home member.