Betty White's pal Vicki Lawrence recalls phrase TV icon saw as 'compliment': 'Aren't you offended by that?'

Betty White's friend Vicki Lawrence remembers the legendary actress nearly one year after her death. The two co-starred on "Mama's Family" until White left the show for "The Golden Girls."

"I miss being able to pick up the phone and talk. I'm getting older too, and nobody tells you how complicated this half of your life is," Lawrence wrote in an essay for People magazine. "Boy, would I be asking you a lot of questions. I always used to say, ‘I hope I grow up to be Betty White.’ I feel so lucky to have known you." Lori Bashian is an entertainment production assistant for Fox News Digital. 

The "Cool Kids" actress also touched on White's sense of humor, remembering how she "loved bawdy and corny jokes" and the surprising adjective she found to be a compliment.