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Why Betty White Enjoys Playing "Rotten" Characters

Season 5
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Throughout Betty White's storied career in television, she has played a wide variety of personalities, from the lovable pushover Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls to the mean-spirited and sex-crazed Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Her favorite characters to play, she tells Oprah in this online exclusive, have a sassy side.

"Sue Ann Nivens was an awful lot of fun, but I'm having a ball with Elka [Ostrovsky] on Hot in Cleveland," Betty says. "She's a rotten person, too, but we have a lot of fun."

In the video above, watch as the 93-year-old star explains why she's so interested in playing "rotten" characters. Plus, she reveals her favorite on-screen kiss, favorite meal and the special gift she could never do without.

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