Overview

• During a Pride Live! Hollywood festival panel, co-producer Marsha Posner Williams and casting director Joel Thurm recounted the off-camera tensions between Arthur and White.
• Williams said Arthur often referred to White as the C-word even when filming was not taking place, recalling an instance at her home dinner.
• Thurm corroborated the use of the slur in a 2022 podcast appearance, saying he heard Arthur use the derogatory term himself.
• Williams noted that Arthur disapproved of White breaking character mid-episode to address the live studio audience.
• Arthur’s opposition to continuing after season seven was cited as the primary reason NBC did not renew The Golden Girls.