Tuesday, February 16, 2010

White Out

Between her cameo with Abe Vigoda in a Super Bowl commercial for Snickers, costarring with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy "The Proposal," and being recognized for lifetime achievement by the Screen Actors Guild, Betty White is suddenly finding herself in even more places than President Obama.

But whether or not she'll be seen on "Saturday Night Live" is a question for which not even she has the answer.

"I don't even know where that came from," the 88-year-old "Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Golden Girls" Emmy winner told PEOPLE about the online movement to have her host "SNL." "That just came out of left field. It's ridiculous. I don't think ['SNL' creator and producer] Lorne Michaels even knows about it, so we won't worry about it."

Still, should Michaels phone her, she'll take it -- both the call and the offer to host the 35-year-old NBC staple, provided her demanding schedule will allow.

The Betty White-"SNL" movement, now some 331,000-strong on Facebook, is but part of the current Betty White renaissance -- a glory period that the actress herself predicts will soon come to an end.

"It will go away, I promise," she said humorously. "Don't get discouraged."

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