Thank you for being a flirt: NBC pays tribute to Betty White and her impeccable game

On NBC's Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl, the stars lined up to pay tribute to the late, great "first lady of television." While everyone from Cher to President Joe Biden had their own reasons for loving her, nearly all of them could agree on one fact: Betty could mack.

White had so much game, there's an entire segment of the special dedicated to White's flirty but always endearing behavior. On a clip from Conan shown during the special, White admits to Conan O'Brien that flirting can get you in trouble sometimes — only to immediately set an amorous gaze on co-host Andy Richter.

On that same Conan appearance, White turns her attention from Richter to Jason Momoa, after Aquaman's Men's Health cover elicits a "whoa" from her. "Are you okay, Betty?" Conan asks.

"I'm getting better," she responds, crossing her leg and clutching her pearls.

Anthony Mackie, however, got a bit more than some coy innuendo when he saw White at a party and ran over to meet her.

"I said, 'Hello, I'm such a big fan, my name is Anthony Mackie.' And she says, 'Oh, you're so beautiful, I wish I was 40 years younger,' " Mackie says. "The thing is, she gently touched my face so softly, like a butterfly whispering in the wind. And when she spoke to me she made sure nobody else could hear. And I'm like, 'Yo, I think she's hitting on me, dog!' "

"She loved to flirt with men," says Jay Leno. "She loved that."

And men loved to flirt back, especially Tracy Morgan, who doth protest all this flirt talk because, he claims, "that was my girlfriend!"

"Betty White got me! That was my wo-man!" Morgan jokes. "She had a serious flirtation side. And I loved it."

He adds, "When we did a photoshoot she kissed me. That's the only one I got and she kissed me. And she said 'I love you.' I said, 'I love you, too, Miss White.' "

White died peacefully at home on Dec. 31, 2021, just a few weeks shy on her 100th birthday. She was remembered by several of her costars, including Ryan Reynolds — who had a long running joke with White about how he just can't get over his "former girlfriend." When news of the Golden Girl broke, Reynolds joined in remembering the icon and tweeted, "The world looks different now."

"Betty White was an American treasure, an icon, and a pioneer," noted President Biden in the special. "And she challenged conventions. With every laugh and smile she opened our hearts. But above all she moved our souls and the soul of our nation. What a gift we'll always treasure. God bless you, Betty. We all love you."

Celebrating Betty White will be available to stream on Peacock starting Feb. 1.

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