{"id":1192244,"date":"2022-01-05T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T02:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1192244"},"modified":"2022-01-05T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T02:34:13","slug":"fact-check-did-betty-white-say-if-you-wanna-be-tough-grow-a-vagina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-betty-white-say-if-you-wanna-be-tough-grow-a-vagina\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Betty White Say, \u2018If You Wanna Be Tough, Grow A Vagina\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-betty-white-say-if-you-wanna-be-tough-grow-a-vagina%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1192244&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NastyMindy\/posts\/3858560904368911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 370 times claims the late actress Betty White once said, \u201cIf you wanna be tough, grow a vagina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence White made this statement. She confirmed the alleged quote is misattributed in a 2012 interview with The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>White, who famously starred in \u201cThe Golden Girls\u201d as Rose Nylund, died on Dec. 31 at her Los Angeles home just weeks short of her 100th birthday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/31\/arts\/television\/betty-white-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> reported. Her agent told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/betty-white-died-of-natural-causes-agent-denies-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People Magazine<\/a> she died of natural causes.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of her death, social media users flooded <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Betty%20White&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=Betty%20White\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/bettywhite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> with posts about her. One Facebook user shared an alleged quote from White that reads, \u201cWhy do people say \u2018grow some balls?\u2026\u2019 Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is, however, no evidence of White making this statement. It could not be found on any of her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=top&amp;q=grow%20a%20vagina%20(from%3Abettywhite)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">verified<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bettymwhite\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100044643420062\/search\/?q=grow%20a%20vagina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> accounts. There is likewise no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Why+do+people+say+%27grow+some+balls%3F...%27+Balls+are+weak+and+sensitive.+If+you+wanna+be+tough+grow+a+vagina.+Those+things+can+take+a+pounding.&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&amp;ei=T0nWYaeAN8OE9PwP_pqS4Ak&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjn452BgJz1AhVDAp0JHX6NBJwQ4dUDCA4&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=Why+do+people+say+%27grow+some+balls%3F...%27+Balls+are+weak+and+sensitive.+If+you+wanna+be+tough+grow+a+vagina.+Those+things+can+take+a+pounding.&amp;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BwgAEEcQsANKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQ1QNYzgZggwloAnACeACAAQCIAQCSAQCYAQCgAQGgAQKwAQDIAQTAAQE&amp;sclient=gws-wiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reporting<\/a>&nbsp;to corroborate its authenticity. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/01\/04\/fact-check-betty-white-quote-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Betty White Encourage People To \u2018Eat Healthy And Get All Your Vaccines\u2019 Days Before Her Death?)&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In fact, White herself debunked the alleged quote as a misattribution when asked about it in a 2012 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2012\/nov\/10\/betty-white-golden-girl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s what I hate about Facebook and the internet,\u201d said White. \u201cThey can say you said anything. I never would have said that. I\u2019d never say that in a million years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a quote misattributed to White has gone viral. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/01\/04\/fact-check-betty-white-quote-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> recently debunked a Facebook post that alleged she encouraged people&nbsp;to \u201ceat healthy and get all your vaccines\u201d days before she died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook over 370 times claims the late actress Betty White once said, \u201cIf you wanna be tough, grow a vagina.\u201dVerdict: False There is no evidence White &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1192244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1192244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1192244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1192244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}