{"id":1206312,"date":"2022-01-10T22:49:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T03:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1206312"},"modified":"2022-01-10T22:49:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T03:49:13","slug":"fact-check-do-these-pictures-show-betty-white-in-her-20s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-do-these-pictures-show-betty-white-in-her-20s\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Do These Pictures Show Betty White In Her 20s?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-do-these-pictures-show-betty-white-in-her-20s%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=1206312&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 collage of images <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=5093247200708900&amp;set=gm.916319575532850&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 3,000 times purportedly shows the late actress Betty White in her 20s.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the top left photo depicts White in 1988, the other two feature model Betty Brosmer, not White.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>White, a renowned actress known for her roles in TV shows like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0088526\/?pf_rd_m=A2FGELUUNOQJNL&amp;pf_rd_p=65e27987-6a6a-4d87-ae96-9cd94122342a&amp;pf_rd_r=9SB6E2FHPDDR15Q4MHBT&amp;pf_rd_s=center-3&amp;pf_rd_t=15011&amp;pf_rd_i=nm0924508&amp;ref_=nm_ecw_tty_bettywhite_lk2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Golden Girls<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0065314\/?pf_rd_m=A2FGELUUNOQJNL&amp;pf_rd_p=65e27987-6a6a-4d87-ae96-9cd94122342a&amp;pf_rd_r=9SB6E2FHPDDR15Q4MHBT&amp;pf_rd_s=center-3&amp;pf_rd_t=15011&amp;pf_rd_i=nm0924508&amp;ref_=nm_ecw_tty_bettywhite_lk1\">The Mary Tyler Moore Show<\/a>,\u201d died at her California home on Dec. 31 just weeks short of her 100th birthday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv\/tv-news\/betty-white-dead-obituary-197806\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rolling Stone<\/a>. Her agent, Jeff Witjas, told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/betty-white-died-of-natural-causes-agent-denies-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People Magazine<\/a>&nbsp;she died of natural causes.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after her death, a Facebook user shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=5093247200708900&amp;set=gm.916319575532850&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">collage of photos<\/a> with the caption, \u201cBetty White in her 20\u2019s.\u201d The post features a photo of White alongside two black-and-white pictures of a young, blonde woman. <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?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A reverse image search reveals the photo on the top left, the only non-black-and-white photo included in the collage, was taken by photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/alan-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alan Light<\/a> at the 1988 Emmy Awards and can be found on his official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alan-light\/2092444406\/in\/photolist-oy7Q1-2kfLD31-4ar4tF-jEotV-7rraSj-4bUjPG-osQCt-jESYH-jAoyG-4bQ75H-jAndE-4bBXvD-4aJAMA-4bBYcX-4bmbH6-4bQ5En-4aEfc3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flickr<\/a> account. Light identifies the woman pictured as White.<\/p>\n<p>The two other images, however, are not of White. Using a reverse image search, Check Your Fact identified the woman in those photos as model <a href=\"http:\/\/bettybrosmer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Betty Brosmer,<\/a> well-known for her pin-up modeling work during the 1950s, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm8267864\/bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMDb<\/a>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/bettybrosmer.com\/BW5.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photo<\/a> on the right, showing the blonde-haired woman posing in a doorway, can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/bettybrosmer.com\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bettybrosmer.com<\/a>, while the photo of the woman posing in a kitchen can be seen in an article published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulpinternational.com\/pulp\/entry\/Two-photos-of-American-model-Betty-Brosmer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pulp International<\/a>. In both cases, the woman is identified as Brosmer.<\/p>\n<p>Genuine photos of White from the 1950s, in which she looks noticeably different from the woman pictured in the Facebook post\u2019s black-and-white photos, can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamour.com\/story\/betty-white-is-turning-94-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glamour.com<\/a>. In those photos, White has dark, short hair and different facial features from Brosmer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collage of images shared on Facebook over 3,000 times purportedly shows the late actress Betty White in her 20s.Verdict: False While the top left photo depicts White in 1988, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"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-1206312","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\/1206312","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\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1206312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206312\/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=1206312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1206312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1206312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}