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Melisandre (burning leeches) wonderwomanhero
10:41 pm - 05/04/2012

When Rufus Wainwright Met Bea Arthur, It Wasn't Pretty



Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright tells this story to friends:

Ages ago, he was going through a rough, lonely, isolated, messy period, and Golden Girls airings always provided comfort for him.

Well, years later, he spotted Bea Arthur at an event and summoned the nerve to go up to her and let her know how important she was to him during that time.



He said to Bea:

"I'm sorry to bother you, and I'm sure you hear this all the time, but I was going through a rough patch and Golden Girls brought me so much entertainment and comfort. It really helped me get through the bad spell.

"You're so wonderful. You made me feel like you're my grandmother."

Nice, no? Well, Bea didn't blink.

The raw earnestness and gratitude of the moment didn't seem to melt her frozen expression one bit.

Instead, she leaned into Rufus and summoned her best Dorothy voice.

"I'm not your fucking grandmother," she belched, and walked off.

Thank you for being a bitch.

SOURCE

Noooo. This can't be the Bea we all know. It must have been a Bea Arthur impersonator. I thought Bea was very supportive of the LGBTQ community during her lifetime?



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celtic_thistle 5th-May-2012 02:54 am (UTC)
lmao the gif is perfect
xpirate_queenx 5th-May-2012 02:54 am (UTC)
HOW DARE YOU SLAKE THE NAME OF MY PRECIOUS QUEEN?!
highrising 6th-May-2012 06:28 am (UTC)
do you mean rufus or bea
xpirate_queenx 6th-May-2012 06:33 am (UTC)
wigsnatcher 5th-May-2012 02:55 am (UTC)
And my new grandma Bea Arthurrrrr Californiaaaaa

One of his best songs
coulditbesatan 5th-May-2012 06:07 am (UTC)
It really is.
faeryfroggy 5th-May-2012 11:33 am (UTC)
yessss
smirk_dog 5th-May-2012 12:08 pm (UTC)
Agreed.
javdiosa80 5th-May-2012 02:03 pm (UTC)
<3 Played this over and over when I was in college in SoCal
pdebevoise 5th-May-2012 02:56 am (UTC)
the_wolski 5th-May-2012 03:02 am (UTC)


>>>>>>>>
pdebevoise 5th-May-2012 03:05 am (UTC)
Poses is my favourite.

evilgmbethy 5th-May-2012 07:23 am (UTC)
this is my favorite album of his. I know everyone loves Poses the most but Want One is my shit. 14th Street is amaaaaaazing.
lack_ofcolour 5th-May-2012 04:47 am (UTC)
Poses is flawless.
flaca 5th-May-2012 02:57 am (UTC)
lol, well it's well-known that she could be pretty icy. he kind of looks like a dick for not sharing this till after she died tbh.
thegirlshateher 5th-May-2012 03:56 am (UTC)
It's a story he's been telling for a long, long time. I was actually surprised to see it posted.
yooperchild 5th-May-2012 04:28 am (UTC)
The other poster mentioned this, but he's been telling this story forever.

I haven't actively listened to Rufus since Want One and I've heard it before.
maitressefleche 5th-May-2012 02:57 am (UTC)
he deserves it he's the biggest scum ever
ilikeandrewbird 5th-May-2012 02:59 am (UTC)
what? hes pretty nice and decent
maitressefleche 5th-May-2012 03:01 am (UTC)
are you being sarcastic?
browniecakemix 5th-May-2012 03:07 am (UTC)
um
randominatrix 5th-May-2012 03:23 am (UTC)
wait are you saying you're not a supporter of the LGBTQ community anymore?
mots_inutiles 5th-May-2012 03:33 am (UTC)
he's a douche, to be sure
thegirlshateher 5th-May-2012 03:57 am (UTC)
He was an obnoxious idiot 10-12 years ago, and I used to hate him, but he really does seem to be mellowing.
cricketgrl 5th-May-2012 05:16 am (UTC)
TEAM BEA FOREVER!
coulditbesatan 5th-May-2012 06:09 am (UTC)
What? Why do you say these things about my velvet-voiced little prince?

Seriously though. I haven't heard any dirt about him. Dish?
chikntetrazzini 5th-May-2012 07:01 am (UTC)
IA tbh
starspecting 5th-May-2012 08:30 am (UTC)
to be fair, as someone else said, he's really starting to mellow. i remember seeing him at winnipeg folk fest YEARS ago with his sister and his mom and he was always such an attention whore, but i met him again recently and he was really chill and VERY gracious to fans. it sort of gave me a change of heart on where i stood. and his music is just, ugh, so good.
homicidalslayer 5th-May-2012 08:57 am (UTC)
He's a jerk to be sure, but "biggest scum ever" is a bit of a leap
josiefier 5th-May-2012 02:57 am (UTC)
Bitch or not, I love her anyway. I still remember my ex-fiancee HATING that I took his comparisons between she and I as compliments (we were already headed for imminent break-up then). Good times.
distant_lines 5th-May-2012 03:00 am (UTC)
I'd probably take it as a compliment too. I'd take no offense to any comparison about me and a Golden Girl. They are flawless.
chelsea2162 5th-May-2012 04:02 pm (UTC)
Word.
pikapika217 5th-May-2012 03:22 am (UTC)
he sounds like an ass. good for you boo!
hausofashley 5th-May-2012 03:35 am (UTC)
Sounds like he was a Stan. Just thankfully you never had his baby and married him.
evilgmbethy 5th-May-2012 07:25 am (UTC)
I have two best friends and if we were each a Golden Girl, I would definitely be the Dorothy of the group.
lloydsgurl 5th-May-2012 02:58 am (UTC)
did she want to hear that you were like a grandma to her? probably not.
kurarisa 5th-May-2012 04:37 am (UTC)
well he did watch GG with his grandma before she passed away, so when he moved to la and continued to watch GG, he felt like Bea Arthur was his surrogate grandma..
sillycucumber 5th-May-2012 05:02 am (UTC)
I'm sure that's what he meant, but when I read his quote, I totally cringed at the end because it kind of sounded rude. Her being grandmotherly really wasn't the point of the show, so...
shining_starsxx 5th-May-2012 07:24 am (UTC)
mte,He could've phrased that a little better.
solitudete 5th-May-2012 02:20 pm (UTC)
this. i love rufus, but what he said was kind of awkward, and her response is hilarious.
jasmina12345 5th-May-2012 02:58 am (UTC)
lmao I love her response hahaha

eatincake 5th-May-2012 04:10 am (UTC)
IKR. from anyone else that would be sf r00d but it just makes me love her more.
saintssin 5th-May-2012 02:59 am (UTC)
How does that mean she wasn't supportive of the LGBT? She took issue with a comment ONE person made.

Anyway it sounds like she was having a rough day. No excuses.
distant_lines 5th-May-2012 02:59 am (UTC)
Is her being a bitch supposed to make me like her less? It only makes me love her more.
randominatrix 5th-May-2012 03:06 am (UTC)
MTE. She is the paragon of bitchiness that I aspire to, tbqh.
cab 5th-May-2012 03:10 am (UTC)
mte
crucified 5th-May-2012 03:13 am (UTC)
ikr
deethy 5th-May-2012 03:20 am (UTC)
ikr
pikapika217 5th-May-2012 03:22 am (UTC)
LMAO, I KNOW
josiefier 5th-May-2012 03:25 am (UTC)
Seriously, this. Absolutely.
flaca 5th-May-2012 03:33 am (UTC)
ita
_xxtom 5th-May-2012 03:36 am (UTC)
MTE
tiddlywinks103 5th-May-2012 03:48 am (UTC)
Right?
asmallwonder 5th-May-2012 04:42 am (UTC)
yeah what was she supposed to do? cry and give him a hug?
conquistadora 5th-May-2012 04:49 am (UTC)
lol basically
xcollsangelx 5th-May-2012 05:16 am (UTC)
I know!

cricketgrl 5th-May-2012 05:17 am (UTC)
She's fabulous and he probably deserved it.
coulditbesatan 5th-May-2012 06:09 am (UTC)
Haha truth.
beck_rocks 5th-May-2012 02:59 am (UTC)
she probably got that all the time, i'd be pissed too
bush_tetra 5th-May-2012 02:59 am (UTC)
lol damn, gurl
ilikeandrewbird 5th-May-2012 02:59 am (UTC)
this story entertained me so much
isntdaveone 5th-May-2012 02:59 am (UTC)
i miss Beatrice, watching GG reruns doesnt feel right knowing that she (and Rue and Estelle) is dead.
distant_lines 5th-May-2012 03:02 am (UTC)
When Betty dies, I will watch Golden Girls on repeat for days in the fetal position while sobbing. I don't think I'd ever be able to watch a Golden Girls episode again without crying. Crap, it's already hard.
isntdaveone 5th-May-2012 03:08 am (UTC)
i can't watch Bonanza reruns anymore because all the cast is dead.
carrie9142 5th-May-2012 04:05 am (UTC)
don't even speak of this day. i can't.
washizdarkbliss 5th-May-2012 04:11 pm (UTC)
I've been rewatching it, and every time I remember they're gone, I want to curl up in a fetal position and just whimper.

Those ladies were talented as hell. :(
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