Why Bea Arthur wanted to quit 'Golden Girls' and more secrets from behind the lanai

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http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...-behind-lanai/

Bea Arthur was ready to walk away from “The Golden Girls” on more than one occasion, according to a new tell-all book about the cult-favorite 1980s sitcom. Jim Colucci, author of "Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Look Behind The Lanai," says the bawdy star was particularly upset by what the show’s writers came to call “Dorothy bashing.” “Bea was offended,” he tells FOX411. “When the writers called Rose [Betty White] dumb or Blanche [Rue McClanahan] a slut or Sophia [Estelle Getty] old, it could roll off those women’s backs because they were not like their characters.” “Unfortunately, the things that were said about Dorothy were that she was big and ugly. And that wears on an actress after

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How interesting there's a new book about the series, but..."behind" the lanai? It should be just "from" the lanai or possibly "from around" the lanai, but not "behind"; it's not a curtain.

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I can certainly get why the "big and ugly" jokes would be offensive to Bea. But obviously she had other reasons for leaving the show. If that were her major complaint, I can't imagine the writers would refuse to tone it down, in order to keep her.