Betty White to Be Roasted at NY's Friar's Club

According to The Hollywood Reporter, America's favorite funny lady Betty White will have the dubious honor of being the target of this year's Friars Club Roast. The event will take place at Manhattan's Shertaton Ballroom on May 16th. 

Commented White, “Those Friars may think I'm an easy mark, but I have 90 years of comebacks waiting for them. This is such an honor to be roasted by the Friars Club. It will be an afternoon filled with dirty words, risque jokes & sex talk.....and that's just what I plan on saying!”

Past honorees at the annual roast include Milton Berle, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson, Lucille Ball, Billy Crystal and, last year, Quentin Tarantino.

Freddie Roman, Dean of The Friar's Club commented, "Betty White is one of those unique talents that comes along once every generation. She has been making people laugh all her life, and our Roasters will need to be on their toes to handle Betty’s razor sharp wit.”

The Friars Club was founded in 1904. Among its esteemed members have been Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Lucille Ball and Milton Berle. 

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