Their chemistry was legendary, but behind the laughs and cheesecake, the Golden Girls had a complicated off-screen dynamic.

THE GOLDEN GIRLS — Season 4 — Pictured: (l-r) Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo, Bea Arthur as Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak, Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux, Betty White as Rose Nylund ...

Without a Cue Productions heads to the Jersey Shore this summer with two cult classics coming to Atlantic City. The shows ...

Thank you Betty White and Bea Arthur for being a friend on “The Golden Girls,” even though those behind the show now say it ...

Thank you Betty White and Bea Arthur for being a friend on “The Golden Girls,” even though those behind the show now say it was all an act. The tea was spilled during a panel of writers ...

Betty White as Rose Nylund, Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak on "The Golden Girls." Alice S. Hall/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images via CNN Newsource ...

Betty White as Rose Nylund, Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak on "The Golden Girls." - Alice S. Hall/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images ...

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Thank you Betty White and Bea Arthur for being a friend on “The Golden Girls,” even though those behind the show now say it was all an act.

Betty White as Rose Nylund, Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak on "The Golden Girls." - Alice S. Hall/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images Thank you Betty White and Bea Arthur for being a friend on “The Golden ...