Betty White Taught Me to be Grateful

Why Jane Leeves is grateful for her former Hot in Cleveland co-star Betty White. 

Actress Jane Leeves has a lot to be thankful for: a happy 22-year marriage, two healthy kids, a great career and friends like her former Hot in Cleveland co-star Betty White. “She taught me everything about gratitude. She’s had some tragedy in her life, but she doesn’t look on it as a tragedy,” Jane says, referring to the death of Betty’s beloved husband, game show host Allen Ludden, in 1981. “Betty looks on it as positive because she had the love of her life. Some people don’t get that.”

Jane, 58, has tried to take these lessons to heart in the way she sees the world. “With age comes wisdom. I don’t sweat the small stuff anymore,” she told Closer at the Fox Summer TCA All-Star Party. “And with every setback, you learn to be grateful for everything you have.