Betty White's "crush" Robert Redford is missing the comedy legend just as much as the rest of us. Over the years, White has often made reference to the crush she's had on Redford, an 85-year-old actor with a lengthy career of his own. After the Golden Girls star's death just weeks ahead of her 100th birthday, Redford took a moment to remember White. Not only does the actor praise White's comedy, he reveals that the crush she had on him was mutual.

"Betty lived life devoted to her craft and her love of animals. She made us all laugh, including me," Redford told E! News. "I had a crush on her too!"

Wherever White is now, we can only imagine how much she'd appreciate that comment. Her jokes about the crush date back several decades. On The Mary Tyler Moore Show, White played a character named Sue Ann who had a strong crush on Redford. In one episode, Sue Ann joked, "I want to be cremated and have my ashes thrown on Robert Redford." After the series, White would continue to make references to a crush on Redford on various occasions.

When she was once asked if there was anything she still wanted "to do" in show business, she replied, "Robert Redford." The actress also explained to Entertainment Tonight, "I don't know him. I just worship him from afar. If I ever met him, I'd faint." When celebrating her 97th birthday in 2019, White's agent also released a statement reading, "In the evening, Betty is playing poker with friends that she has played with for decades. As for her birthday wish, Betty is waiting for Robert Redford to call!"

Just recently, White brought up Redford's name once again. She had done an interview with People prior to her passing in which she joked that The Proposal co-star Ryan Reynolds had a crush on her. She cracked, "I've heard Ryan can't get over his thing for me, but Robert Redford is The One."

While Betty White liked to joke about her crush on Robert Redford, the real love of her life was her late husband, Allen Ludden, who died in 1981. As Bob Saget detailed in his own tribute post to White, White always believed she would be reunited with Ludden in the afterlife. In his tribute, Saget noted, "Well, if things work out by Betty’s design— in the afterlife, they are reunited. I don’t know what happens when we die, but if Betty says you get to be with the love of your life, then I happily defer to Betty on this."

"I don't think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again," White's friend and agent, Jeff Witjas, also said after White's death.

Following White's passing, it was announced that a planned documentary celebrating the television icon's 100th birthday will still be moving forward. The film, dubbed Betty White: 100 Years Young — A Birthday Celebration, will screen in theaters for one day only on Jan. 17, the day White would have turned 100. Prior to her death, White said of the event, "Who doesn’t love a party?!? This one is gonna be great."