Twitter was going wild on Monday night when Betty White, 96, radiantly graced the stage of the 2018 Emmy Awards. The Golden Girls star was being honored for spending more than 80 years in the limelight, including several decades on television.

So what is White’s secret to looking and feeling great, despite the fact that she has lived almost a century? She claims it has to do with her sense of humour and sense of optimism.

“I know it sounds corny, but I try to see the funny side and the upside, not the downside,” White told Parade earlier this year. "I get bored with people who complain about this or that. It’s such a waste of time.” Expanding on her theory, she encouraged readers to “enjoy life" and "accentuate the positive, not the negative."

"It sounds so trite, but a lot of people will pick out something to complain about, rather than say, ‘Hey, that was great!’ It’s not hard to find great stuff if you look,” she continued.

She demonstrated this during her Emmys speech, after being introduced by Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin as “the greatest of all time.” "Somebody said something the other day about the 'First Lady of Television' and I took it as a big compliment,” she said. "Then I heard her talking to her daughter a little later and she said ... 'she's that old, she was the first one, way, way back."

Of course, the audience erupted in laughter and Twitter couldn’t take it, with pretty much everyone from every major news outlet to celebs such as Missy Elliott praising her to pieces.

And finally, if you want to live a long life like White, don't deprive yourself of things that make you happy. In her case, this equates to food. While other stars encourage eating super healthy diets and exercising, she attribute her happy and long life to some pretty indulgent dietary choices. She joked to Parade that she loves vodka and hot dogs, “probably in that order.”

But all jokes aside, Betty White clearly deserves all the praise she is getting for keeping it real and inspiring so much laughter for all of those years. You are an inspiration, woman!

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