Two Hollywood icons got to pay tribute to another on Monday, Jan. 17.
Madame Tussauds Hollywood and Pink’s Hot Dogs teamed up to celebrate the life of Betty White on what would have been her 100th birthday at the wax museum.
People got the chance to pose for photos with the wax figure of the film and television star — and eat a Pink’s hotdog, too.
All proceeds from the sale of the hot dogs will be donated to the Los Angeles Zoo, which had its own tribute for the Emmy-winning star on Monday.
White, who passed away on New Year’s Eve at the age of 99, enjoyed her favorite meal at the iconic Los Angeles hot stand unadorned — just meat and the bun.
Richard Pink, co-owner of Pink’s Hot Dogs, said the toppings-free “Betty White Naked Hot Dog” will remain on the menu “forever.”
“She launched Pink’s Hot Dogs in City Walk in 2010 by eating a hot dog right in front of me,” said Pink, whose mother and father opened the famed stand in 1939.
“I said: ‘Betty, let me put some toppings on it,” he said. “And she said, ‘no, I like my hot dogs plain, just the beef, and the bun, I just like it naked,’” he added. She told him: “You can tell everybody that Betty White gets naked at Pink’s,” Pink laughed, recalling the actress’ one-of-a-kind sense of humor.
White died just 17 days shy of her 100th birthday, in her Brentwood home in the 500 block of North Carmelina Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
White was a TV star for seven decades and was best known for her Emmy-winning roles on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Golden Girls.”