White scored an 86 percent favorable opinion in the Reuters/Ipsos poll, beating Oscar winners Denzel Washington, Sandra Bullock and Clint Eastwood in the survey of the 100 most popular personalities. Some 44 percent of those questioned said they would be more likely to do business with a company if White endorsed it.
At the other extreme, 54 percent of the 2,012 Americans questioned for the poll said they would trust a company less if it were endorsed by Sheen, with Hilton coming in second.
1. Betty White ...........86 pct favorable
6. Harrison Ford .........80 pct tie 7. Morgan Freeman ........79 pct tie 7. 1. Paris Hilton ..........60 pct unfavorable
2. Charlie Sheen .........52 pct tie 3. Britney Spears ........45 pct tie 4. The full Reuters/Ipsos poll can be seen at www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/
White scored an 86 percent favorable opinion in the Reuters/Ipsos poll, beating Oscar winners Denzel Washington, Sandra Bullock and Clint Eastwood in the survey of the 100 most popular personalities, reports Reuters.
White, 89, is the only surviving member of the main cast members of the 1980s TV comedy “Golden Girls”.
According to Reuters, White also won an Emmy Award last year for hosting the satirical sketch show "Saturday Night Live".
Betty White has been voted America's favorite and most trusted celebrity, a new poll indicates.
White, the former "Golden Girls" funnywoman who is currently starring in TV Land's "Hot in Cleveland," beat out Paris Hilton and Charlie Sheen as the person "whose endorsement of a company would be most likely to drive business," according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll of 2,012 Americans.
Topping the not-so-hot list are: Paris Hilton, Charlie Sheen, Britney Spears (who ties for third with Kanye West), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods, Kim Kardashian, Mel Gibson, Donald Trump and LeBron James.