Legendary Hollywood actress Betty White spoke out this week to let fans know how she is doing amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

At 98 years of age, White is considered to be at high risk from COVID-19 if she were to contract it, but she said she is staying in good spirits despite this.

“I’m blessed with incredibly good health,” White told Closer Weekly. “That’s something you appreciate a lot.”

Tom Sullivan, an entertainer who is a close friend of White’s, said she has been keeping busy while staying safe during this difficult time.

“She reads the L.A. Times cover to cover,” he said. “She owns literally thousands of crossword puzzle books and is constantly doing them to keep her mind jumping. This is really serious with her.”

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“She’s tried Zooming her Scrabble game with her friends, but it’s not quite the same,” a close friend of White’s said, adding that the “Golden Girls” actress is enjoying the simple things at home, like “hot dogs and French fries” as well as a “sip on a vodka martini.” The friend said she also likes to whip “up a grilled cheese sandwich” with “a nice can of tomato soup.”

“Betty loves to joke that vodka keeps her young,” said the friend. “She loves the image of her sitting at home in a rocking chair, drinking a martini and watching game shows, but she’s not really a big drinker. That’s not her. She’ll only take a few sips of a cocktail if the occasion calls for it.”

The pal went on to say that coronavirus has caused White to look at her life differently.

“Betty’s message to the world is to slow down and enjoy what you have: family, friends, your pets,” the source explained. “She said that the pandemic is serious, but we have come through worse. It’s Mother Nature’s way of telling us all to slow down.”

White previously told Parade magazine back in 2018 that the secret to longevity is to “enjoy life.”

“Accentuate the positive, not the negative,” she said. “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.”

This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.

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