Phil & Lil's Mom Betty Is Gay In 'Rugrats' Reboot “Natalie Morales, who voices Betty and is queer herself, says Betty's the type of character she would have appreciated seeing growing up.” 🏳️🌈
“Betty is a single mom with her own business who has twins and still has time to hang out with her friends and her community,” Morales said in a statement to the website. “I think it’s just so great because examples of living your life happily and healthily as an out queer person is just such a beacon for young queer people who may not have examples of that.”
Representation matters, and even though the news is sure to get some panties in a bunch somewhere, Morales simply said she wants Betty to be the type of character she would have appreciated seeing growing up. “Even cartoons were hugely influential for me as a kid and if I’d been watchingand seen Betty casually talking about her ex-girlfriend, I think at least a part of me would have felt like things might be okay in the future.