Riverdale Boss and Lili Reinhart Weigh In on Betty's Dark Side Reveal
After seeing the way her mother Alice (Madchen Amick) was corrupting the Riverdale local paper, Betty decided to reinvigorate the high school's paper and become a reporter of her own merits.
Taking down a slut-shaming circle of jocks who were degrading Riverdale High's female population to win their own perverse game.
Adding that dark edge to the iconic girl-next-door was a purposeful inversion of the character for showrunner and executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
In the comic books, people are always saying that Betty and Veronica are the same except one wears a blonde wig and one wears a brown wig.
Alice is also aware of her daughter's ambiguity, which might explain why the matriarch is so ruthless when it comes to keeping Betty on the right side of the tracks.