“It shocked me.”
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Melissa Gilbertis protective ofLittle House on the Prairie, and rightly so.
So whenMegyn Kellyweighed in last month on aplanned Netflix reboot, Gilbert had to speak out.
Melissa Gilbert and Megyn Kelly.Credit:Pascal Le Segretain/Getty; Dia Dipasupil/Getty
“It’s just like, you know, different versions ofLittle Women.
People’s interpretation of a classic story.
Gilbert took issue with that, writing in her own post, “Ummm…watch the original again.
Melissa Gilbert and Michael Landon star in ‘Little House on the Prairie’.Everett
TV doesn’t get too much more ‘woke’ than we did.
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And she reiterated that stance on the talk show.
He was telling the stories of the time.
He was telling the stories of the veterans coming home from Vietnam.
He was telling the stories of racism and chauvinism and antisemitism and nativism.”
“I said, ‘I’m just not going to comment.
I’m just going to let it be because I want them to have their own thing.
And if they need me later, we’ll talk about it,'” Gilbert tellsEntertainment Weekly.
“And if they need me later, we’ll talk about it.
Back onThe View, when cohostJoy BeharcomplimentedLittle House, Gilbert thanked her.
Gilbert has said she won’t be involved this go-round.
