Melissa Gilbert responds to Megyn Kelly threat against Little House on the Prairie reboot
Melissa Gilbert responds to Megyn Kelly threat against Little House on the Prairie reboot
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Gilbert starred as young Laura Ingalls Wilder in the original Western adaptation. Melissa Gilbert has reacted to Megyn Kelly’s recent comments about Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie reboot. Gilbert, 60, who starred in the original nine-season adaptation of the book series as Laura Ingalls Wilder, later responded to The Megyn Kelly Show host in an Instagram post. Telling former Fox News host Kelly to rewatch the original, the actor wrote: “Apparently Megyn tweeted (I'm not on that platform) asking that Netflix not ‘woke-Ify’ their Little House remake.
“Ummm...watch the original again. TV doesn't get too much more ‘woke’ than we did. We tackled:racism, addiction, nativism, antisemitism, misogyny, rape, spousal abuse and every other ‘woke’ topic you can think.”. Based on the best-selling book series by Wilder, the original Little House on the Prairie was produced by Ed Friendly and ran on NBC for over 200 episodes from 1974 to 1983. It received 16 Emmy nominations and three Golden Globe nods.
The critically acclaimed show has recently enjoyed a resurgence thanks to its streaming availability on Peacock. “It’s all the good juicy things that make human beings so wonderful and different from animals. I mean, that connection. And Little House is a reminder of that,” she added. The new series will be produced by Friendly’s son Trip under their Friendly Family Productions banner. “It has been a long-held dream of mine to carry on my father’s legacy and adapt Wilder’s classic American stories for a 21st century audience in a way that brings together fans of both the books and the original television series,” Trip said in a statement.
