Melissa Gilbert feels nauseated by age…
Melissa Gilbert has a new perspective about her “Little House on the Prairie” expertise.
While clapping back at Megyn Kelly’s latest feedback about late youngster intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, the 61-year-old actress mirrored on the 8-year age distinction between herself and Dean Butler, who performed her onscreen love curiosity in the NBC collection.
“So, I debated posting this but, I feel compelled to share. After seeing many women’s posts with the hashtags #iwasfifteen #imfifteen #iwasachild, I decided to google search myself at that age and see what came up,” Gilbert wrote on Instagram on Saturday, alongside pictures of her youthful self.
Melissa Gilbert speaks at The Paley Center For Media in NYC in Dec. 2022. Getty Images
Melissa Gilbert and Dean Butler in “Little House on the Prairie.” NBCUniversal via Getty Images
“And this is some of what I found…and now, at this age, at this time, I am actually nauseated,” the actress continued. “The girl on vacation in Hawaii with her family, is the same girl who was expected to ‘fall in love with’ and kiss a man on film who was several years older than she was.”
Gilbert, who performed Laura Ingalls Wilder on the Nineteen Seventies/Nineteen Eighties TV program, explained that “through the lens of today, this is shocking.”
“I have no words other than to say, ‘I WAS A CHILD.’ ‘I WAS FIFTEEN,’” she added. “And I was the good news.”
Dean Butler, Melissa Gilbert in “Little House on the Prairie.” ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection
Dean Butler and Melissa Gilbert in “Little House on the Prairie.” ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection
However, Gilbert famous that she was always “safe” on the show’s set thanks to her mom and her co-star Michael Landon, who portrayed her onscreen father.
“Can you imagine if I hadn’t had them all?” she wrote. “I am so fortunate (Sort of). Many other young women aren’t.”
Gilbert ended her message with a stern warning to Kelly, 54: “@megynkelly you need to be careful with your words.”
Melissa Gilbert attends the 62nd Monte Carlo TV Festival in June 2023. Getty Images
Kelly lately made controversial feedback about Epstein’s pedophile conduct on her SiriusXM show. “He liked 15-year-old girls. And I realize this is disgusting. I’m definitely not trying to make an excuse for this. I’m just giving you facts, that he wasn’t into, like, 8-year-olds.” she said.
“But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby,” Kelly continued. “There’s a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old, you know?”
Megyn Kelly speaks at Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land, Texas on October 23. Getty Images
Kelly’s remarks sparked the #iWasFifteen hashtag pattern where girls — like Gilbert — are sharing pictures of themselves when they have been 15.
Gilbert was 10 years previous when she began her nine-season run on “Little House on the Prairie.” At age 15, Gilbert started working with then-23-year-old Butler, who performed Laura’s eventual husband, Almanzo Wilder.
Melissa Gilbert in Hawaii in March 1980. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
The forged of “Little House on the Prairie.” Courtesy Everett Collection
Butler, now 69, spoke to People last yr about the pair’s age distinction during their time on the show.
“I’ve often said to Melissa, ‘I wish we could have been a little closer in age when we were doing this.’ But that’s not the way it really happened,” the actor said. “Laura was 10 years younger than Almanzo. But from the perspective of playing it, I thought, wouldn’t it be great if we could have [had] … a little more common ground, so we would’ve been able to play the loving side of this in perhaps a little bit more interesting way.”
Melissa Gilbert as Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder, Michelle Steffin as Rose Wilder, Dean Butler as Almanzo James Wilder. NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Butler also mirrored on how the celebs felt about their first kissing scene.
“I think that there was anxiety on both sides of that kiss and how is this going to go?” he recalled. “But we stepped up to it.”
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