Melissa Gilbert has deed backmost at Megyn Kelly connected her claims that the Little House connected the Prairie reboot volition beryllium excessively 'woke.'
'If you wokeify Little House connected the Prairie I volition marque it my singular ngo to perfectly ruin your project,' Kelly, 54, wrote connected X relationship astir the news.
It caught the attraction of archetypal prima Melissa, who played Laura Ingalls successful the beloved tv bid that ran for 9 seasons starting successful 1974.
'Apparently Megyn tweeted (I'm not connected that platform) asking that Netflix not "woke-ify" their Little House remake,' Gilbert began connected Instagram.
'Umm…watch the archetypal again. TV doesn't get excessively overmuch much "woke" than we did.'
Melissa Gilbert decided to schoolhouse Megyn Kelly connected her Little House connected the Prairie facts. Seen present successful January 2025
Melissa played Laura Ingalls successful the beloved tv bid that ran for 9 seasons starting successful 1974
'We tackled: racism, addiction, nativism, antisemitism, misogyny, rape, spousal maltreatment and each different "woke" taxable you tin deliberation of. Thank you precise much.'
Gilbert captioned the post: @megynkelly ticker immoderate occurrence connected immoderate streaming level anyplace successful the world. x.'
Netflix announced the reboot of the iconic Western bid connected January 29 and it comes 42 years aft the archetypal bid ended successful 1983.
The caller amusement volition beryllium 'part hopeful, household drama, portion epic endurance communicative and portion root communicative of the American West,' per a merchandise from the streamer.
'This caller adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s iconic semi-autobiographical Little House books offers a kaleidoscopic presumption of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier.'
The archetypal bid was acceptable successful the midwest successful the 1870s erstwhile the 'west' was being settled by families seeking caller frontiers.
'Little House connected the Prairie has captured the hearts and imaginations of truthful galore fans astir the world, and we’re excited to stock its enduring themes of anticipation and optimism with a caller instrumentality connected this iconic story,' Jinny Howe, Netflix's Vice President, Drama Series said successful a property release.
'[Showrunner] Rebecca Sonnenshine’s imaginativeness threads the needle with an affectional extent that volition delight some caller and existing fans of this beloved classic.'
Kelly, 54, shared a nexus to a Hollywood Reporter communicative astir the Netflix reboot of the bid connected X (formerly Twitter )
'If you wokeify Little House connected the Prairie I volition marque it my singular ngo to perfectly ruin your project,' she wrote. Seen present January 20, 2025
Melissa got upwind of Kelly's mean-spirited tweet and didn't clasp thing backmost successful her reply
'Apparently Megyn tweeted (I'm not connected that platform) asking that Netflix not "woke-ify" their Little House remake. Umm…watch the archetypal again. TV doesn't get excessively overmuch much "woke " than we did,' Gilbert wrote connected Instagram
'We tackled: racism, addiction, nativism, antisemitism, misogyny, rape, spousal maltreatment and each different 'woke' taxable you tin deliberation of,' Gilbert wrote. Megyn seen present January 20, 2025
'I fell profoundly successful emotion with these books erstwhile I was 5 years old. They inspired maine to go a writer and a filmmaker, and I americium honored and thrilled to beryllium adapting these stories for a caller planetary assemblage with Netflix,' Sonnenshine said of the upcoming project.
One of the commenters connected Melissa's station called Megyn, 'a existent beingness Nellie Oleson,' referring to the spoiled bully quality and Laura's nemesis played by Alison Arngrim.
In June, the Little House connected the Prairie formed reunited astatine the Monte Carlo Television Festival successful Monaco.
Karen Grassle, Alison Arngrim, Melissa Sue Anderson, Matthew Labyorteaux, and Wendi Lou Lee sat connected a sheet and reflected connected their favourite memories from the show.
They besides addressed fans questions astir a reboot oregon reunion of the series.
'There person been tons of attempts to bash a Little House connected the Prairie again,' Grassle, 82, who played the show's matriarch Caroline Ingalls, explained to People.
'There person been shows, determination person been a musical, and I deliberation we had a unsocial acquisition and it can't beryllium repeated.'
'Michael [Landon] was a genius astatine casting and writing,' she added of her onscreen husband, who played Charles Ingalls.
Gilbert captioned the post: @megynkelly ticker immoderate occurrence connected immoderate streaming level anyplace successful the world. x.' Seen present successful January
One of the commenters connected Melissa's station called Megyn, 'a existent beingness Nellie Oleson.' Seen present January 20, 2025
'He understood things astir however to construe that worldly into tv for the nationalist that was beyond what astir writers understand.
'And helium had his thumb connected the pulse of the nationalist and understood what radical were longing for, and you don't find that each day,' she gushed astir the precocious histrion who was besides an enforcement shaper and writer for the show.
'And past the information that we were each truthful perfectly formed was a benignant of genius,' she added, looking astatine her costars.
Anderson, who played eldest sister Mary Ingalls, had her ain crushed for reasoning a reboot wouldn't enactment and its due to the fact that Landon wouldn't beryllium portion of it.
'Little House works connected tv due to the fact that of him,' she said. Landon died successful 1991.
Arngrim, 62, who played Nellie Oleson successful the bid is acceptable to instrumentality connected a caller relation if determination was ever a reboot of Little House – her mother.
'I ever gag that if they bash redo the full thing, I americium acceptable to play Mrs. Oleson. Absolutely, I'm down for that,' she sassed.