In a new interview Melissa Gilbert told about her trip from Hollywood to New York City and left Los Angeles’ “anti-aging” culture behind to enjoy life on the east coast.
However, the actress noticed that she still loves La and recognized her deep connection with her hometown after the “forest fires”.
Melissa Gilbert now lives with her husband Timothy Busfield in Manhattan and is thinking about her past and coming projects.
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Melissa Gilbert says that La was not a “safe place” for her for her “age”
During a chat with Page six,, Gilbert, who retired from Hollywood in 2013, announced that she had left the city of the angel to New York City, and described California as a place that was “so anti-aging”.
The former “Little House on the Prairie” star, now 60, explained: “I just didn’t have the feeling that this was a safe place to agree. It is so anti-aging, which is one of my least preferred expressions in the world. ”World. Anti-aging means dead. “
Gilbert admitted that during her time in California she often felt under pressure to “not get older and to stay size 2 or 4 or whatever (she) at the time”).
But after moving to the east coast, her perspective changed dramatically. “I thought: ‘Oh god, I’m better not getting older!’ To ‘Oh God, I’m so happy that I am older!’ ”, She said.
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Gilbert continued: “I love the age I am now. Sixty was the most incredible year, just to look back on all the things I did and to know that I deserve my opinion, I worth it, I am. “Wise.”
She added: “I did so much and I continue to do it and it is far from over.”
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The actress was not aware of how much she still loves Los Angeles
In the meantime, Gilbert and her husband Timothy Busfield happily arrived in Manhattan’s Upper West Side and says that she is still a deep affection for Los Angeles, even if she has left it behind.
“The deep love that I met for my hometown only became aware of the forest fires,” she said, referring to the fire in Pacific Palisades, which broke out on January 7, 2025. “I know so many people who have lost everything and not.” Film stars and television stars.
Although she admits that LA will always be something special for her, Gilbert explained: “It was simply no longer the right place for me to live there, but it will always be my hometown.”
With a view to the future, the “Dancing with the Stars” graduate is preparing to perform in addition to “Mad Men” actor Mark Moses in the off-broadway piece “Still”.
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The drama examines the complexity of reunification of a couple after 30 years to find out “whether they can revive this relationship again, even though they are political, polar opposites.”
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Melissa Gilbert talks about past marriages
During the conversation, Gilbert revealed that she had resorted to her life experience for her role in “still”, in particular on her earlier marriages with Bo Brinkman (1988–1994) and Bruce Boxleitner (1995–2011), in which different political views of tensions worried.
“It became unsustainable and it was before 2016 when things got even heated,” said the author of “Prairie Tale”. Page sixAnd refers to Donald Trump’s first term as president.
She continued: “I have to say that in both cases when I was single again, a burden was taken from me and there was a peace in my home because I didn’t have to suppress my opinion or do not have to do any argument because …” disagreed.
In the meantime, Gilbert has a whole series in front of him, including a role in the Hallmark series “When Calls The Heart” and her work at Modern Prairie, a lifestyle brand that is aimed at clothing and decoration at older women.
The performances of “Still” should begin on February 6, 2025.
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Melissa Gilbert thinks about the timeless legacy of “Little House on the Prairie”
Gilbert appeared on October 30th in the “Kelly Clarkson Show” and thought about the lasting legacy of “Little House on the Prairie”.
When moderator Kelly Clarkson praised her to be part of an iconic series that was broadcast from 1974 to 1983, Gilbert told a touching personal moment of how the show continues to bring generations together.
“I look at” Little House on the Prairie “with a few of my grandchildren,” she said in a clip divided into Instagram.
“You started watching and it’s just incredible. And it also kills my mother when she comes in and sees that we all watch … (it is) across generations. Yes, she just starts to sob, ”said Gilbert.
The actress reveals why the show remains relevant to this day
When Clarkson asked why she believed that the show was still so influential decades later, Gilbert emphasized her timeless topics and her relevance.
“Many people will say that this is because the stories about community and family, love and acceptance and all the good things in life are about which we all long,” she explained by Good housekeeping.
Gilbert added: “But we also told the stories of America in 1974 by the lens from 1874. We told veterans who came home from Vietnam, but it was the civil war … , Chauvinism and all the things we fought against. And we still tell the same stories and try to pull the same teachings.
