‘Little House on the Prairie’s’ Melissa Gilbert Slams 50th Anniversary Events (Exclusive) [Video]

Melissa Gilbert is not mincing words regarding the Little House on the Prairie cast’s decision to stop participating in 50th anniversary events.

The show’s cast members — including Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Karen Grassle, Dean Butler, Charlotte Stewart and Matthew Labyorteaux among others — announced on Friday, Sept. 6 that they were canceling events in Tennessee, Missouri and Texas. The cancellation was prompted after they attended “poorly organized and executed events” in Connecticut and Pennsylvania, per a press release the cast released on Oct. 1.

According to the release, the cast sent a letter to event organizer Jack Bishop and his company Gravel Road Markets LLC stating they would “no longer support, promote, or appear at any Gravel Road Markets, LLC events.”

The cast also requested that Bishop and Gravel Road Markets “remove our names and likenesses from sales and marketing assets supporting any upcoming Little House on the Prairie 50th Anniversary events produced or promoted by Gravel Road Markets, LLC.”

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