"The reason I opened my big fat mouth, was because someone else opened hers," Gilbert tells PEOPLE Melissa Gilbert speaks out about the things that are important to her. After making headlines for her recent comments reacting to Megyn Kelly's tweet about the Little House on the Prairie reboot,

Melissa Gilbert Says 'Little House On The Prairie' Reboot At Netflix "Will Do Things We Didn't Get To Do So Easily In '70s"

I love the age I am right now,” she tells us. “Sixty has been the most incredible year, just to look back on all the things I’ve done and to know that I’ve earned my

Melissa Gilbert, well-known for her role on 'Little House on the Prairie', responds to criticisms surrounding a reboot of the series. She emphasizes the importance of diversity in storytelling and the need for the reboot to stay true to the original books,

Last week, we reported that Netflix had announced it would reboot Little House On The Prairie over forty years after the beloved original show went off the air. Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls Wilder in the original series that ran from 1974 until 1983,

The final installment of 'Little House on the Prairie' saw the town of Walnut Grove left as rubble — the result of what she claims was a "disrespectful" move by NBC towards Landon