The actress made sure to point out the various issues the original series tackled, including "racism, addiction, nativism," as she slammed Kelly's tweetMelissa Gilbert will not stand for any Little House on the Prairie slander.

Netflix has ordered a Little House on the Prairie series, 40-plus years after a long-running adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved books aired its last episode on NBC. The new version comes from showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine ( The Boys, The Vampire Diaries ).

Little House’ star Melissa Gilbert has pointed out to an agitated Kelly all the ways that the original show already was pretty ‘woke’ in how it tackled racism, addiction,

Original “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert fired back at Megyn Kelly over a comment the former Fox News host made about Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of the classic book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Gilbert starred in the series from 1974 to 1983. Little House on the Prairie alum Melissa Gilbert took notice of Megyn Kelly's response to Wednesday's news of a planned reboot on Netflix. Just after it was announced,

A "Little House on the Prairie" alum shut down Megyn Kelly's concerns that Netflix will "wokeify" a reboot of the series.

Netflix isn't the only company that has planned a reboot of the series based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Sonnenshine is the executive producer and showrunner of the new Little House on the Prairie reboot at Netflix. Per IMDb, among her producing credits are Bunny (2000), Reversion (2008), The Vampire Diaries, Outcast, The Crossing, Archive 81 and The Boys.

News of the reboot comes days after Nielsen’s streaming report for 2024, which revealed that the original Little House is one of the most popular “legacy titles” on streaming, logging over 13 billion viewing minutes on Peacock. For Netflix, a Little House reboot will be like striking gold. Ballerina Farm must be shaking in her egg apron.