Well Melissa Gilbert, best known as Laura Ingalls Wilder from Little House on the Prairie wrote a book called Prairie Tale A Memoir. Well I’m on chapter 13, reading it here and there while at work and man does she tell all, and I mean all. I can never watch Little House the same way again. BUT what made me go OMG, really just like slap me in the face was what I read on page 132 about Shannon Doherty. Now I’ve always been a fan of Shannon’s. I think her leaving 90210 was a big mistake, the original, it was not the same after that. After she left it was all about poor Kelly Taylor most of the time. I also hated when she left Charmed, as it went from 10 being the best a level 10 show, to about 5, sometimes -5 when it was a Phoebe centered episode which were all ridiculous and Alyssa Milano was just to me a bitch that ruined a good show because of the feud with Shannon.
WELL moving on, those of you who’ve seen Little House would know that Shannon came on the show in the last season as Almanzo and Laura’s live in niece after her father dies. Well according to Melissa, Shannon would follow her around and ask what make-up she wore, what jeans she liked better, what jewelry she liked, etc. Melissa say’s that Shannon told her she wanted to be just like her when she grew up, although Melissa was just 18. WELL years later when Melissa was getting back together with her first husband Bo Brinkman she found out that he had a once night stand with Shannon. EEWWW. She was like playing her daughter at one point. BUT no that’s not the tipping point that was like OMG. The year that Michael Landon passed away Melissa was narrating a Tribute to him at the Emmys, and when she came off stage she saw Shannon sitting with Luke Perry and Shannon tried to give her a hug. Melissa pushed her away and told her, “I don’t think so.” Well according to Melissa Shannon looked surprised, and Melissa then said, “I know, I know what you did with my husband.” And well here is the kicker, Shannon looked her square in the eye and said, “I told you that when I grew up I wanted to be just like you.”
DAMN. Melissa says after Shannon said that, she hurried away because it was just too Single White Female for her taste. But yeah, DAMN. It’s hard to defend Shannon on that one. DAMN.