Hello and

we'll welcome to trashy divorces, everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships.

I'm Alicia and Stacy, you've got one of America's sweethearts on tap for our journey today in marital misadventure.

I do.

Hello everyone.

Today we're going Gilbert with Melissa Gilbert who of course grew up in a little house on a prairie on everyone's television

screens back in the 70s and 80s, and has gone on to have a pretty remarkable career in

the industry, including serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild.

Her personal life has been interesting as well, but before we get started,

Alicia, would you like to take a look into the magic mirror and give some thanks and praise.

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him over here. New and sustaining supporters, y'all are simply the best. Thank you. And thank you for coming to this journey of half pint

Stacy I think we have to if we're going to get into Melissa Gilbert. Let's go go go. Man who missed an episode of Little House back in the day? Not I.

Yeah, we talked about Michael Landon a few weeks ago which of course you know sent us on a bit of a little house on the prairie journey.

And who doesn't love a journey through the prairies? The little prairies. our yester year.

Half Pined, Melissa Gilbert, was born on May 8th, 1964 and she was adopted by her parents Barbara Cowan and Paul Gilbert when she was just one day old.

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