Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert has revealed the real reason she decided to leave “unsafe” Hollywood to live in a remote cabin in the Catskill Mountains.
The 60-year-old actress rose to fame when she was just a child thanks to her role as Laura Ingalls Wilder in the hit series.
After that came to an end, he continued acting, starring in a number of films and television shows over the years.
However, in 2013, he surprised the world when he announced that he was leaving Los Angeles to move to a country house in Michigan; She then moved to a mountain cabin in upstate New York with her husband, Timothy Busfield, in 2019.
Now, the former child star has opened up about why she decided to make the move and explains to Page six that it seemed like Hollywood was too “anti-aging.”
“I just didn’t feel like that was a safe place to grow old,” he said.
She recalled feeling immense pressure to look youthful and “stay a size two.”
But since leaving the hustle and dazzle of California behind, he said he has learned to accept his aging.
Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert has revealed the real reason she decided to leave “unsafe” Hollywood to live in a remote cabin in the Catskill Mountains.

The 60-year-old actress rose to fame when she was just a child thanks to her role as Laura Ingalls Wilder in the hit series, but left Hollywood in 2019.
“I went from ‘Oh God, I better not get old’ to ‘Oh God, I’m so glad I’m older,'” she continued.
‘I love the age I am now. 60 has been the most incredible year, just looking back, seeing all the things I’ve done and knowing that I’ve earned my opinions, I have courage, I’m wise.
“I’ve done a lot and I’m still doing it and it’s not over by any means.”
Melissa also made it clear that she has nothing against Los Angeles, where she lived most of her life, stating, “I love Los Angeles.”
“It just wasn’t the right place to live anymore, but it will always be my hometown.”
Melissa returned to the screen earlier this month for the first time in over a decade in the show When Calls The Heart.
The series has a special connection to Little House on the Prairie, as its executive producer is Michael Landon Jr., son of the late Michael Landon, who played Pa on the iconic family show.
In November, she launched an app for her lifestyle brand Modern Prairie aimed at older women.

Now, the former child star (seen with her husband in 2020) has opened up about why she decided to take the plunge, explaining that she felt Hollywood was too “anti-aging.”

She recalled feeling immense pressure to look young and “stay a size two,” adding, “I just didn’t feel like that was a safe place to grow old.” She is seen in Little House on the Prairie.
She co-founded Modern Prairie with retail and merchandising expert Nicole Haase.
Melissa, who has undergone multiple plastic surgery procedures throughout her career, previously told Fox News that she chose to move to upstate New York so she could finally be free in her own skin.
‘This is me now: no hair color, no filler, no implants, no Botox. I only take care of myself. I try to eat the best I can. I drink a lot of water. And that’s why I really enjoy the aging process,” he said.
‘(Aging) is an uphill battle. In the end everyone loses. It just doesn’t fit who I am or my life now. It’s exhausting and it’s unnecessary.
“I had to find a place inside me where I could stop trying or feeling like I needed to be what everyone else wanted me to be and be exactly who I am.”
She also told Yahoo that she made the decision after looking at old photos and not even recognizing herself.
He remembered thinking: ‘Who is that person? That’s not me. That’s like a shell about what the real me is.
Melissa admitted that she was also having “a tough time” living her life in a place where “the external mattered more than the internal.”

But since leaving the hustle and dazzle of California behind, he said he has learned to accept his aging. She and her husband Timothy Busfield are seen at their home.

“I went from ‘Oh God, I better not age’ to ‘Oh God, I’m so glad I’m older,'” she continued. ‘I love the age I am now. 60 has been the most amazing year.’

The couple bought their 14-acre property for $98,000 in 2018 and spent about a year renovating it before moving in in 2019.
‘I really wanted to reverse that. ‘I wanted to become more spiritual, more grounded, more at peace, more connected to my community, my family and my friends,’ she explained.
The couple bought their 14-acre property for $98,000 in 2018 and spent about a year renovating it before moving in in 2019.
The 58-year-old now spends her days raising chickens and growing her own food in her new home.
Melissa explained that starring in Little House as a child inspired her to want to live so close to nature.
“I actually feel like Little House On The Prairie was kind of a bait and switch that opened my eyes to what could be,” he told Yahoo.
“I was on set, especially when we were outside with the chickens and then the frogs and the pond and the horses and the cows, and everyone had their dogs with them.
“I was out on the ranch in Simi Valley and it was always dusty, always dirty, but (I was) just cheerful and happy.”
She also told Fox that she always knew “deep down” that she “loved being outdoors” and “surrounded by animals” and that she enjoyed the “sweet, simple things in life.”
‘Our lives are simple now, and there is a sweetness in that simplicity. And with that simplicity comes a true love for stillness and living my life in a peaceful place,” she gushed.
‘Once we got here, once we got our land and started looking at all the things we could do with it, and then when lockdown happened, it unleashed all this inside of me. There was a person who was dying to have this (new life).
‘I still can’t believe this is what my life is like now. It’s heaven. I’m so blessed.’