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Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert has slammed Kim Kardashian for sending a ‘dangerous’ and ‘destructive’ message by revealing that she shed 16 pounds in just three weeks in order to fit into the Marilyn Monroe dress she wore to this year’s Met Gala.

Gilbert, 58,Ā who is best known for playing Laura Ingalls Wilder on the hit series, recently traded in her glamorous lifestyle for a ramshackle cottage in the Catskill mountains with her husband,Ā Timothy Busfield.

Now, the TV star has spoken out about why she decided to step away from the spotlight and the pressures of Hollywood, explaining how ‘gleeful and happy’ it has made her, while urging other women in Hollywood to help ‘change the conversation’ surrounding the ‘aging process.’

‘We need to provide examples for young women of what aging well looks like, and what being healthy looks like, as opposed to telling them that it’s OK to lose 16 pounds to fit into Marilyn Monroeā€™s dress,’ she told Yahoo Life recently, throwing a jab at Kardashian, 41, who admitted she lost 16 pounds in three weeks in order to fit into the iconic outfit that she wore to the Met Gala in early May.

Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert (pictured in 2020) slammed Kim Kardashian for sending a 'dangerous' and 'destructive' message with her 16-pound Met Gala weight loss

Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert slammed Kim Kardashian for sending a 'dangerous' and 'destructive' message with her 16-pound Met Gala weight loss

Little House on the Prairie’s Melissa Gilbert (left) has hit out at Kim Kardashian (right) for sending a ‘dangerous, destructive’ message by losing 16 pounds to fit into her Met Gala gown

Gilbert, 58, recently traded in her glamorous lifestyle for a ramshackle cottage in the Catskill mountains with her husband, Timothy Busfield. They are pictured in front of the house

Gilbert, 58, recently traded in her glamorous lifestyle for a ramshackle cottage in the Catskill mountains with her husband, Timothy Busfield. They are pictured in front of the house

While speaking out against Hollywood's unrealistic beauty standards, Gilbert threw a jab at Kardashian over the reality star's admission that she lost 16 pounds in three weeks so she could fit into Marilyn Monroe's iconic Happy Birthday Mr. President dress for the Met Gala on May 2

While speaking out against Hollywood's unrealistic beauty standards, Gilbert threw a jab at Kardashian over the reality star's admission that she lost 16 pounds in three weeks so she could fit into Marilyn Monroe's iconic Happy Birthday Mr. President dress for the Met Gala on May 2

While speaking out against Hollywood’s unrealistic beauty standards, Gilbert threw a jab at Kardashian over the reality star’s admission that she lost 16 pounds in three weeks so she could fit into Marilyn Monroe’s iconic Happy Birthday Mr. President dress for the Met Gala on May 2

‘I think that is a dangerous [and] destructive message. Hopefully, I’m here to inspire other women to join this movement, to be who we are and know that this is not only is this enough, it’s more than enough.’

Kardashian turned heads when she attended the annual gala in the dress that Monroe famously wore when she sang Happy Birthday to president John F. Kennedy in 1962.

She later spoke out about the extreme measures she took to get into the gown – revealing to Vogue that she lost 16 pounds after not eating any carbs or sugar for three weeks.

‘It was such a challenge. It was like a [movie] role. I was determined to fit [into] it,’ she said.

‘I haven’t had carbs or sugar in about three weeks. We’re having pizza and donut party back at the hotel [after the Met Gala].’

Gilbert – who was skyrocketed into stardom after she starred in theĀ 1974 Western show when she was just a child – recentlyĀ purchased a $98,000 14-acre property in upstate New York so that she can enjoy a much more relaxed lifestyle and escape the pressures of being in the public eye.Ā 

She explained to Yahoo that the decision to make the move came to her after she looked back at old photos and didn’t even recognize herself.

The TV star (pictured at her new home) spoke out about why she decided to move, and urged other women in Hollywood to help 'change the conversation' around the 'aging process'

The TV star (pictured at her new home) spoke out about why she decided to move, and urged other women in Hollywood to help ‘change the conversation’ around the ‘aging process’Ā 

'We need to provide examples for women of what being healthy looks like, as opposed to telling them it's OK to lose [wto fit into [a] dress,' Gilbert (pictured in 2020 with her husband) said

‘We need to provide examples of what being healthy looks like, as opposed to telling women it’s OK to lose 16 pounds to fit into [a] dress,’ Gilbert (pictured in 2020 with her husband) said

The former child star, who recently released a memoir entitled Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered, underwent multiple plastic surgery procedures throughout her career, and she said it left her thinking, ‘Who is that person? That’s not me. That’s like a shell over what the real me is.’

She admitted that she was also having a ‘hard time’ living her life from a place where the ‘external mattered more than the internal.’Ā 

‘I really wanted to reverse that. I wanted to become more spiritual, more grounded, more at peace, more connected to my community, to my family, to my friends,’ she explained.

The couple purchased the fixer-upper – which was filled with rotting deer heads, porn, and holy water when they moved in – in 2018, and spent about a year renovating it.

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She now spends her days raising chickens and growing her own food at her new home, and it turns out, starring in Little House as a kid is what inspired her to want to live so close to nature.

‘I actually feel like Little House on the Prairie was sort of the bait that opened my eyes to what could be,’ she told the outlet.

‘I would be on the set, especially when we were outdoors with the chickens and then the frogs and the pond and horses and cows, and everybody had their dogs with them.

Gilbert recently purchased a $98,000 14-acre property in upstate New York (pictured) so she can enjoy a much more relaxed lifestyle and escape the pressures of being in the public eye

Gilbert recently purchased a $98,000 14-acre property in upstate New York (pictured) so she can enjoy a much more relaxed lifestyle and escape the pressures of being in the public eye

Gilbert had three nose jobs by the age of 20, but she has since given up plastic surgery and Botox. She is pictured in 2014

She explained to Yahoo that the decision to make the move came to her after she looked back at old photos and didn’t even recognize herself. She is pictured in 2014Ā 

The former child star underwent multiple plastic surgery procedures throughout her career, and she said it left her thinking, 'Who is that person? That's not me.' She is pictured in 2011

The former child star underwent multiple plastic surgery procedures throughout her career, and she said it left her thinking, ‘Who is that person? That’s not me.’ She is pictured in 2011

‘I was outside in Simi Valley on the ranch and it was always dusty, always dirty, but [I was] just gleeful and happy.’

The couple purchased the fixer-upper - which was filled with rotting deer heads, porn, and holy water when they moved in - in 2018, and spent about a year renovating it

The couple purchased the fixer-upper – which was filled with rotting deer heads, porn, and holy water when they moved in – in 2018, and spent about a year renovating itĀ 

The couple officially moved into the home in late 2019, and she previously recalled to Good Morning AmericaĀ how they spent the height of the COVID-19 pandemic locked down in their new home, saying it was an experience she never wants to forget.

‘I would tell myself to remember 2020 as vividly as possible because it really was an extraordinary life-changing time for the entire world, and I was a part of that,’ she said.Ā 

‘I think remembering that will enable me to be more compassionate, more tolerant, more understanding, and not just about COVID but about everything that happened in the summer of 2020 and to remain aware of my own privilege and my own part in all of it.’Ā 

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When they purchased it, the small house had no heat and was covered with mold and mildew.Ā It was also home to a few mice, but Gilbert told Fox News that they saw its ‘potential.’Ā 

Gilbert (pictured with her son) spends her days raising chickens and growing her own food at her new home, and she said starring in Little House made her to want to live near nature

Gilbert (pictured with her son) spends her days raising chickens and growing her own food at her new home, and she said starring in Little House made her to want to live near nature

'I would be on the set with the chickens and frogs and horses and cows. It was always dusty, always dirty, but [I was] just gleeful and happy,' Gilbert (pictured bottom on the show) said

‘I would be on the set with the chickens and frogs and horses and cows. It was always dusty, always dirty, but [I was] just gleeful and happy,’ Gilbert (pictured bottom on the show) said

When they purchased it, the house (pictured before they moved in) had no heat and was covered with mold

It was also home to a few mice, but Gilbert said they saw its 'potential'

When they purchased it, the house (pictured before they moved in) had no heat and was covered with mold. It was also home to a few mice, but Gilbert said they saw its ‘potential’Ā 

‘[The house] had no heat, and the plumbing was kind of wonky. We had to empty all the stuff that was in the house because it was fully furnished, I mean, to the point where there was cereal in the cabinets and soap in the shower,’ she recalled.Ā 

‘It was like the people had just wrapped up out of the house and it sat there for decades like that.

”Once we cleaned all of that stuff out, we put the wood-burning stove to warm it before we put in an actual heating system.

‘There was so much cleaning. I remember my husband with a bucket just cleaning the ceilings with hydrogen peroxide and Clorox. We scrubbed that place within an inch of its life.’Ā 

Despite having an estimated combined net worth of around $500,000, the couple spent their first night sleeping on a ‘mattress on the floor in the living room.’Ā 

‘We were waiting for the delivery of the fridge, the washing machine, the dishwasher, and stove. I just remember thinking at that moment: “This is home. This is going to be our home,”‘ she gushed to Fox.Ā 

‘I think it was that night, that first night that we slept there, is when I realized: “Oh gosh, this is really it. And we’re going to be doing this ourselves. And it’s going to be incredible.”‘Ā 

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