She already had a strained relationship with Landon, caused by her disproportionately low salary, and this only made things worse.
The cast and crew were deeply disappointed by the liaison between their charismatic boss and Clerico, whom Grassle described as “a nice young woman” with a penchant for “cute, colorful tops” and “tight jeans that had been made popular by ‘Charlie’s Angels.’”Īccording to Grassle, co-star Katherine “Scottie” MacGregor, who played snobby store owner Harriet Olsen, found the early ’80s affair particularly distasteful.
The fallout from the scandal, which made headlines, was sorely felt by everyone on the tight-knit set. Michael Landon had an affair with Cindy Clerico, a stand-in on “Little House,” before marrying her. The 18-year-old woman was more than 20 years Landon’s junior. It wasn’t long before the rest of the cast and crew discovered the reason behind his boastful claims: The married actor was having an affair with Cindy Clerico, then a teenager who was working as a stand-in for his co-star Melissa Francis (Cassandra Cooper Ingalls). “Mike began to arrive jubilant at the makeup table, crowing about the benefits of bee pollen for the aging male,” Grassle writes. Landon wouldn’t shut up about the wondrous effects of a natural supplement he’d recently started taking to improve his sex life.
Actor Michael Landon (center) lost his “Little House on the Prairie” castmates’ respect after he had an affair with a teenager on the set. “I didn’t want to think about his penis,” Grassle recalls in her forthcoming memoir, “ Bright Lights, Prairie Dust: Life, Loss and Love from Little House’s Ma” (She Writes Press), out Nov. It’s enough to make Reverend Alden - the virtuous pastor on the hit TV series “Little House on the Prairie” - choke on his Communion wine.Īctress Karen Grassle, who played Caroline “Ma” Ingalls on the ’70s and early ’80s show, has revealed how Michael Landon, who portrayed her wholesome onscreen husband, would openly talk about his “revived libido” on set.
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