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She also said she was able to reconcile with Landon but only shortly before his death.' I am very grateful that we mended our fences,' she said of her former co-star, despite his past behaviour. 'I'd be the good girl, play the part and hope.' The wage negotiations went on for over a year before Grassle finally got her salary doubled. 'I kept up the professionalism,' she added. She said the cruel bullying made her want to 'disappear,' but she felt 'frozen' and as if a woman could do nothing about such behaviour on a 1970s TV set. The dispute made Landon reduce Grassle's role on the series and, the NY Post writes, 'Landon would elicit cheap laughs from the crew by mocking figure and facial expressions when they reviewed her footage.'Īpparently, Landon would even escalate the insults during bedroom scenes, encouraged by the crew. Grassle added: 'Mike would say 'c_' and make disgusting jokes about how a woman smelled after sex.'

Landon also tried to mislead Grassle by telling her that viewers disliked her character. He insisted that she receive the same salary as the child actors despite her lead role on the show. The actress 'felt insulted' when Landon refused to give her a raise. The relationship took a hit, however, when Grassle began negotiating for 'fair' pay after Little House season 1. Speaking with the New York Post, Grassle revealed that she at first got along with Landon, her screen husband, whom she called an 'amazing' but 'very highly strung' person. Karen Grassle and Michael Landon on Little House on the Prairie The 79-year-old actress spoke out ahead of her new memoir which comes out on Nov. The pair played the beloved 'Ingalls' parents 'Caroline' and 'Charles,' but their off-screen relationship was far from a happy one, Grassle has revealed. Actress Karen Grassle just opened up about her difficult experience working with Michael Landon on Little House on the Prairie.

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