'Little House on the Prairie's Melissa Gilbert Has 'Best Hollywood Story' Hands Downoriginally appeared onParade. Little House on the PrairiestarMelissa Gilbertrecounted the "best Hollywood story" to her former co-starPatrick Labyorteaux—and it's truly wild. During an interview onThe Patrick LabyorSheaux's July 8 podcast episode, Gilbert shared the entertaining tale with the actor behind Andrew "Andy" Garvey on the beloved NBC series. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 "I had an agent,Michael Black...he was alsoRob Lowe's agent. We were together at the time," she began. "So Rob had doneThe OutsiderswithPatrick Swayze. And Patrick Swayze was doing a show at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, a dance show, and Rob couldn't go because he was shootingSt. Elmo's Fire. And so Michael and I went to the show." Afterward, Gilbert and Black went to the restaurant Spago, where they met up with Lowe andAndrew McCarthy. "And then there's like a commotion at the door, andLiza Minnellicame in and beelined and sat down at our table and was hiding alcoholic beverages because she wasn't supposed to be drinking by putting them in front of me," she shared. "So at one point, I had four wines, three screwdrivers in front of me. And then her sister came in, and Liza was like drinking under the table, andLorna Luftwas there." After "another commotion at the door," none other thanMichael Jacksonwalked into the restaurant. "And he came and sat at our table," she continued. "In the meantime, I keep looking at Rob going, 'What's going on? Please, I want to go home. I'm scared of all of this.'" Related:Little House on the PrairieActress Dead at 89 Gilbert added, "And so, we finish our meal,Wolfgang [Puck]is bringing his piece that he's made, and he's sitting down, and people are hovering around. Michael Jackson is not saying a word. And then we finish our meal and we're trying to figure out where to go, and Michael Jackson, the only thing he says the whole night, 'You can come to my house, I've got a llama!'" She then recalled, "And I leaned over to Rob and I said, 'I really have to go home now. Really, you have to take me home. And Liza goes, 'No! We're going to Sammy's!' I figure Sammy's is some after-hour club, Michael Jackson leaves—we go toSammy Davis Jr.'s house. The evening will not bloody end." After Gilbert ended the story with Davis Jr. asking her to play pool with him, Labyorteaux declared, "I'm going to retire this story. There's not a better story. Holy s--t." In the comments of anInstagramvideo of the conversation, Gilbert's fans agreed. One follower declared, "OMG the BEST Hollywood story ever! 👏." Someone else confessed, "I've watched this 3 times ! This story is hilarious ! 😂," as a third laughed, "I GOT A LLAMA! 🤣 🦙." Another wrote, "🤣😂🤣😂 I definitely need to hear the extended version of this story. 😂🤣 My goodness, what a life." Meanwhile, yet another Instagram user pointed out, "I bet when you woke up the next morning, you thought you had a crazy dream!!!😂😂😂." Next:Little House on the Prairie's Melissa Gilbert Sends Crass Message Unbecoming of Laura Ingalls Wilder 'Little House on the Prairie's Melissa Gilbert Has 'Best Hollywood Story' Hands Downfirst appeared on Parade on Jul 10, 2025 This story was originally reported byParadeon Jul 10, 2025, where it first appeared.