Injured Melissa Gilbert sits out ‘DWTS’
Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert, 47, was missing from Tuesday’s Dancing With the
Stars results show, but she’s expected back next week. “I got hit in the head. I’m so sorry, baby,” Gilbert was shown saying to partner Maks Chmerkovskiy after a spin on Monday’s Gilbert: “I got hit
show. Cameras rolled as an in the head.” oxygen mask was placed on her face and she was taken to an L.a.-area hospital. Host Tom Bergeron announced that she had suffered a “mild concussion. She is taking a rest day.” He added that she would be able to compete next week. Said Chmerkovskiy: “She’s a fighter and trouper.”