Melissa Gilbert calls husband Timothy Busfield's child sex abuse case 'hell' in emotional interview

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Melissa Gilbert did not mince words as she described the fallout from the child sexual abuse charges husband Timothy Busfield now faces. Gilbert, 61, claimed this has been "the most traumatizing experience of our lives," and admitted the allegations have upended their future for good. "What has this whole episode been like for you?" George Stephanopoulos asked Gilbert in a preview of a sit-down interview on "Good Morning America." "Hell," Gilbert responded. "Our life as we knew it is done," she quickly explained. "We are grieving what we had – all of our plans, all of our dreams, all of our ideas, all of our projects. For Tim, it's done. He's canceled. Even if he's exonerated, he will always be that guy. [He’s] the last person in the world who would hurt a child. And believe me, if I