>>> MELISSA FRANCIS WAS JUST
EIGHT YEARS OLD WHEN SHE LANDED A DREAM ROLL ON ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR SHOWS ON TELEVISION ON THE PRIME-TIME SERIES "LITTLE
HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE." >> NOW A SUCCESSFUL DRAFT
JOURNALIST WITH THREE KIDS OF HER OWN, SHE'S COME A LONG, LONG
WAY. SHE'S REVEALING HOW HER TIME ON
THAT SHOW HAS SHAPED HER LIFE ON AND OFF CAMERA.
IT'S IN A NEW BACK CALLED "LESSONS FROM THE PRAYER WE."
>> I LOVE SEEING YOU GUYS. >> BY THE WAY, WHAT A SMART
CONCEPT. >> IT'S NOT JUST A MEMOIR.
IT'S SELF HELP. >> PEOPLE KNOW YOU FROM TWO
WORLDS FROM BEING A CHILD ACTRESS TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY.
>> MY GOAL WITH THIS WAS TO JUST MAKE FUN OF MYSELF FOR A FEW
HUNDRED PAGES AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT SELLING IT WITH AN ADULT
UNDERGARMENT BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU WILL LAUGH SO HARD.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME SORT OF AN ACCIDENT SO, I PROBABLY SHOULD
HAVE DONE THAT. >> THAT'S WHY THEY MAKE DEPENDS.
>> I HEARD YOU DISCUSSING THAT. >> IT WAS A JOKE HOPEFULLY.
>> YOU CAN LAUGH AT ALL OF THE CRAZY THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME
IN MY LIFETIME AND SEE HOW DEEPLY FLAWED I AM FROM START TO
FINISH. AFTER YOU'RE DONE LAUGHING AT
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME, YOU'LL SEE THAT I'VE ACTUALLY
LEARNED FROM REALLY VALUABLE THINGS ALONG THE WAY.
THIS BOOK WAS ACTUALLY MEGYN KELLY THOUGHT OF THE CONCEPT.
SHE SAID I HAVE A REALLY EASY IDEA FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE SO MANY FUNNY STORIES, YOU CAN STRING IT ALL TOGETHER.
IT GOT ME THINKING THAT SO MANY OF THE THINGS TODAY THAT THE
VALUES I HAVE AND THE THINGS THAT SHAPE MY LIFE, I ACTUALLY
LEARNED ALL THE WAY BACK THEN. FOR EXAMPLE, MICHAEL LANDON,
EVERYBODY KNOWS HIM AS PA. HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FIRST
SMART BUSINESS OWNERS IN HOLLYWOOD.
HE OWNED THE SHOW. HE CREATED IT.
HE PRODUCED. HE ACTED IN IT.
>> HIS MONEY, BOY. >> HE WAS CHEAP AS HELL.
IN A SMART WAY. HE HAD A VERY MODEST WINNEBAGO.
YOU COULDN'T BE A DIVA AND ASK FOR SOMETHING BIGGER.
HE REALLY RAN A TIGHT SHIP BUT ALSO TAUGHT US THE VALUE IN A
JOB WELL DONE. I WAS TALKING TO MELISSA GILBERT
AND SHE SAID NONE OF US FROM THAT SHOW ENDED UP IN REHAB.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. HE ALSO TREATED US LIKE ADULTS
AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN WHEN WE WERE OFF CAMERA, BUT WHEN IT WAS
TIME TO GO, HE WAS VERY SERIOUS. >> PICK YOUR MARKS AND KNOW YOUR
LINES. >> ABSOLUTELY.
WE BOTH HAD EXPERIENCES WHERE WE SHOWED UP AND WEREN'T SERIOUS
AND DIDN'T KNOW OUR LINES AND HE GAVE US THAT LOOK.
HE WENT FROM BEING FUNNY TO BEING DEAD SERIOUS.
>> WERE YOU SCARED OF HIM? >> I FELT BAD THAT I HAD LET THE
WHOLE GROUP DOWN. IT WAS A REALLY HAPPY TEAM.
THEY KNEW THEY HAD A GOOD THING GOING.
SO WHEN YOU WERE WRAPPED IT, YOU FELT REALLY BAD ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK THAT REALLY TAUGHT US ALL A LOT ABOUT HAVING A WORK
ETHIC AND WORKING REALLY HARD AND IT CARRIED ME THROUGH.
I LEFT THERE AND I WENT TO HARVARD AND I STUDIED ECONOMICS.
>> BUT YOU'D ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AT MATH.
YOU JUST LOVED THAT SORT OF THING?
>> I LOVED MATH AND POLITICS. >> WAS IT HARD TO LEAVE, LIKE,
YOU WERE IN SHOW BIZ. WAS IT HARD TO SAY I'M GOING TO
SAY GOODBYE TO THIS CHAPTER? >> IT WAS BUT I STARTED WHEN I
WAS SIX MONTHS OLD. >> YOU'D HAD A CAREER ALREADY AT
A YOUNG AGE. >> BY HIGH SCHOOL I SORT OF FELT
LIKE I HAD DONE IT AND I WONDERED WHAT ELSE WAS OUT THERE
AND I ALSO WONDERED WHAT WOULD MY LIFE BE LIKE WITHOUT THIS.
BECAUSE I HAD NEVER TRIED THAT BEFORE.
SO I WANTED TO GO AWAY TO A SCHOOL WHERE I COULDN'T COME HOM
-- HOME ON THE WEEKEND AND
AUDITION. I FIGURED I WOULD -- I FELT SORT
OF DONE WITH IT. THERE'S MY FRIEND MICHELLE.
SHE WAS PART OF THE INSPIRATION. THAT'S ACTUALLY CHERYL
SANDBERG'S LITTLE SISTER. ONE OF THE CHAPTERS IS DON'T
LEAN IN, SIT DOWN AND TAKE A LOAD OFF.
I THINK WE PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON OURSELVES.
>> SPEAKING OF PRESSURE, YOU'VE BEEN UNDER PRESSURE OVER AT FOX.
A LOT OF CHANGES. YOU DON'T DISCUSS EVERYTHING.
YOU DON'T DISCUSS BILL O'REILLY IN YOUR BOOK, BUT YOU DO SAY
SOME OTHER THINGS. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TODAY?
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN THE WHOLE THING HAPPENED, I WAS GOBSMACKED
LIKE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOING ON
IN OUR NETWORK, THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY ROGER AILES AND
WHEN I LOOKED BACK ON CONVERSATIONS, I REALIZED IT WAS
PRETTY CLEAR WHAT WAS GOING N. I KIND OF OUTLINE THAT.
WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, I WAS 22 AND I WAS IN A SMALL TOWN
WORKING MY WAY UP. A NEWS DIRECTOR SHOWED UP ON MY
DOORSTEP AT MIDNIGHT, POUNDED ON THE DOOR AND WANTED TO COME IN.
THIS IS ALL IN THE BOOK. I OPENED THE DOOR.
I WAS DOING THE MORNING SHOW SO YOU KNOW BY MIDNIGHT YOU'VE BEEN
ASLEEP. I WAS THROWN.
MY INSTINCT KICKED IN. I DIDN'T LET HIM OVER THE DOOR.
HE WENT AWAY. WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING I
KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE FURIOUS AND EMBARRASSED OR
WHATEVER ELSE. I CALLED MY AGENT AND QUIT AND
GOT OUT OF TOWN. NOW I REALIZE WHAT A TERRIBLE
DECISION THAT WAS, BECAUSE I LEFT THAT MONSTER TO THEN GO
PREY ON OTHER YOUNG WOMEN. I THINK THAT'S THE LESSON THAT
WE'VE LEARNED FROM THIS. IS THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEAK UP AND
SAY SOMETHING, EVEN THOUGH HERE I WAS THIS, YOU KNOW,
22-YEAR-OLD WHO HAD ONLY HAD ONE OR TWO ON-AIR JOBS.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY RECORD TO RUN ON.
>> WHO WOULD BELIEVE YOU ANYWAY, RIGHT?
THAT'S THE THING. >> I'M SURE HE DID IT TO MANY
OTHER PEOPLE. I THINK THE OTHER THING I WILL
SAY WHICH WILL BE VERY CONTROVERSIAL IS THIS IS GOING
ON AT A LOT OF OTHER NETWORKS. OTHER WOMEN HAVE COME TO ME FROM
OTHER NETWORKS TO TALK ABOUT THE PERSON WHO'S CURRENTLY WORKING
AT THEIR NETWORK. IT'S ALL OVER.
>> AT EVERY BUSINESS. >> SO TO THINK IT'S A FOX
PROBLEM ISN'T -- >> IT'S TOTALLY TRUE.
>> WE'VE GOT TO GO EVERYBODY. >> POINT OUT ROGER AILES HAS
DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AND HE SAID HE NEVER MADE THAT
STATEMENT THAT ATTRIBUTED TO HIM AND IT DOESN'T CONSTITUTE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT. ALSO YOU HAVE BEEN HIGHLY
COMPLIMENTARY OF HIM IN THE PAST.
>> YES. BILL O'REILLY ALSO SAYS THE
ALLEGATIONS AREN'T SHOE. >> CAN WE JUST SAY MAKE SURE
PEOPLE BUY THIS BOOK. "LESSONS FROM THE PRAIRIE".
>> IF YOU WANT TO LAUGH, YOU WILL BE ROARING WITH LAUGHTER
AND I HAVE HOW TO TURN DISASTER