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Melissa Gilbert and Andrew McCarthy have differing memories about a wild night from the 1980s, particularly on whether McCarthy shared a kiss with Liza Minnelli.
In her 2010 memoir, “Prairie Tale,” the “Little House on the Prairie” actress, now 62, recounts an extraordinary evening during that decade. She, Andrew McCarthy, her then-boyfriend Rob Lowe, and Lowe’s agent, Michael Black, were enjoying a meal at Spago’s. During this time, Minnelli unexpectedly joined their table, and shortly after, Michael Jackson appeared, choosing to sit quietly without uttering a word.
As they finished their desserts, the group pondered their next move. Gilbert notes that the conversation came to a halt, which prompted Michael Jackson to break his silence with the only words he spoke that night.
“You can come to my house,” he offered, “I got a llama.”
Ultimately, the party continued at Sammy Davis Jr.’s residence, minus Jackson, who presumably returned home to spend time with his llama.
Eventually, the evening ended at Black’s apartment, “where suddenly Andrew and Liza started making out.”
When Page Six spoke to the “Pretty in Pink” star, 63, at the press day for the off-Broadway revival of “Are You or Have You Ever Been,” we couldn’t resist asking McCarthy about the delicious story.
“I would love to have made out with Liza Minnelli, but we did not,” McCarthy avowed, although he did confirm some of the story’s elements.
The author of “Who Needs Friends: An Unscientific Examination of Male Friendship Across America” remembered having dinner at Spago’s with Gilbert, Lowe and Black, being seated next to the “Cabaret” star, and going to Davis Jr.’s home for post-prandial drinkies. Oddly, he made no mention of Jackson being at the dinner.
“It was an incredible night,” he gushed. “I should have quit show business then. We did not sing around the piano; mostly, we did a lot of drinking. Sammy was sober, but he was playing bartender.”
So much so that McCarthy was unable to drive home.
“Liza gave me a ride home because I’d drunk too much,” he explained.
“She was super lovely to me,” he added. “They were both generous and kind. I remember Sammy going, ‘I’ve got my eye on you young cat, I like what you’re doing!’ It was great, Rat Pack meets the Brat Pack.”
Minnelli’s publicist declined to comment on whether she played tonsil hockey with the “St. Elmo’s Fire” star.