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Barry Williams is getting real about the past relationships and hook-ups shared between his "Brady Bunch" costars.

"We all hooked up with each other at some point," the 69-year-old actor told Us Weekly. "Not necessarily while we were filming."

"I dated Maureen [McCormick], and Chris [Knight] dated Eve [Plum] and Michael [Lookinland] and Susan [Olsen] had a little mock wedding at one point. So, yes, we all hooked up," he added.

Barry Williams said his "Brady Bunch" costars all "hooked up" with each other. (Getty Images)

While Williams said the "hook-ups" were solely among the younger stars, he did have a "teenage crush" on his TV mom, the late Florence Henderson.

"I had a teenage crush on her, for sure," said Williams. "And she’s got a very lively personality and great sense of humor, but I knew that I wanted to have music in my career [in] acting, and so I talked to her a lot about that."

"I had found this singer coming into the Copacabana near Beverly Hills," he continued. "I can’t think of exactly where it was, but I invited her to go together as a date, and she said, ‘OK,’ so I was thrilled. And now for me, it was a date."


The "Brady Bunch" crew have remained close throughout the years. (Getty Images)

"We were recognized, and so people were whispering about us, which is strange, but we talked about the singer, his orchestrations, the band that he had, and what touring was like," Williams added. "And she gave me an idea what that life would look like now at the end of the date. And this is chronicled in my book as well. I did go in for a little kiss, and she was nice enough to return it. So it was a highlight. Nice little peck, yes."

"The Brady Bunch" aired for five seasons on ABC from 1969 to 1974 and its success spurred numerous spinoff titles.

In 2021, Williams opened up about navigating fame at a young age.


"The Brady Bunch" aired for five seasons from 1969 to 1974. (Getty Images)

"The years were very intense years for me," Williams recalled on the Australian morning talk show, "Today Extra." "All my teen years, 14 to 20, were on 'The Brady Bunch.’"

"There were a lot of changes," Williams said of going through the physical changes with his younger costars. "You could hear the voice changing, you could see the hair changing, you could see the growth spurts going on with all of us."

"So, it was sometimes awkward and sometimes fun, but I've always enjoyed people watching the show," he added.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

All I can remember is some weird BBS game based on this show and it had … strange possibilities.

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

I always thought that show was weird and never liked it.

 

[The best and greatest]

People in the late 60s/70s sure looked goofy.

 

[Burning Bridge]

"Hollywood actors are all degenerates"
How is this a news story?

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

A crucified bunch.

 

[oldTireWater]

Seems about as wholesome as you could hope for under the circumstances. There doesn't seem to be a tranny, faggot, or rapist among the bunch (to my limited knowledge) so i guess it worked.

 

[Battlefield2142EU]

The chick who played Marsha had already said this. In fact, she talks about movie producers buying her cocaine for sex and paying for her abortions after underage sex parties. She might've hinted that the gay dad in the Brady Bunch was into weird drugs before dying from aids.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Seems about as wholesome as you could hope for under the circumstances. There doesn't seem to be a tranny, faggot, or rapist among the bunch (to my limited knowledge) so i guess it worked.

I gotta know if that pun was on purpose.

 

[Blewberry Nausea]

Seems about as wholesome as you could hope for under the circumstances. There doesn't seem to be a tranny, faggot, or rapist among the bunch (to my limited knowledge) so i guess it worked.

The dad actor came out as gay before his death.

 

[oldTireWater]

I gotta know if that pun was on purpose.

I guess even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then.

 

[Snack Cracker]

People in the late 60s/70s sure looked goofy.

The Brady Bunch specifically looked like they stepped out of a Sears catalogue, very squeaky Brady clean.

At one point during the TV Morality trials Marcia Brady’s mini skirt was considered obscenity and a limit was put on all skirts on television.
They made no such rules on skort style skirts though, so from then on all the Brady daughters wore mini skorts.

That was the same deal where they decided Barbara Eden’s navel showing in her I Dream of Genie costume was obscene, so her costume wasn’t changed at all but they put a prosthetic over her navel so she looks like a clone in the later seasons.

 

[David Kirk Ginder]

The first thing that popped out to me was the very noticeable lack of niggers in this article.

 

[Snack Cracker]

The first thing that popped out to me was the very noticeable lack of niggers in this article.

Black people didn’t exist in Brady World, neither did serious problems or crime.
No teen pregnancy arcs at all.

It’s honestly a nice escapist show

 

[DoomsdayElite]

The first thing that popped out to me was the very noticeable lack of niggers in this article.

Come to think of it, it's odd they haven't tried an all-nigger BB reboot.
Yet.

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

That was the same deal where they decided Barbara Eden’s navel showing in her I Dream of Genie costume was obscene, so her costume wasn’t changed at all but they put a prosthetic over her navel so she looks like a clone in the later seasons.

Kind of wonder if genies would have a navel given they're spirits and aren't born like humans.

 

[David Kirk Ginder]

Come to think of it, it's odd they haven't tried an all-nigger BB reboot.
Yet.

Probably because father Brady is, well, still there. And a loving and contributing member to the family at that. That requires a suspension of disbelief from the Black audience that is likely not possible.

 

[Day Walker]

I thought this was common knowledge, or at least it was in the 90’s.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

Probably because father Brady is, well, still there. And a loving and contributing member to the family at that. That requires a suspension of disbelief from the Black audience that is likely not possible.

True... and if the father was present and the family was fairly normal, like in Family Matters or The Cosby Show, critics now would accuse the show of perpetuating "whiteness".

 

[David Kirk Ginder]

True... and if the father was present and the family was fairly normal, like in Family Matters or The Cosby Show, critics now would accuse the show of perpetuating "whiteness".

We would be living in a different world if the Blacks of America took their moral lessons from The Cosby Show instead of rap. How did they get it so wrong?