'Brady Bunch' star Susan Olsen addresses cast affair rumor, death hoax: 'I don't like the implication'
foxnews.comSusan Olsen wants to set the record straight about an alleged on-set hookup involving her squeaky-clean TV family. The former child star, who famously played Cindy Brady in "The Brady Bunch," has been faced with numerous wacky rumors about the hit 1970s sitcom.
However, there is one in particular, involving her TV mom Carol Brady and on-screen sibling Greg Brady that she has taken issue with over the years. "I disliked the rumors that Florence Henderson and Barry Williams had an affair," Olsen told Fox News Digital about her co-stars. "Barry had a crush on her," the 61-year-old clarified. "She was very kind to him.
She let him take her out for her birthday. So I don’t like the implication that’s been out there, that something was going on with them.There wasn’t anything going on with them except for mutual respect and love." The beloved matriarch, who passed away in 2016 at age 82, previously spoke out about the outing. "He had a crush on me, and he asked me out for a date, which I’ll never forget," the actress told People magazine in 1991. "He was too young to drive, so his older brother brought him to my hotel, and then I drove us to the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, where we saw a singer.
It was so sweet because Barry made sure we had a good table." "After the show, his brother picked him up and took him home," Henderson shared at the time. "The crush was a very serious thing for him, so I was never condescending.
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