It was all a “Bunch” of bull.
The son of “The Brady Brunch” producer Sherwood Schwartz desires to lastly squash a sure rumor from the beloved household sitcom as soon as and for all.
Lloyd Schwartz, 75, labored alongside his dad on the 1969 to 1974 ABC collection and have become well-immersed within the present since he was a younger man.
The author and producer spoke to Fox Information not too long ago concerning the fond recollections from the present — and particularly concerning the long-running rumor of an affair between sitcom stars Florence Henderson (who performed Carol Brady) and Barry Williams (as step-son Greg Brady).
Whispers have circled all through Hollywood over the many years that Henderson — who died in 2016 at age 82 — and Williams dated for a time.
“There have all the time been rumors about Barry and Florence having a date or affair, relying on who you ask,” Lloyd informed Fox Information.
“It was all smoke and mirrors. The truth is Barry was enthusiastic about music, Florence was married with 4 children,” he defined. “Barry’s dad drove them to see this singer. After that, dad drove them residence, and she or he kissed him on the cheek.
“That was the extent of the so-called affair between Barry and Florence,” he concluded.
Williams, 67, detailed his crush on his TV mother in his 1992 guide “Rising Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg.”
“The story [of an affair] resurfaced after Barry’s guide got here out,” Lloyd mentioned. “I bear in mind Florence known as me and mentioned, ‘You recognize, there’s a factor in Barry’s guide.’ I informed her, ‘No, don’t fear, Florence — no one’s going to suppose a lot of it.’ I used to be very improper.”
In Henderson’s subsequent 2012 guide “Life Is Not a Stage,” she additionally described their date on the “long-gone” LA nightclub Cocoanut Grove, the place they went to listen to a singer carry out.
“I didn’t give all of it that a lot thought, since I'd gladly have executed the identical for any of the older youngsters if requested,” she wrote.
The pair went together with Williams’ older brother for the reason that “Brady” star didn’t have a driver’s license but.
“After the live performance, Barry was very candy,” she wrote. “We fetched his brother and he gave me a goodnight kiss at my resort. So from his guide, our playful however coy interviews … that adopted, an city legend was born.”
Lloyd additionally famous that after Henderson’s passing, he was interested by growing a present through which Mike Brady (performed by Robert Reed, who died in 1992 at age 59) handed away.
Henderson’s character would then begin to “significantly” date considered one of Greg’s associates.
“We thought it will have been very attention-grabbing to go in that path. I bear in mind I known as her, and she or he was very enthusiastic about it,” Lloyd recalled. “Sadly, we by no means acquired round to it.”
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