They tried to project one image of reality to us when we were kids growing up in the New York area, but there was another reality that they kept very well hidden.
Former “Brady Bunch” star Florence Henderson told the Huffington Post how she unexpectedly contracted a sexually transmitted disease after a “little fling” with former New York City Mayor John Lindsay.
Said Henderson: “It’s not something I’m proud of but it’s something that happened. We had a little fling one night and the next morning, I woke up and I had these creatures and I had no idea.”
She added: “He sent me flowers the next day and apologized. And of course, I never really saw him again.”
I was only four when Mayor Lindsay left office and the first mayor I really remember is Ed Koch. But I remember the Brady Bunch really well. And Mrs. Brady getting crabs from the mayor just isn’t something I ever thought I’d have to contemplate.
To be pedantic, crab lice are parasites, not a disease.
Still – yuck!
Major rising star ca 1965-69 from GOPs now dead liberal wing. Switched to Dem to run for president in 1972. Entered too late or something– I don’t recall. There should be a good appearance on Dick Cavett available on YT.
I consumed a lot of TV from 69 to 74, but never watched the Brady’s. That view of insipid boring suburban life didn’t interest me. I’m glad Florence Henderson is nothing like her character, but I’m not that surprised. Every actor I’ve known has been a, shall we say, free spirit.
” just isn’t something I ever thought I’d have to contemplate.”
You didn’t?! Boy, you have an impoverished imagination. That’s all I thought about.
I’m sorry for your trouble, Florence, but this revelation falls solidly into the “way too much information” category.
I’ve been married 34 years. During that time, I have been faithful sexually. When I do think about a momentary deviation from that path, it is stories like this that remind me that monogamy is a good idea. Aside from the other parts like being unfaithful is not good period.
Were they heterosexual lice, bi-sexual, or transgendered?
If they were transgendered, then that would be a story.
Otherwise just put this in the Hollywood attention whores are addicted to attention file.
See also: Kardashians/Jenners, Shirley Jones, Marilu Henner, Elizabeth Ashley, etc.
Florence is selling a book. She never felt the need to reveal this until now, when there’s money in it. Whatever. It was the “70s. One night stands were pretty mainstream by then. If I were the one deciding what our culture looked like, people would appreciate the emotional and spiritual potential of sex to bond couples together deeply and, for this reason, not jump into bed too fast. But it’s a good thing that no one gets to decide for others. These days anything goes and who’s to say it’s wrong? So to each his/her own.
Not sure why this story is being recycled. Her book was published in 2011 and included the Lindsay encounter.
Then perhaps it was just an honest answer to a question and I was being unduly cynical.