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Susan Olsenis setting the record straight on one of the lingeringBrady Bunchrumors.
“I disliked the rumors thatFlorence HendersonandBarry Williamshad an affair,” Olsen, 61, said during an appearance at The Hollywood Museum, according toFox News.
“Barry had a crush on her,” Olsen said. “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.”
In 1991, Hendersonmade similar remarks PEOPLE: “He had a crush on me, and he asked me out for a date, which I II never forget.”
Williams was 15 years old at the time of the get-together, and the actress was 36. “He was too young to drive,” she recalled “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.”
Williams alsospoke about his crushto PEOPLE in 2016. “It wasn’t that I sought to bed her. I just wanted to spend time with her.” After Henderson’s death the same year, Williams called her “a mom, a friend, a coworker, an inspiration and a mentor.”
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The Brady Bunchis streaming on Paramount+.
source: people.com
