'Brady Bunch' star Barry Williams admits he couldn't hide attraction to TV sister Maureen McCormick

Here's the story of a boy who fell for Marcia Marcia Marcia Barry Williams who starred as Greg Brady in the hit sitcom The Brady Bunch in recent times appeared in the CW docuseries TV We Love where he opened up about having a crush on his co-star Maureen McCormick Producer Lloyd Schwartz son of creator Sherwood Schwartz also appeared in the episode about The Brady Bunch and discussed directing the episode Room at the Top In it Marcia Brady McCormick and Greg tired of sharing bedrooms with their younger siblings fought to claim the attic space of their home as solo bedrooms 'THE BRADY BUNCH' STAR SUSAN OLSEN ADMITS SHE DISLIKED HER 'STUPID' CINDY BRADY CHARACTER I remember this scene I remember the day reported Williams Lloyd discovered that there might have been a little bit too much attraction between brother and sister Maureen McCormick was very very attractive I was gravitated right to her And it was coming out in our scenes together I m sitting a little too close leaning in a little too far declared the -year-old Lloyd was right It s very hard to hide That s chemistry Lloyd was on the set and he pulled me aside He disclosed Good scene I just want you to keep in mind here that she is your sister In the scene Greg goes into Marcia s room and sits on the bed next to her He tries to comfort her after pushing her too far during an argument and she bursts into tears WATCH THE BRADY BUNCH STARS EXPLAIN BEING FOXHOLE BUDDIES THROUGH EXPERIENCES ON THE SHOWSchwartz stated Williams feelings for McCormick during filming were undeniable As the child stars started getting older my challenge was in specific options to keep them off of one another he mentioned Christopher Knight who played middle brother Peter Brady wasn t surprised I dare say that if you find anyone who grew up watching the show their first crush was supposedly Marcia Brady he revealed Earlier this year Knight recalled on an episode of The Real Brady Bros that the chemistry between the two stars was more than platonic You two were looking a little close a little less like brother and sister and more like Knight began LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS You mean dreamy-eyed Williams suggested The longing kind of wide-eyed Knight responded Yeah that was you and she was looking dreamy It was sort of on-again off-again with Maureen and me throughout the years noted Williams There was constantly a little dance being played that was broken up by hiatus In Williams stated Us Weekly he also had a teenage crush on his TV mom the late Florence Henderson I had a teenage crush on her for sure noted Williams And she s got a very lively personality and great sense of humor but I knew that I requested to have music in my career in acting and so I talked to her a lot about that I had identified this singer coming into the Copacabana near Beverly Hills he recalled I can t think of exactly where it was but I invited her to go together as a date and she stated OK so I was thrilled And now for me it was a date CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER 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 of 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 In Susen Olsen who played Cindy Brady set the record straight about the outing I disliked the rumors that Florence Henderson and Barry Williams had an affair Olsen notified Fox News Digital about her co-stars at the time WATCH BRADY BUNCH STAR SUSAN OLSEN ADDRESSES CAST AFFAIR RUMORS DEATH HOAX I DON'T LIKE THE IMPLICATION Barry had a crush on her the -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 In McCormick s memoir Here s the Story the former child star recalled a trip to Hawaii where the cast filmed the first episode of Season It was there that she and Williams kissed As soon as I stepped off the plane I started to think about him more intensely in the way I had fantasized for a long time she wrote in her book as quoted by Us Weekly We had spent the past three and a half years staving off the desire of a mutual attraction despite the intimacy of working closely with each other every day McCormick also described performing a duet with Williams In the cast published their second studio album Meet the Brady Bunch and embarked on a national tour We stood on opposite sides of the stage inching slowly toward the center she wrote as quoted by the outlet Conclusively we turned and sang to each other It was choreographed to be a romantic moment and there was so much sexual tension between us we didn t have to pretend In September McCormick chose not to kiss and tell Instead she reported Us Weekly she celebrates the friendships with her castmates that have lasted over the years The show will just unfailingly hold a super warm spot in my heart she revealed It s just an amazing bond so I feel very lucky to have that The Brady Bunch aired for five seasons on ABC from to and its success inspired numerous spinoff titles