HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Former “Brady Bunch” star Maureen McCormick is giving fans a glimpse into her wild side off camera.
In her new memoir, “Here’s the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice,” the 52-year-old McCormick reveals intimate details of her drug use and dark side, in addition to her romances with Michael Jackson, Steve Martin and her “Brady Bunch” co-star Barry Williams.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Former “Brady Bunch” star Maureen McCormick is giving fans a glimpse into her wild side off camera.
In her new memoir, “Here’s the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice,” the 52-year-old McCormick reveals intimate details of her drug use and dark side, in addition to her romances with Michael Jackson, Steve Martin and her “Brady Bunch” co-star Barry Williams.
McCormick, who was just 14 when the “Brady Bunch” debuted in 1969, says she struggled with anxiety and insecurity during her teen years.
“As a teenager, I had no idea that few people are everything they present to the outside world,” she writes in the book, according to The Associated Press. “Yet there I was, hiding the reality of my life behind the unreal perfection of Marcia Brady. … No one suspected the fear that gnawed at me even as I lent my voice to the chorus of Bradys singing, `It’s a Sunshine Day.'”
McCormick’s struggles would lead her into a life that would include cocaine binges, parties at the Playboy Mansion and home of Sammy Davis, Jr., unwanted pregnancies and trading sex for drugs.
In the book, which is published by William Morrow and hits bookshelves today, McCormick says her partying days came to an end in 1985 when she settled down and married actor Michael Cummings. The couple has one child together, 19-year-old daughter, Natalie.
The former child star says she’s still amazed by the lasting impact of her role on the iconic show, which ended its run in 1974 but has long been a syndication favorite.
“I’ll always be struck by how much a part of people’s lives Marcia is and always will be,” writes McCormick. “But now I’m not bothered by the connection. It took most of my life, countless mistakes and decades of pain and suffering to reach this point of equanimity and acceptance.”
