Brady Bunch star Susan Olsen, who played the youngest of the bunch, revealed she may have been the reason why CBS canceled the reboot while it was still in development.
During a recent appearance on the WalkAway Campaign, the actress raised the alarm on “woke Hollywood” by revealing the network allegedly canceled the Brady Bunch reboot after uncovering past remarks she made about gay people, transgender people and the COVID-19 vaccine.
Olsen explained that “things were looking good” for the show until she got a call from her agent.
“My agent called me and said, ‘Well, the network has a problem with you,’” she said. Her agent allegedly told her the network uncovered homophobic comments she made against actor Leon Acord-Whiting in 2016 that ultimately got her fired from her radio talk show Two Chicks Talkin’ Politics. She recalled that her agent told her, “‘There was some incident where you had a homophobic rant on the air and you were fired.’ And I said, ‘Oh, gosh, that old thing.’”
The actress dismissed the agent’s claim on her WalkAway Campaign appearance, calling it “fake news.” She claimed she’s “been an ally to the gay community since way before it was cool.”
She explained that she soon agreed to take a “course in political correctness.” But she claimed the network came back with almost “50 pages” of comments she made about transgender people and the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I stand by everything I said,” Olsen said.
She later learned that the network refused to move forward with the revival with her attached on a call with her co-stars and her agent. “We’re so sorry, but they won’t budge. They just will not have you in this,’” she claimed her her agent told her.
“I’m like, ‘Wow. Wow. I’ve been canceled,’” Olsen said. “A role that I’ve played for over 50 years — I can’t play it now, because I’m too dangerous.”
DECIDER has reached out to CBS for comment.
Olsen shed some light on the direction they were taking the show, noting that she wanted it to emulate the Roseanne revival, which was ultimately canceled after Roseanne Barr made problematic comments online.
“I was hoping to continue what Roseanne Barr had set out to do, which I really liked,” she said. “Her reboot had a family with completely different political opinions, and in the end they all love and respect each other.”
Olsen noted that they made a point of highlighting each character’s political affiliation during development. Her character, Cindy Brady, was going to be a libertarian radio host. Greg Brady was meant to be a Republican, while Jan Brady was set to identify as a liberal.
The Brady Bunch revival may be dead in the water, but the franchise recently got a popular reboot on HGTV in A Very Brady Renovation, where all six of the Brady kids helped renovate the iconic house used on the show.
The show was a hit on HGTV, garnering the network’s biggest audience in almost two years.
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