“Brady Bunch” cast alum Susan Olsen, who played Cindy on the classic sitcom, said a reboot of the show was ultimately scrapped because of her political beliefs.
The 63-year-old actress discussed what happened during a newly published episode of the WalkAway Campaign podcast this week. Olsen mentioned how producers concocted a follow-up version of the show where all the Brady kids were adults with different political leanings. She said it would have resembled the “Roseanne” reboot from 2018 that had “a family with completely different political opinions, and in the end, they all love and respect each other.”
Olsen said Greg Brady (Barry Williams) would have been “a Reagan Republican,” Jan Brady would be a liberal, and Cindy would be a libertarian podcaster with views similar to the actress’s real beliefs.
“I am what I was going to portray, so what kind of show would this be if I can’t say anything that’s controversial?” Olsen said. “I did have a phone call with my [TV] siblings calling me and my agent. Everybody was saying, ‘We’re sorry, but they just won’t budge. They just will not have you in this.’ I’m like wow, I’ve been canceled. A role that I’ve played for over 50 years, I can’t play it now because I’m too dangerous. So I was like ‘Well, okay guys, good luck, I hope you can sell it.’”
Olsen was fired from her Los Angeles talk radio show “Two Chicks Talkin’ Politics” in 2016 after getting into an argument with guest Leon Acord-Whiting, who called her “a Trump fanatic” and accused her of spreading “outrageous misinformation.”
Acord-Whiting posted a screenshot of a private message Olsen had allegedly sent him on Facebook containing “hateful speech,” which prompted LA Talk Radio to cut ties.
Olsen said CBS had a 50-page dossier of past comments that could be considered controversial, including her questioning of the COVID vaccine and her saying that “gender affirming” surgeries for minors were causing “irreparable damage.”
The actress agreed to the network’s suggestion that she take a course on “political correctness” if needed.
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“They did a web search, and they came up with 50 pages,” the “Brady Bunch” star said. “The resounding result was ‘no, we cannot have her in a show. If we go forward with this project, it will not be with her.’ To be honest, those 50 pages were my greatest hits. I stand by everything I said.”
Olsen said as they kept trying to make the project work, she had a Zoom meeting resembling an “inquisition” with the showrunner, producer, and her agent. During the call, she was asked about her current stance on all the hot-button issues.
The actress said her agent mentioned trying to “circumvent” CBS, but she decided to let it go. “No, I’m done. At this point, you’re going to have a woke Brady Bunch, and I want no part of it,” Olsen said at the time.
