Susan Olsen, who played Cindy on The Brady Bunch, claims a revival series was axed due to her support of Donald Trump.
Olsen, now 63, recently appeared on the WalkAway Campaign podcast and made claims about a potential reboot of the beloved sitcom, which aired from 1969 to 1974.
According to the actress, the new series would have seen her and her TV siblings as adults and would have featured her playing a libertarian podcaster.
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She claimed that her agent told her, however, that CBS had an issue with her making a “homophobic rant” to a guest on her political show, LA Talk Radio’s Two Chicks Talkin’ Politics.
While the former star didn’t name the guest she was referring to — and said the situation “was a news story that was fake news” — she was fired from the radio show in 2016 after openly gay actor Leon Acord-Whiting came forward following the debate on her show and shared homophobic comments she sent him, reported Vulture and Time magazine.
LA Talk Radio confirmed she was fired soon after, releasing a statement at the time that read, “We will not tolerate hateful speech by anyone associated with our radio station and have severed our ties with a host that veered off the direction in which we are going.”
Olsen claimed she agreed to take a course in “political correctness,” even though she’s been “vocal” about her support of Trump and her views on the COVID-19 vaccine.
She alleges that CBS compiled “50 pages” of “dangerous” statements she’s made in the past, which led to the “resounding result” that she wouldn’t be a part of the show.
“Those 50 pages were like my greatest hits. I stand by everything I said I don’t just say things,” she said, noting that she was “hoping to be a little bit controversial” on the alleged reboot.
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“I did have a phone call with my [TV] siblings and my agent,” said Olsen. “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. I was like, ‘Well, okay guys, good luck, I hope you can sell it.’ ”
Olsen alleges that she later had a Zoom meeting, which she describes as an “inquisition” with the showrunner, producer, and her agent in which she was asked about where she stands on “every single issue of the day.”
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After she claims that her agent told her there might be a way to “circumvent” CBS, she alleges to have said, “No, I’m done. At this point, you’re going to have a woke Brady Bunch, and I want no part of it.”
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