Barry Williams Compares Dating ‘Brady Bunch’ Costar Maureen McCormick to ‘Love Island’
What To Know
- Barry Williams spoke about dating Brady Bunch co-star Maureen McCormick on I’m a Celebrity…Get me Out of Here! Australia.
- Williams explained that the young cast members often dated or became very close.
- He likened the dynamic among the Brady Bunch kids to Love Island.
Brady Bunch star Barry Williams recently compared his romance with his co-star, Maureen McCormick, to the reality dating show Love Island.
In a January 2026 episode of I’m a Celebrity…Get me Out of Here! Australia, Williams, 71, chatted with fellow contestant Matthew Zukowski — who was the runner-up on Season 2 of Love Island Australia — about the Brady Bunch kids dating each other.
“We were the only people we knew, you know? And liked and cared about,” he explained of being a teen actor on the beloved series. “I mean, Marcia was the hottest girl on television at the time, and she’s cute as could be, and I liked her. We dated.”
The Brady Bunch aired for five seasons from 1969 to 1974. In addition to Williams as Greg Brady and McCormick as Marcia Brady, the sitcom starred child actors Christopher Knight as Peter, Eve Plumb as Jan, Mike Lookinland as Bobby, and Susan Olsen as Cindy. It also starred Robert Reed as Mike Brady, Florence Henderson as Carol Brady, and Ann B. Davis as Alice.
In a confessional, Williams explained, “So, I dated Marcia Brady, Maureen McCormick, on and off for different times. And we had a great time together. And the rest of the kids all got together, either dating or being very friendly. Bobby and Cindy, the two youngest, Peter and Jan, the two middle kids, and then Greg and Marcia.”
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To Zukowski, Williams added, “We were going through this whole thing together. And we were together as a television family more than with our own families at times of the year. And so we knew each other, we trusted each other. And, you know, we liked each other.”
That’s when the actor behind Greg made his bold comparison.
“Have you ever been to Love Island?” he jokingly asked Zukowski. “Well, it’s kind of like that, you know? You don’t really know. You look around, and you take in the environment, and you start chatting. And suddenly, things are happening.”
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