Maureen McCormick Talks Past Drug Use & Dating Michael Jackson

Access Hollywood - October 15, 2008 4:12 AM PDT
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NEW YORK, NY -- Maureen McCormick was the idol of thousands of teenage girls in the '70s as Marcia Brady. But though she portrayed the squeaky clean beauty on the family comedy, her real life has been filled with drama.

In a new interview with Access Hollywood's Billy Bush, Maureen addressed a host of rumors, including one suggesting she had a fling with her "Brady" sister and dating Michael Jackson.

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But first, she tackled her past drug use.

"I was so addicted to cocaine," Maureen told Billy. "I was so addicted to it, it nearly destroyed me."

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Maureen has revealed all in a new memoir, "Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice," which hit store shelves today. But in Billy's interview, she talked about the dark past she hid for years.

"Early on, it was uppers. Then it was cocaine. Then it was freebasing," she said. "It was bulimia, then a really heavy depression."

"You traded sex for drugs. Was it just dating guys that had drugs so you could just -- you knew what they wanted?" Billy asked.

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"Yeah. And I wanted what they had," Maureen replied.

"Is there anything you're not sharing in the book?" Billy asked. "Any of them ever abuse you or anything like that?"

"I was photographed by one person," Maureen admitted. "Naked. I was so desperate that I let him put me on tape."

"Where are [the tapes]?" Billy asked.

"I have no idea," Maureen said.

Maureen was in her early twenties during her drug fueled days. And it was during that time that she went out on a date with comedian Steve Martin.

"I was totally obliterated out of my life," Maureen told Billy, confirming she was on cocaine when she dated the former "Saturday Night Live" star. "He must have thought I was crazy."

And perhaps, that's why the two only ever had one evening out.

"I'm sure we kissed goodnight and that was really sweet," she said. "That was the only date and I understand why it was the only date if I was totally crazed out of my mind."

But Steve wasn't Maureen's only celebrity date. When she was 16, Maureen went out with 14-year-old Michael Jackson.

"We'd go ice skating together and we'd hold hands," she said. "He kissed me on the cheek. We never really kissed... I was definitely interested in him, but I think with him it was more that we were friends."

The one relationship Maureen has been quizzed about over the years though was a rumored romance with one of her "Brady" sisters.

"One thing people want to know -[did you] ever have an affair with Eve Plumb who played Jan Brady on the show?" Billy asked.

"No," Maureen said.

"But you said once in a talk show that something happened, 'I kissed Eve,'" Billy noted.

"I was just joking and having a good time and having fun and I said that I kissed her, which I did. I kissed her on the cheek," Maureen explained. "I like to hug and kiss people, a lot. The newspapers got a hold of that and said that we were lesbians and gay and [in] a relationship together."

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  • Damn,She is so totally Hott!!
    report abuseposted November 17, 2008 5:18 PM PST
  • Sportsbutt
    overcoming drugs is difficult and writing is therapeutic. cut her some slack, i watched the brady bunch (and all the reruns on tv land). i am proud of her for getting her life back! it's tougher than you think, unless you've been there you shouldn't judge...
    report abuseposted October 16, 2008 7:31 AM PDT
  • SICOFIT
    Libby anyone with a brain knows hollywood is screwed up and they all support the least experienced candidate in history so you see Im right on the money with Nobama supporters such as Rev Wright Bill Ayers Louis Farakhan the eastern mafia and George Looney Matt Demon Poopie Goldberg-stein in the western mafia and you in the basement your all stupid morons
    report abuseposted October 15, 2008 9:40 PM PDT
  • Libby
    Sicofit - what the HELL does Obama have to do with the Brady Bunch?? God when you throw %@!*# like that out randomly, it makes you look like a complete tool, and you probably are. Take your political rhetoric to a chat room %@!*#.
    report abuseposted October 15, 2008 9:17 AM PDT
  • jeff
    That's funny, Hammer -- but we have to assume that she either (1) needs the money from the book and/or hopefully, more's the point -- (2) wants to advise others not to trip out like she did.
    report abuseposted October 15, 2008 8:48 AM PDT
  • jeff
    She's so pretty. I always liked her. I'd ask her out if she were single and their was any possibility -- but one can dream! Bummer that she tripped out -- unreal. Why do they do that? She had it all. Why does anyone think that they can handle drug use -- when most can't even handle 3 potato chips without finishing the whole bag and wanting another! Hello! Wake up!
    report abuseposted October 15, 2008 8:45 AM PDT
  • rachel
    Really.....Who cares. You are OLD NEWS~
    report abuseposted October 15, 2008 7:45 AM PDT
  • meshellcutie_mn
    it seems like she's always been an honest person, she's really a cute personality!
    report abuseposted October 15, 2008 5:47 AM PDT
  • Lindsay J
    Oh,She is such a cuttie. Her photos were seen at milllionaire persoanals site ******AffluentBachelors . c o m*****last week. It is said she is already in relationship with a young billionaire on that site now. ☆☆☆☆☆???☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
    report abuseposted October 15, 2008 4:43 AM PDT
  • SICOFIT
    All hollywood stars are screwed up always have been. Addicted to something illegal and overdosing and dying. Very few have a life to be proud of most have past histories they bring up to get back in the news probably to promote their upcoming book. We enjoy their pathetic stories and fall into their trap of self pity when it should be self shame. Out of their mind Obama socialists MORONS
    report abuseposted October 15, 2008 3:55 AM PDT
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