Christopher Knight revealed that he is still asked one big, burning Brady Bunch question more than 50 years after the beloved TV series ended its five-season run.
During a Feb. 20 TV appearance, the actor, who played middle son Peter Brady in the ABCsitcom from 1969 to 1974, told WCNC’s Live Impact News that fans continue to ask him the same thing about his relationship with his TV siblings Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Eve Plumb, Mike Lookinland, and Susan Olsen.
“I guess the number one question is, ‘Are you all really friends?’” Knight, 68, told the Charlotte, NC-based outlet. “You know, and the truth is, we are. But there’s something interesting in that question.”
“So sort of, I represent everyone, right?” Knight continued. “I’m them. I’m a version of or a member of the family that they haven’t seen in a while, right? But there’s a part of this relationship that they want to feel good about it, you know, and it’s interesting that people want to know that you are friends, truly, that you just didn’t or aren’t portraying it, but are friends. And that’s positive. I mean, there’s some hope that we want to get along.”
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Knight has reunited with his Brady Bunch co-stars many times since the original series ended in 1974. In addition to a variety show, spinoffs, and a successful 1980s made-for-TV Christmas movie, the former child stars appeared together on HGTV’s A Very Brady Renovation and a 2021 Lifetime movie, Blending Christmas. Knight also co-hosts a podcast, The Real Brady Bros., with his TV brother Williams.
In 2021, Knight told People magazine that fans take comfort in having the Bradys as ”family.”
“The show was entertainment, but it actually transcended its initial purpose. It’s become an icon of sorts, a touchstone, a representative of what maybe the quintessential American family ought to be,” he explained.
Of his off-camera relationship with his Brady co-stars, he added, “I think it’s comforting for people that we do get along, that we do treat each other as friends.”
“I have known them for nearly as long as I’ve known my own kin, and no one longer,” the Brady Bunch star added. “This Brady thing, which happens to be as alive today as it was 50 years ago, hasn’t allowed us to be apart. That makes us family, and that’s the common ingredient.”
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