{"id":47673,"date":"2026-04-11T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47673"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:48:01","slug":"eve-plumb-never-knew-brady-bunch-dad-robert-reed-was-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47673","title":{"rendered":"Eve Plumb never knew &#8216;Brady Bunch&#8217; dad Robert Reed was gay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe Brady Bunch\u201d dad Robert Reed was so deeply closeted that his TV daughter, Eve Plumb, had no idea he was gay, even as an adult.<\/p>\n<p>It was \u201cnever an issue,\u201d Plumb, who played middle daughter Jan Brady, told Page Six in a recent exclusive interview. \u201cIt never was apparent, even as an adult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reed died of colon lymphoma in 1992. He was 59.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cBrady Bunch\u201d alum Eve Plumb said she had no idea her TV dad, Robert Reed, was gay. <span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Robert Reed, seen here with Michael Learned, was HIV positive when he died in 1992. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Viacom\/Courtesy Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Reed\u2019s passing, details of his death certificate were made public. It was revealed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/01\/29\/casting-director-recalls-sexy-romps-with-rock-hudson-and-robert-reed\/\">actor was HIV-positive<\/a>, having been diagnosed the previous year. Although he did not have AIDS at the time of his death, his doctor listed his positive status as one of the \u201csignificant conditions that contributed to his death.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Plumb, 67, is still upset over the press coverage surrounding her <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/12\/07\/brady-bunch-father-was-a-drunken-diva-behind-the-scenes-of-the-show\/\">beloved TV dad\u2019s passing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was sad was the way it was splashed all over the papers and made to be so lurid,\u201d she shared, noting that \u201che was part of a group of people who had to hide [their sexuality] and continued to hide who they were and be vilified for having a disease that was none of their doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be blamed for that was ridiculous,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Plumb was upset by the \u201clurid\u201d headlines that came out after Reed\u2019s death. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The former child star noted that Reed was part of a generation of actors who felt compelled to stay in the closet. <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Florence Henderson, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2016\/11\/25\/florence-henderson-of-the-brady-bunch-dies-at-82\/\">who played Reed\u2019s wife<\/a> on the sitcom, spoke about the \u201cDefenders\u201d alum in a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190108042736\/https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/2020\/story?id=132724&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2000 interview with ABC News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere he was, the perfect father of this wonderful little family, a perfect husband. Off camera, he was an unhappy person \u2013 I think had Bob not been forced to live this double life, I think it would have dissipated a lot of that anger and frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Henderson shared that she had \u201ca lot of compassion\u201d for Reed, \u201cbecause I knew he was suffering from keeping this secret, which would have probably destroyed his career back then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her upcoming memoir, \u201c<a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"0806545038\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FHappiness-Included-Jan-Brady-Beyond%2Fdp%2F0806545038%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F04%2F11%2Fentertainment%2Feve-plumb-never-knew-brady-bunch-dad-robert-reed-was-gay%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond<\/a>,\u201d Plumb only has lovely things to say about her adult co-stars, Reed, Henderson and Ann B. Davis, who played Alice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Page Six Daily\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Plumb spoke to Page Six recently to promote her memoir.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cHappiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond\u201d hits shelves later this month. <span class=\"credit\">Citadel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey were very professional,\u201d Plumb explained. \u201cFlorence had a great sense of humor and would keep things light, and Bob was always going to make sure that we took that extra minute to make it a little bit more realistic, and Anne was there to really help us learn how filming works and how the cameras work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plumb also spoke to Page Six about having a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/04\/celebrity-news\/brady-bunch-star-eve-plumb-reveals-teen-date-with-on-screen-brother-christopher-knight\/\">\u201csweet\u201d but unsuccessful date<\/a> with her TV sibling Christopher Knight, aka Peter Brady, shortly after filming ended in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was fun, but we were really already by that time just too good of friends to make that transition into being romantic partners,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/11\/entertainment\/eve-plumb-never-knew-brady-bunch-dad-robert-reed-was-gay\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Brady Bunch\u201d dad Robert Reed was so deeply closeted that his TV daughter, Eve Plumb, had no idea he was gay, even as an adult.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}