Maureen McCormick enjoyed a suburban life on “The Brady Bunch,” with perfect mom Florence Henderson always ready to solve her problems as Marcia Brady. Her own parents, however, were ready to call the cops over her rampant drug addiction! The beloved sitcom star made the shocking confession to US magazine, saying: “My mom and dad, they almost turned me in to the cops…’cause they had been trying for years and knew something was going on. And I was pretty sneaky and I could hide very, very well.” But while Maureen would survive her private drug nightmare, the former teen idol later admitted that she’d wrecked her showbiz reputation as she joined the ranks of troubled former child stars. Sadly, her downfall began with the end of her hit show, as she first began to turn to drugs as “The Brady Bunch” came to an end in 1974….
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“From there," Maureen confessed in her own memoirs, "I spiraled downward on a path of self-destruction that cost me my career — and very nearly my life!” Maureen was further driven to self-destruction after learning her grandmother had died in an an insane asylum while suffering from syphilis, and that her own mother had contracted the disease while still in the womb!
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The unemployed starlet was also plagued by new demons — including Hollywood's unrelenting pressures on young actresses. Maureen became bulimic, constantly vomiting after eating in an attempt to keep her perfect figure from the "Brady Bunch" years. Her drug habit took off: "If there was coke, I had to stay up and do every last flake, even if it meant going without sleep for days!"
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Her craving for the high became so strong that she frequently had sex with her coke dealer in on a exchange for the drug. There was also plenty of sex at the coke-crazed parties she attended, as she endured three abortions while constantly having unsafe sex.
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“I was 18, 19 and 20 when I had each abortion," said Maureen. "It shows how careless I was … what drugs did to me and how far I went.”
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Maureen got to the point where she was turning down acting jobs in favor of getting high. She even managed to blow an audition for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" by meeting with director Steven Spielberg while "messed up" on drugs! “I started messing up on jobs and so many things," she told US,“ so I’m sure everyone in the industry at the time knew that I was flaking out!”
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In a sitcom-worthy twist, though, Maureen turned her life around after falling in love with future husband Michael Cummings — telling US that she gave up cocaine after he told her: "If you ever do this drug again, I"m gone. I'm leaving!" They were married in 1985 and have stayed together, with Maureen's acting career also seeing a resurgence in the 1990s.
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But a Hollywood insider told
The National ENQUIRER that Maureen (seen here with TV mom
Florence Henderson) is still plagued by one enduring fear from her druggie days — thanks to a sex tape in her sordid past!
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Footage of a coke-crazed Marcia Brady having sex would still be a huge draw on both the internet and within the porn industry. "Maureen is scared to death that if it did surface," said the source, "it could destroy her sobriety and plunge her back into a deep depression!"
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“From there," Maureen confessed in her own memoirs, "I spiraled downward on a path of self-destruction that cost me my career — and very nearly my life!” Maureen was further driven to self-destruction after learning her grandmother had died in an an insane asylum while suffering from syphilis, and that her own mother had contracted the disease while still in the womb!
Photo credit: Splash News
The unemployed starlet was also plagued by new demons — including Hollywood's unrelenting pressures on young actresses. Maureen became bulimic, constantly vomiting after eating in an attempt to keep her perfect figure from the "Brady Bunch" years. Her drug habit took off: "If there was coke, I had to stay up and do every last flake, even if it meant going without sleep for days!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
Her craving for the high became so strong that she frequently had sex with her coke dealer in on a exchange for the drug. There was also plenty of sex at the coke-crazed parties she attended, as she endured three abortions while constantly having unsafe sex.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“I was 18, 19 and 20 when I had each abortion," said Maureen. "It shows how careless I was … what drugs did to me and how far I went.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Maureen got to the point where she was turning down acting jobs in favor of getting high. She even managed to blow an audition for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" by meeting with director Steven Spielberg while "messed up" on drugs! “I started messing up on jobs and so many things," she told US,“ so I’m sure everyone in the industry at the time knew that I was flaking out!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
In a sitcom-worthy twist, though, Maureen turned her life around after falling in love with future husband Michael Cummings — telling US that she gave up cocaine after he told her: "If you ever do this drug again, I"m gone. I'm leaving!" They were married in 1985 and have stayed together, with Maureen's acting career also seeing a resurgence in the 1990s.
Photo credit: Splash News
But a Hollywood insider told
The National ENQUIRER that Maureen (seen here with TV mom
Florence Henderson) is still plagued by one enduring fear from her druggie days — thanks to a sex tape in her sordid past!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Footage of a coke-crazed Marcia Brady having sex would still be a huge draw on both the internet and within the porn industry. "Maureen is scared to death that if it did surface," said the source, "it could destroy her sobriety and plunge her back into a deep depression!"
Photo credit: Splash News
