The Brady Bunch Betrayal: Susan Olsen Confesses She 'Prayed' For Sitcom to End — as Eve Plumb Announces Bombshell Tell-All Tome on Hit Show
Susan Olsen has revealed why she felt 'guilt' over 'The Brady Bunch' ending.
Aug. 13 2025, Published 5:08 p.m. ET
Susan Olsen has made a shocking confession exposing her Brady Bunch betrayal, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Olsen, who is best known for playing youngest daughter Cindy on the hit sitcom, admitted she "felt guilt" when the TV show came to an end after five seasons because of a secret prayer she had been making for years about its fate.
Awkward Years
Olsen said she 'felt guilt' when the sitcom ended after five seasons.
Olsen may be celebrating her 64th birthday on August 14, but she still remembers her awkward teenage years like it was yesterday.
While reflecting on her iconic role of Cindy Brady, Olsen recalled the complicated feelings she had over the show ending "because I'd been praying for the show to be canceled."
The 63-year-old explained she felt somewhat relieved when The Brady Bunch was axed just before she entered her teen years because "it's bad enough to go through your awkward stage and to feel really ugly, but doing it on national TV is not something I wanted to do."
Clueless Cindy
The ex-child star confessed she 'prayed' for 'The Brady Bunch' to be 'canceled' for years.
The former child star also recalled feeling frustrated over the direction Cindy's character was taking and having to deliver clueless, airhead lines.
She said: "My mother always said, 'it's cute. She doesn't have a functioning brain, but she's cute.'"
Despite her complicated feelings with the show, Olsen explained overtime she grew to appreciate and even be proud of the series.
Olsen said: "We didn't really know that we were that popular until we went out on the road. And I never had a sense of it being cool until years later."
Olsen explained she was 'relieved' her awkward teen stage wouldn't be featured on the show.
She continued: "I first became really proud of the show when I found out that child psychiatrists were using it.
"They were using episodes for kids that were coming from horrible abuse. And I would've thought, well, why would they want to see this perfectly good family? They do.
"They want to see somebody being happy. They want to see that there's hope."
Jan's Tell-All
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Eve Plumb announced she's releasing a tell-all about her experience growing up on TV.
Olsen confessing her feelings about playing pigtailed Cindy comes as her on-screen sister Eve Plumb announced she's releasing a tell-all about her Brady experience.
Plumb, who played middle sister Jan, is set to release her memoir, Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond, in April 2026.
She reportedly explained her reason for writing the book: "Over the years, many people have asked me to share my stories for their book. But I finally said to myself, if I'm going to share my stories, it's going to be in MY book.
"I had a unique childhood that I would like to share now because looking back, it gives me joy."
Her memoir is expected to share "the behind-the-scenes story of her colorful and impressively versatile Hollywood career" and "revelatory recollections of her off-camera life along the way — complete with many photos from her private archives."
