Brady Bunch star Barry Williams makes insensitive comment about Bruce Jenner
“That guy [Bruce Jenner] is committed. He is committed to promoting himself. And I’m thinking, maybe, I don’t know, I could say — I’m just saying, if this thing doesn’t work, and the series isn’t doing as well as I want, I’m going transgender.”
— Brady Bunch star Barry Williams in a HuffPost Live interview with Ricky Camilleri. Williams, who played eldest brother Greg on the popular ’70s series, was referring to his own new reality show, A Very Barry Branson, premiering tonight at 9 p.m. on the Great American Country channel. When Camilleri cautioned Williams that transitioning can be a “difficult emotional process,” Williams shrugged it off with a laugh. “I’m an actor. I can handle it.”
Watch the interview segment below. The insensitive comments start at around 2:20.
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