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‘Brady Bunch’ star Mike Lookinland says he went ‘fully off the rails’ in his 20s after growing up on hit show

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“Brady Bunch” star Mike Lookinland admitted his behavior was “fully off the rails” after finding mega stardom with “The Brady Bunch.”

Lookinland and Christopher Knight opened up about their experience as young adults in the Hollywood industry after starring as Bobby and Peter Brady in the 1970s sitcom.

“How come you guys didn’t end up as a mugshot?” Jaybeau Jones asked during an episode of “The Real Brady Bros.” “…There’s no one’s ever said a bad thing about any of ‘The Brady Bunch’ kids.”

“Maybe because we didn’t wanna disappoint Florence and Bob,” Knight responded. “I mean, that was the beginning of it. It’s like there’s certain people that you just don’t wanna disappoint. I think that was stronger with me with those two than it was my own parents.”

Florence Henderson and Robert Reed starred in “The Brady Bunch” as Carol and Mike, portraying parental figures for Lookinland and Knight.

Lookinland admitted he struggled more in his 20s.

“I lived my childhood in my 20s because I couldn’t when I was a child,” he explained. “And in my 20s, I had a car and money and freedom… I was fully off the rails.”

He later added: “I’m just thankful that not every man, woman and child had a high-def camera in their pocket when I was 25, like they do now, because it would have ruined my life.”

Knight said he had heard “stories” about what Lookinland had gotten up to back then. “Some of that was under the radar,” Lookinland responded.

“What happens in Salt Lake City stays in Salt Lake City,” Knight joked.

During a previous episode of “The Real Brady Bros.,” Lookinland and Knight’s co-star Susan Olsen revealed she “almost died” while filming the first episode of “The Brady Bunch” as Cindy Brady. While rewatching the pilot episode with her co-stars, Olsen revealed it was the last time there was a close-up shot of Cindy because “I got injured.” Her co-stars couldn’t hide their shock at the news as she continued, “Yeah, I almost died.”

“On the Culver lot, they were shooting something — I would assume, in the girl’s bedroom — and I was getting body makeup on my legs,” Olsen said. “I was standing on a makeup chair and something from the catwalk, where they keep all the lights and everything, fell.”

“It hit the makeup man first, [bounced] off the body makeup woman, and hit me in the face.”

“You can tell, if you look at the [wedding] ceremony, and you see the three girls on one side, if you were to zoom in really tight, you can see my face is quite swollen,” Olsen explained. “I look different. You can even see it in some of the early publicity shots. You can tell my face is a little swollen.”

“The Brady Bunch” aired from 1969 to 1974. The show featured a blended family of three boys and three girls from previous marriages.

The sitcom followed the family’s life, showcasing adventures and more.

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Cardi B and Stefon Diggs spark reconciliation rumors 2 months after split

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She likes it like that.

Cardi B and Stefon Diggs sparked reconciliation buzz after the athlete attended his ex’s Little Miss Drama Tour in Washington, DC.

On Wednesday night, personal trainer Clyde Simmons took to his Instagram Stories, sharing a video of the former New England Patriots star, his youngest brother, Trevon Diggs, and their mom, Stephanie Diggs, turning up at Cardi’s sold-out show in Capital One Arena.

In the clip, Stefon could be seen dancing with his family as his ex rapped her verse to Blueface’s “Thotiana Remix.”

Simmons then shared another video of the group enjoying Cardi’s performance of “ErrTime” from a lower level.

“We took over 🤣,” he wrote atop the clip.

Following the concert, Stefon attended the Grammy winner’s afterparty at Throw Social.

When the “WAP” emcee — born Belcalis Almánzar — left the club moments after Stefon and his family, Cardi walked over to her ex’s car and chatted with him before they left separately.

Fans took to social media to discuss whether they believe Cardi and Stefon are back together.

“[I] Am honestly happy for my girl. If they back together this is amazing even for their son ❤️❤️. And of course for Cardi to because it’s lonely out here and we all need love at the end of the day ❤️❤️,” wrote one user.

“She gonna get it tonight😂,” added another user.

“I’m happy..I think they need to reset and try again,” a third user claimed.

“I hope they’re working it out,” commented a fourth netizen.

Page Six has reached out to reps for both Cardi and Stefon but did not immediately hear back.

The “Up” emcee, 33, and the NFL free agent, 32, split before he and his teammates took on the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 2026 on Feb. 8.

After the game, eagle-eyed fans noticed that the couple unfollowed each other on Instagram.

A source told People that Cardi “pulled back” from her relationship with Stefon because she “couldn’t trust him.”

“Things were getting too heated and complicated,” the insider said of their whirlwind romance.

“Cardi is very no-nonsense. The second she felt that she couldn’t trust him, she pulled back to focus on her kids, her music and tour.”

The exes share a son, who was born in November 2025. The “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker also shares three kids with her estraged husband, Offset (born Kiara Cephus.)

Diggs is also a dad to five other kids with five other women. Four of those kids were born in 2025.

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‘The Pitt’ star cries as he reveals show helped pay off $80K debt

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Patrick Ball broke down in tears while revealing how his role on “The Pitt” paid off his college debt.

Ball — who plays Dr. Frank Langdon on the critically acclaimed HBO show — said that he paid off his student loans totaling $80,000 three months into working on the series.

“That was a really profound moment ‘cause I thought I was gonna die with it,” he told Cultured magazine in an interview published Tuesday. “It’s a huge burden to carry, and a lot of people carry it.”

The actor — who attended both the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Yale School of Drama — said his financial insecurity was a big problem for him in his past failed relationships.

“I had just thought that was going to be my life forever, and that is a really heavy thing to live with,” he shared. “Paying off those student loans and getting back to zero, I remember being like, ‘Man, if this show works, great. If it doesn’t work, they can’t take that away from me.’ I am out of debt. No take-backsies on that.”

Ball said he was seriously considering quitting acting six months before he landed the role on “The Pitt” because he was struggling so bad financially.

“I was looking for an off-ramp,” he admitted.

Ball, 36, recalled the odd jobs he had, which included working four jobs in New York.

“I was working at a coffee shop, I was working at a restaurant, I was working as a wardrobe assistant for ‘And Just Like That,’ I was doing these corporate coaching seminars,” he said.

“I was doing these seminars where they’d bring me into Blackrock and Blackstone and Goldman Sachs, and they would want to teach these young administrators how to have difficult conversations, à la how to fire somebody,” he continued. “They would bring me in as an actor so that these administrators could get practice firing someone. “

“The Pitt” — which won a SAG Actor Award in the outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series category this year — has been a huge hit for HBO.

The medical drama is led by “ER” alum Noah Wyle. The actor made a rare appearance with his wife, Sara, and their two children — Auden, 20, and Owen, 23 — at “The Pitt” season 2 premiere in January.

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Rod Stewart wife Penny Lancaster says she deserves a medal for marriage to rock legend

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After 26 years of partnership and 18 years of marriage to Rod Stewart, Penny Lancaster says she deserves a medal.

In a new interview with Best Magazine, the 55-year-old mother of two opened up about her relationship with the rock legend and revealed how they manage to “keep the intimacy alive” after nearly two decades of marriage.

“Yes, 26 years! I deserve a medal, don’t I?” she told the publication, per the Daily Mail. “Only joking.”

The couple met back in 1999 when Penny was a student at Barking College.

The pair married in 2007 and eventually welcomed two sons, Alastair Wallace and Aiden Patrick.

Stewart was already a father of six at the time of his marriage to Lancaster.

With a blended family and hectic schedules, Lancaster said it’s important that she and her husband find time for each other.

“We don’t take each other for granted and make sure we have date nights together … dinner, the theatre or whatever, doing the school run together and having an ‘a deux’ coffee on the way home, long romantic walks together,” she said. “We flirt with each other and make each other laugh.”

Lancaster said they “keep the intimacy alive” by celebrating each other and the big milestones they reach in their relationship.

“We’re big on celebrating our anniversaries and really spoil each other,” she said. “For instance, for our last wedding anniversary, we took a very romantic train trip from Paris to Portofino because Rod proposed to me in Paris and we got married in Portofino. We love reminiscing about our life together and also making plans for the future — more romantic trips.”

But the biggest secret to their success? Having “time apart,” says Lancaster.

Lancaster said that really “keeps the spark alive.”