Maureen McCormick has been married for more than 40 years, but she once had a serious relationship with a popular TV star whom she thought she would marry.
In her 2008 memoir Here’s the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, McCormick revealed that she was in a serious relationship with actor Gregory Harrison in the late 1970s and even thought they’d get married.
“It was love at first sight,” The Brady Bunch star wrote of her romance with Harrison. “He was my type: dark, handsome, and good-natured. He liked sports, played guitar, and was incredibly romantic. Our affair was hot and heavy. I actually thought he was the one I would marry.“
McCormick admitted that she was struggling with drug addiction at the time, and Harrison ended the relationship after she wouldn’t let him into her apartment during a particularly bad binge.
“He ended up walking away from the relationship,” she wrote, adding that the breakup caused her to examine her life and work towards getting healthy.
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Just after McCormick found fame on TheBrady Bunch, Harrison was a star on the 1977 sci-fi series Logan’s Run and the TV movie The Gathering. From 1979 to 1986, he was a TV heartthrob on Trapper John M.D., playing George Alonzo “Gonzo” Gates for seven seasons on the CBS medical drama. The actor went on to a role in Falcon Crest as well as a slew of TV movies and big-screen credits. Harrison married CHiPs actress Randi Oakes in 1980 after meeting her on Battle of the Network Stars.
“Talk about a flimsy way for a 45-year marriage to begin,” Harrison joked on Steve Kmetko’s podcast, Still Here Hollywood. “She was in spandex, and the water was cold, and that was all it took. It was lust at first sight. And somehow a year later that lusty first meet had turned into the deepest friendship of my life, and we’ve been married for 45 years.”
The actor also shared the secret to his long marriage. “Well, they say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and I’ve been gone at least half the time in our marriage. So, maybe that’s true,” he said.
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McCormick ultimately found sobriety as well as her forever love. She married her husband, Michael Cummings, in 1985 after meeting him at church.
In 2025, she told People magazine that her marriage has lasted so long because she and Cummings are able to celebrate their “differences,” let things go, and maintain a sense of humor.
In late 2025, McCormick had a mini reunion of sorts with her former boyfriend, Harrison. The two appeared in a charity It’s a Wonderful Life table read for the Ed Asner Family Center & Families with Special Needs, per a PR Newswire press release.
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