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Florence Henderson, everyone's favorite TV mom, doesn't take her job lightly and her parental duties didn't end when "The Brady Bunch" went away.

Henderson, in Beverly Hills to talk about her upcoming Hallmark Channel movie "Ladies of the House," didn't shy away from expressing her displeasure at the reality show path that Christopher Knight, who played her son Peter Brady on "The Brady Bunch," has taken in recent years. Knight's career took a significant turn when he was cast on "The Surreal Life" and met former "America's Next Top Model" winner Adrianne Curry and went on to get engaged to and marry Curry on VH1's "My Fair Brady."

Asked what she thought about her "Brady" kids making runs into reality TV, Henderson didn't even crack a smile and said, "See this face?"

"I think it's a double-edged sword," she said. "Actors want to work and when you've done roles that are so popular, it's very difficult sometimes to move on."

Henderson said Knight is like a son to her and their bond became stronger when his mother died. She recalled when Knight met Curry on "The Surreal Life" and what followed.

"He was very involved with this person he met, and they were trying to force him to get engaged," Henderson said. She is a licensed hypnotherapist and Knight asked her to counsel them.

"So I went and counseled them and they didn't take my advice at all," Henderson said. "They did get engaged and they did get married and he asked me to come and counsel the marriage. I said, 'No, but maybe I'll come and counsel the divorce."

In 2006, after Knight's show first aired, Henderson took her own turn on "The Surreal Life," counseling some of the celebrities on the show in four episodes.

"I had never done reality television and I thought that was interesting," she said. "I did it, and I don't have to do it again, I don't think."

Henderson's new project, "Ladies of the House," according to Hallmark Channel press materials, is about three women take on the daunting task of renovating a run-down house to raise money for their church. It becomes deeply personal for for each of them and helps their examine their own lives." It also stars Donna Mills of "Knots Landing" and Pam Grier, most recently of "The L Word," and premieres Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. on The Hallmark Channel.


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