The Brady sibling rivalry never dies!
He follows in the dance steps of eldest Brady girl,Maureen McCormick, a.k.a.
Marcia Marcia Marcia, and he is determined to leave her in his dust.
Maureen McCormick and Barry Williams.Jerod Harris/FilmMagic
On season 23, McCormick and her partner Artem Chigvintsev went home in week seven.
“I have to do that,” he tells EW.
“I lost that egg on the cone driving contest and she never let me live it down.”
Maureen McCormick and Barry Williams on ‘The Brady Bunch’.CBS via Getty Images
But in all seriousness, the former Brady siblings have nothing but love for each other.
Williams says McCormick texts him before every show.
“We’ve all been supportive of each other in various projects,” Williams notes.
Barry Williams and Peta Murgatroyd on ‘Dancing With the Stars’.Eric McCandless/Disney via Getty
Christopher Knight and I do a podcast together calledThe Real Brady Bros.
This experience is what life is always like with the Bradys, and that is like a family.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: There’s been such a wonderful outpouring of fan support for you on this show.
Barry Williams on ‘The Brady Bunch’.Paramount
Is that reaching you and what has been your reaction to it?
BARRY WILLIAMS:Yes, it has.
I can feel it.
I can feel it inside the ballroom.
I’ve been seeing it on social networking, and it truly warms my heart.
I’ve been in the game a long time and things come and go.
I’ve always been with the “Bunch.”
And this feels singular for me.
I’m having the time of my life.
You said the late Florence Hendersonreally encouraged youto go for this.
Can you explain more?
She made no bones about it.
She wanted me to pursue being on the show and to win it.
You’ve now done bothThe Masked SingerandDancing With the Stars.Which was more fun and why?
Well, gee, more fun would make one better than the other.
But I’m going to have to pickDancing With the Starsbecause I’ve lasted a lot longer.
You’re doing a Paso Doble this week.
How challenging is it?
It’s challenging unless you grew up with a herd of bulls.
I used to have a bullfighting poster hanging in my bedroom with my surfing pictures.
It is a challenging dance.
Peta has done a wonderful job with telling the story.
There are lots of layers to it.
I get involved in the interpretation of the dance as much as the dance itself.
These are new postures.
It’s very grand.
It’s very masculine.
It’s very strong.
Why did you select 1968 as your most memorable year?
I describe it as the year before everything changed.
We’re doing these shows without references.
I sometimes talk about being a part of a television series, but it is generic.
Do you have a dance style you’re most looking forward to doing?
I want to glide across the dance floor.
That’s the dream.
Is there a style you really don’t want to be assigned?
Jive is particularly difficult.
You recorded a parody song about your most famous character.
Yes, it rhymes with Slim Shady.
If the strike is resolved before the season ends, would you ever consider dancing to that?
I will run it up the flagpole.
We’d have to remove some of the language.
[Laughs] Peta calls me “Big Bad Baz.
“We did Motown, so we could do rap night maybe.
I have run up the flagpole the idea of singing something while we’re there.
The band and the singers they have are so amazing.
I’d love to maybe start a song.
Maybe you could combine the two for the waltz.
That would be just awesome.
Your most famous character had an alter ego, Johnny Bravo.
Do you have an alter ego on the dance floor?
Maybe Big Bad Baz?
Dancing With the Starsairs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and Disney+.
