Eve Plumb never knew ‘Brady Bunch’ TV dad Robert Reed was gay — ‘even as an adult’

“The Brady Bunch” dada Robert Reed was truthful profoundly closeted that his TV daughter, Eve Plumb, had nary thought he was gay, moreover arsenic an adult.

It was “never an issue,” Plumb, who played mediate girl Jan Brady, told Page Six successful a caller exclusive interview. “It ne'er was apparent, moreover arsenic an adult.”

Reed died of colon lymphoma successful 1992. He was 59.

After Reed’s passing, specifications of his decease certificate were made public. It was revealed that nan actor was HIV-positive, having been diagnosed nan erstwhile year. Although he did not person AIDS astatine nan clip of his death, his expert listed his affirmative position arsenic 1 of nan “significant conditions that contributed to his death.”

Plumb, 67, is still upset complete nan property sum surrounding her beloved TV dad’s passing.

“What was sad was nan measurement it was splashed each complete nan papers and made to beryllium truthful lurid,” she shared, noting that “he was portion of a group of group who had to hide [their sexuality] and continued to hide who they were and beryllium vilified for having a illness that was nary of their doing.”

“To beryllium blamed for that was ridiculous,” she noted.

Florence Henderson, who played Reed’s wife connected nan sitcom, said astir nan “Defenders” alum successful a 2000 question and reply pinch ABC News.

“Here he was, nan cleanable begetter of this awesome small family, a cleanable husband. Off camera, he was an unhappy personification – I deliberation had Bob not been forced to unrecorded this double life, I deliberation it would person dissipated a batch of that anger and frustration.”

Henderson shared that she had “a batch of compassion” for Reed, “because I knew he was suffering from keeping this secret, which would person astir apt destroyed his profession backmost then.”

In her upcoming memoir, “Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond,” Plumb only has beautiful things to opportunity astir her big co-stars, Reed, Henderson and Ann B. Davis, who played Alice.

“They were very professional,” Plumb explained. “Florence had a awesome consciousness of joke and would support things light, and Bob was ever going to make judge that we took that other infinitesimal to make it a small spot much realistic, and Anne was location to really thief america study really filming useful and really nan cameras work.”

Plumb besides said to Page Six astir having a “sweet” but unsuccessful date pinch her TV related Christopher Knight, aka Peter Brady, soon aft filming ended successful 1974.

“It was fun, but we were really already by that clip conscionable excessively bully of friends to make that modulation into being romanticist partners,” she explained.