This past week Florence Henderson – aka Mrs. Brady – told a bunch of reporters that she told Christopher Knight – aka Peter Brady – not to marry his wife, original America’s Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry. It seemed pretty odd and out of place, given that she was being interviewed about her upcoming TV movie. Henderson also said that while she declined to counsel them before their marriage, she’d consider counseling their divorce. Snap!

It took a few days, but both Christopher and Adrianne have responded. Christopher released the expected adult, mature response – albeit on his MySpace blog. Adrianne released a similarly mature response via her PR rep – but got a little more pissy on her MySpace blog.

I forgive Florence…

She may not be asking for it, but I am going to give it to her. My anger is released. I am sorry she is acting this way, and am a little embarrassed for her. I was nothing but nice to her when we met, and she had it out for me before I said a word. I even hope her tv movie does well, since she is so desperate to generate attention for it. I pray she has the right mind to at least give my husband a call and apologize to HIM. She disrespected him and hurt him in her attempt for attention. If she loves him as much as she says, I know she will do the right thing. I wish this could have worked out better. Lord knows I tried to connect with “this person”, but it is obvious that it was never meant to be. I just wish she could be more professional about this. It’s weird to have someone on the level of Mr Rogers and Barney hate you. I must be the bad child ; )

[From Adrianne Curry’s MySpace Blog]

I’m embarrassed to say that the little bit of reality television I’ve ever watched was pretty much all about this couple. I saw them once or twice on the Surreal Life and just found the whole relationship so odd that I had to keep watching. They also spent a little time chilling on Dr. Phil’s couch last year. I’ve always found Adrianne to be pretty immature, but in this case I think her feelings are totally warranted.

Florence Henderson’s little TV movie wouldn’t have garnered the even the tiniest bit of attention were it not for her comments about their marriage. And it had nothing to do with anything, and seems like a huge betrayal of her supposedly close relationship with Knight. I always thought she was reasonably classy. The day you make Adrianne Curry look mature and intelligent is the day you should seriously consider reexamining your behavior.

Here’s Florence Henderson at the Television Critics Association presentation where she made the comments about Knight’s marriage on Tuesday. Photographer: Apega. Header image of Christopher and Adrianne shoping at AG Beverly Hills in January. Photographer: Michael Wright. Images thanks to Splash.

Former Brady Bunch child star Christopher Knight still has a friendly relationship with the actress who played his mother on the 70s sitcom staple, Florence Henderson, 74. Henderson is a certified hypnotherapist and reminds us that she advised Knight, 50, not to marry his third wife, model Adrianne Curry, 25, but said he obviously didn’t take her advice. Knight and Curry met on the VH1 reality show The Surreal Life in 2005 and later chronicled their courtship and wedding on the follow-up show My Fair Brady.

Henderson says she didn’t want to do reality television, but that didn’t stop her from making a guest appearance on My Fair Brady. She says she told Knight and Curry not to get married, but that they went and did it anyway and adds “Maybe I will counsel the divorce.” What I find telling about Henderson’s comments is that she doesn’t refer to Curry by name and simply calls her “this person.”

Florence Henderson says that while her former TV son Christopher Knight has lived his life in front of the cameras the past few years, “reality [TV] is not for me.”

“It’s a double-edged sword,” Henderson said of shedding an iconic role. Henderson, 74, spoke to reporters on Tuesday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles, where she was promoting her upcoming Hallmark Channel film Ladies of the House.

“It can be difficult to move on,” said the former Brady Brunch mom. “Christopher Knight is like my son and he was very involved with this person on The Surreal Life,” she says referring to model Adrianne Curry. “He asked me to counsel them – I am a certified hypnotherapist – but I didn’t really want to do reality TV.”

Henderson appeared on the couple’s VH1 show My Fair Brady, which she says seemed to steer the couple into an engagement. “They didn’t take my advice at all! And as you may have seen, they did get engaged and they did get married,” she says. “Maybe I will counsel the divorce.”

From People

I only saw snippets of My Fair Brady, but Curry and Knight’s relationship really seemed doomed to me. Maybe they edit it down to the worst parts, although those two didn’t seem to fight fair or to really be suited for each other. Unfortunately I have to admit that I watched that entire season of The Surreal Life. (I have the excuse that I was laid up in bed most of the time.) Curry really threw herself at Knight, saying stupid crap like “I’m going to nab Peter Brady.” When he eventually started dating her, I was very surprised because she came off as desperate to me. She’s an attractive woman and was the first America’s Next Top Model winner and all, but she seems goofy.

Curry and Knight have been married two years and they haven’t separated or divorced yet, so they must be doing something that works. They’re also getting some much-needed publicity with Henderson’s comment that she might counsel their divorce.

Here’s Florence Henderson and Christopher Knight at the 5th Annual TV Land Awards in Santa Monica on April 14, 2007. Photographer: Adriana M. Barraza. Header of Knight and wife Adrianne Curry at the launch of Von Dutch Watches in Santa Monica on April 8th, 2007. Photographer Katherine Burgers. Images thanks to WENN.