It's not easy going back to reality after being a child star, just ask… any child star ever.
Mike Lookinland can certainly attest to it, and did as much in a recent conversation with his former The Brady Bunch co-star Christopher Knight, recalling the years after the sitcom that he went "off the rails."
He appeared as the youngest brother Bobby Brady on the show, which aired from 1969 to 1974, and also featured Christopher as older brother Peter Brady, as well as Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen, and Maureen McCormick, among others.
© Getty ImagesSpeaking on the March 31 episode of The Real Brady Bros, host Jaybeau Jones asked the co-stars: "How come you guys didn't end up as a mugshot?" noting: "No one's ever said a bad thing about any of The Brady Bunch kids."
"Maybe because we didn't wanna disappoint Florence and Bob," Christopher suggested of his on-screen parents, Florence Henderson and Robert Reed, adding: "I mean, that was the beginning of it. It's like there's certain people that you just don't wanna disappoint. I think that was stronger with me with those two than it was my own parents."
Mike however confessed that transition from going to child star to a regular young adult wasn't an easy one for him, as he "lived my childhood in my 20 because I couldn't when I was a child."
© Getty"In my twenties, I had a car and money and freedom," he noted, admitting that it led him to go "fully off the rails."
"I'm just thankful that not every man, woman, and child had a high-def camera in their pocket when I was 25, like they do now, because it would have ruined my life," he added.
Mike, 65, began acting when he was seven years old, and just two years later was cast in The Brady Bunch.
© Getty ImagesAfter the show ended in 1974, he featured in many of its spin-offs, but ultimately largely left the spotlight, graduating from high school in 1978 and going on to attend the University of Utah, though he ultimately dropped out to pursue a career as a production assistant and camera operator.
© Getty ImagesMike was arrested for a DUI in November 1997, and completed a court-ordered rehabilitation service for the incident the following year. He has been sober ever since.
He has been married to Kelly Wermuth, his high school sweetheart, since 1987, and the couple are parents to two sons, Scott, born in 1990, and Joe, born in 1993.
