Florence Henderson :: Crabs don't discriminate

According to the website Greg in Hollywood, Florence Henderson got more out of a one-night stand with New York Mayor John Lindsay than she bargained for - a case of the crabs.

Henderson reveals this piece of information in her new memoir "Life Is Not a Stage," due out in September.

"I was lonely. I knew it wasn't the right thing to do. So, what did I do? I did it..." The next day the actress found "little black things" crawling over her bed and body."

An urgent call to a doctor took care of the problem, known medically as pubic lice, and Lindsay sent her flowers and a note of apology. "Guess I learned the hard way that crabs do not discriminate but cross over all socioeconomic strata. He must have had quite the active life. What a way to put the kibosh on a relationship."

Though Henderson is best-known for playing Carol Brady on "The Brady Bunch," she only devotes one chapter in the book to the show. She also hopefully puts an end to the rumors that she had an affair with her co-star on the show Barry Willliams, who played her son on the show and was 20 years younger.

"Barry did have a serious crush on me, which I understood and helped him get past," Henderson writes. "Let us just say that if he had entertained a roll in the hay with me, I would never have done it."

Instead of all-things Brady, the book focuses on her childhood in an abusive home, her struggles with papal edicts about birth control, her Broadway stardom, and her second marriage to her therapist. The book, co-written with Joel Brokaw, is due out on September 20, 2011.