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'She's been banned' Joel Creasey says Maureen McCormick's husband no longer allows her to spend time with the friends she made on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! after boozy night out

Published: 23:03 EST, 19 November 2015 | Updated: 23:49 EST, 19 November 2015

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Comedian Joel Creasey has claimed that his fellow I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! star Maureen McCormick has been banned from hanging out with the friends she made on the show.

The Australian funnyman made the revelation about The Brady Bunch star in a new interview.

He told news.com.au that Maureen’s husband, Michael Cummings, imposed the ban after Joel and The Brady Bunch star enjoyed a boozy night out in Los Angeles, two months ago.

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BFFs: Comedian Joel Creasey has claimed that his fellow I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! star Maureen McCormick has been banned from hanging out with the friends she made on the show

None of that: The Australian funnyman stated that Maureen’s husband, Michael Cummings, has imposed the ban after Joel and the Brady Bunch star enjoyed a boozy night out in Los Angeles, two months ago

Speaking at the Network Ten Upfront party on Thursday night, Joel explained: ‘I took her out to dinner and she and I consumed several bottles of wine. We played pool all night at a gay bar in Santa Monica called The Roosterfish.

‘I sent her home in such a state that other I’m a Celeb contestants who have tried to hang out with her in LA since haven’t been allowed to because her husband has said no.’

Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Maureen's representatives for comment.

Nice try: Speaking at the Network Ten Upfront party on Thursday night, Joel explained, ‘She’s been banned from catching up with us!’

Not having it: He continued, ‘I sent her home in such a state that other I’m a Celeb contestants who have tried to hang out with her in LA since haven’t been allowed to because her husband has said no’

Maureen has spoken openly about her previous battles with substance abuse and during her time on the show, Michael revealed that the actress had been battling drug dependency issues and chose to give up her prescription drugs and cigarettes before heading into the jungle.

He explained to Daily Mail Australia that his wife had relied on medication to treat depression for many years as he said: ‘'It was hard because going on the [prescription] drugs brought her to a place that I don’t think she ever could have gone to otherwise.

'Before she started on Prozac, Maureen struggled with a huge chemical imbalance that caused chronic depression. And taking the drugs was a revelation to her, it opened up a new world,' he explained.

New friends: Maureen had previously revealed her dark past to the world, including an addiction to cocaine, trading sex for drugs, eating disorders and abortions, in her 2008 tell-all memoir, Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice

He said since going off the pills, Maureen was forced to deal with many painful memories from her past the medication had been somewhat numbing.

'When you are on the drugs, the highs are not as high and the lows are not as low, so now she feels the highs and the lows and has learned how better to cope with those emotions as they come along.'

Maureen had previously revealed her dark past to the world, including an addiction to cocaine, trading sex for drugs, eating disorders and abortions, in her 2008 tell-all memoir, Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice.

Golden girl: Maureen (second row, far left) was the darling of American television playing Marcia Brady on The Brady Bunch

Wild times: Pictured at an event in Los Angeles at 21-years-old, during the years when Maureen admitted 'If there was coke, I had to stay up and do every last flake'

In the book, the one-time golden girl of American television admitted that behind-the-scenes of the hit show she was nothing like her clean-cut character Marcia Brady, and revealed that she spiraled into cocaine addiction from the age of about 18.

Her spiral was triggered by a secret in her family's past, when she discovered her grandmother had died of syphilis in a mental institution and that her own mother contracted the disease in utero.

Despite her mother being treated for the condition to prevent passing it on to her own children, the information troubled the young actress and only added to the anxiety and depression she was experiencing as a teenager growing up on screen.

Hard times: Even with her long blonde hair and slim physique, Maureen spoke of how the pressure of Hollywood took a toll on her body image, and she soon developed bulimia in an effort to attain what she saw as perfection

Even with her long blonde hair and slim physique, Maureen spoke of how the pressure of Hollywood took a toll on her body image, and she soon developed bulimia in an effort to attain what she saw as perfection.

Then as she fell deeper into the Hollywood drug scene, the young actress' addiction became so bad she admits she had sex with a cocaine dealer in exchange for drugs.

The promising young starlet's career was also squandered by her addiction, and she admitted she threw away acting opportunities by turning up to meetings with Hollywood producers high on drugs and having not slept for days.

Big news: Joel also revealed at the Channel Ten bash that himself and The Bachelor star Heather Maltman will be heading to South Africa next year to host a new show called I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Now

Maureen eventually went to rehab and credits meeting husband Michael Cummings, who she married in 1985, with turning her life around. The couple have one daughter Natalie, 26.

Meanwhile, Joel also revealed at the Channel Ten bash that himself and The Bachelor star Heather Maltman will be heading to South Africa next year to host a new sister show called I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Now.

The show will air on Channel 11 each night immediately after the main show of the upcoming series and it will reportedly ‘give viewers behind the scenes action from the jungle, updates about their favourite celebrities and exclusive news and gossip’.

Coming soon: The show will air on Channel 11 each night immediately after the main show of the upcoming series and it will reportedly ‘give viewers behind the scenes action from the jungle'