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  • Stephanie Tanner: Jodie Sweetin’s Character Shares Intimate Emotional Turmoil in Episode Five of “Fuller House”

    Stephanie Tanner, the character played by actress Jodie Sweetin in the Netflix reboot Fuller House, shares a very profound disappointment with her sister in the fifth episode of the new show.

    TVLine.com shared the spoiler in recent days.

    Stephanie Tanner is the only one of Fuller House’s three leading ladies without children. Both DJ Tanner (played by Candace Cameron Bure) and Kimmy Gibbler (played by Andrea Barber) are moms.

    Stephanie Tanner is more of a free spirit. She sings, goes on dates, and lives a less settled life than her roommates.

    Fuller House series creator Jeff Franklin and executive producer Robert Boyett explain the story behind Stephanie Tanner’s turmoil.

    “First of all, I didn’t want Stephanie to have children,” Franklin tells TVLine.com. “I wanted one of the three to not have kids. The backstory I created for her was that she’s a free spirit, traveling the world. She’s into her career and into having fun, and I thought this would be a really interesting aspect to that character–and touching. I love the way that scene played between the two girls. I thought they knocked it out of the park.”

    The scene Franklin is referring to is the one in season five when Stephanie Tanner tells sister DJ she can’t have kids. She and DJ Tanner share an intimate conversation that packs an emotional punch. Candace Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin are exceptional in this poignant moment on screen.

    The notion of Stephanie Tanner pursuing motherhood via other options hasn’t yet been ruled out.

    “That may be something that’s referenced again in the series,” Robert Boyett tells TVLine.

    Does this turmoil Stephanie Tanner faces in episode five of Fuller House come as a shock to you? Did you expect she, like DJ Tanner and Kimmy Gibbler, would one day bring her kids to Fuller House as well?

  • Jodie Sweetin Confirms She’s Competing on “Dancing With the Stars”

    Jodie Sweetin, who has reprised her role as Stephanie Tanner on the Netflix series Fuller House, confirmed on Wednesday she’ll compete on the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars.

    It was on Good Morning America that Jodie Sweetin shared her exciting news about season 22 of Dancing With the Stars.

    There was some speculation earlier this month that Sweetin might join the upcoming DWTS cast, but nothing was confirmed at that time.

    She told E! News competing would be “really fun.”

    “I’ve always loved to dance, and Stephanie was a dancer on the show, and I danced growing up,” she said at the time. “I have some experience. I have some rhythm.”

    Jodie Sweetin showed off her dancing talent as Stephanie Tanner in Full House.

    Now that Jodie Sweetin has confirmed she’ll compete on season 22 of Dancing With the Stars, the next big question is about her dance pro partner. Jodie has been paired with pro dancer Keo Mostepe. He was paired with Chaka Khan during season 21.

    Sweetin’s Fuller House co-star Candace Cameron Bure competed on season 18 of Dancing With the Stars, alongside Mark Ballas. They wound up in third place that season. Bure, who has reprised her role as DJ Tanner, can’t wait to see Jodie Sweetin compete.

    “I am so ready; I am more than ready,” she says. “I am just there. I will try not to take over for her because I might nudge myself back onto that dance floor.”

    Good Morning America will announce the rest of the season 22 Dancing With the Stars cast next week.

    Will you cheer for Jodie Sweetin when season 22 of Dancing With the Stars premieres on March 21 on ABC?

  • Ashley Olsen, Sister Mary-Kate: How is Their Absence Explained in First, Subsequent Episodes of “Fuller House?”

    Ashley Olsen and twin sister Mary-Kate–often referred to as the Olsen twins–are the only original Full House cast members who didn’t sign on to the reboot, Fuller House. Now that the series has premiered via Netflix, those who don’t subscribe are curious how the absence of Michelle Tanner–played by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen–is explained in the first episode.

    E! News reports Michelle Tanner is sort of an afterthought in the first episode of Fuller House. In fact, the first reference lasts about 13 seconds, and appears to throw major shade at Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

    In the scene, Stephanie Tanner (played by Jodie Sweetin) asks her dad, Danny Tanner, (played by Bob Saget), where Michelle is.

    “Well, Michelle sends her love, but she’s busy in New York running her fashion empire,” he says.

    Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, of course, run their own fashion empire in New York City.

    Following the remark, the entire Fuller House cast–John Stamos, Lori Loughlin, Candace Cameron-Bure, Dave Coulier, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, and more–stare directly at the camera for what feels like an eternity.

    Fast forward several more episodes. Yes, that’s right. The topic of Michelle Tanner doesn’t come up again until episode seven. Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) and her daughter Ramona (played by Soni Nicole Bringas) return home from a NYC shopping trip. As they are preparing for Ramona’s birthday party, D.J. Tanner (Candace Cameron Bure) asks them how the trip went.

    “Amazing,” Ramona says. “I got my first designer dress for the party. It’s an Elizabeth and James by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.”

    “At these prices, no wonder they don’t need to act anymore,” Kimmy Gibbler says.

    If that’s not shade directed squarely into the faces of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, then nothing is.

    The final reference comes in the final episode of season one. It takes place as follows, in a phone call to Michelle Tanner.

    Stephanie Tanner: “Oh, let’s call Michelle”

    D.J. Tanner: “It’s five in the morning in New York.”

    Stephanie: “Ah, perfect. Aw, voicemail.”

    Kimmy Gibbler: “Why you not come to my wedding? You’re in big trouble mister.”

    D.J.: “No way, Jose!”

    Stephanie: “Awww, nuts.”

    All: “You got it dude!”

    At that is all the coverage Michelle Tanner–once played by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen–get in Fuller House.

    Is the message here that Fuller House will be just fine even without Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen?

    Fans will have to wait for the ratings to see about that.

  • Stephanie Tanner, Jodie Sweetin’s “Fuller House” Character, Romances San Francisco Giants Right Fielder in Episode 10

    Stephanie Tanner is back. Jodie Sweetin has reprised her Full House role for the show’s Netflix reboot Fuller House. Now living in her childhood home alongside sister D.J. Tanner (played by Candace Cameron Bure) and D.J.’s best friend Kimmy Gibbler (played by Andrea Barber), Stephanie Tanner is single, so she loves going out on dates.

    Romper.com reports that in season 10, Stephanie Tanner lands a date with San Francisco Giants right fielder Hunter Pence. It seems Pence gets Stephanie a gig singing at his baseball game, as well as tickets for the family to see the game and hear Stephanie Tanner sing.

    In real life, Hunter Pence is engaged. He proposed to girlfriend Alexis Cozombolidis at Disney World in December.

    In real life, Stephanie Tanner–well, the actor who plays her–is engaged, too. Jodie Sweetin and Justin Hodak announced their engagement last month.

    Hodak shared a very romantic Instagram post in honor of Jodie Sweetin’s recent birthday.

    “To my one and only @jodiesweetin. I love you more than anything. Happy Birthday. May we grow together for many more to come,” he captioned it.

    A photo posted by Justin Hodak (@justinhodak_) on

    Although a wedding date hasn’t yet been announced, this will be the fourth marriage for both Jodie Sweetin and Justin Hodak.

    Are you excited to see Jodie Sweetin–as Stephanie Tanner–back on TV in the Netflix reboot Fuller House?

    What’s your take on Stephanie Tanner’s impending date with Hunter Pence?

  • Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron Bure, and Andrea Barber Talk About Their Kids’ Awareness of Moms as “Full House,” “Fuller House” Stars

    Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron Bure, and Andrea Barber all all excited for today’s premiere of Fuller House on Netflix. The ladies have been friends for almost 30 years–friendships that started with the premiere of Full House.

    Reprising their roles as Stephanie Tanner, DJ Tanner, and Kimmy Gibbler–Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron Bure, and Andrea Barber, respectively, are all moms, too. During a recent interview with People magazine they dished about their kids and their awareness that their moms were Full House stars–and are very soon to be Fuller House stars, too.

    “First grade is when they start to develop awareness. At my kids’ school, the kindergarteners are clueless, the first graders are getting smarter, the second graders are like, ‘(Gasp!) You are in Full House!’ And I’m like, ‘I’ve been your room mom for two years now and you’re just now realizing this?’ Same with my kids, they had no interest in watching Full House until about age eight or nine and now they binge watch on all the networks,” Andrea Barber says.

    “It’s cute, my kids came home from school the other day and one of their teachers aides was like, ‘I saw your mommy in the news and I saw pictures of you in the news, too’ and so they came out of their class and were like, ‘Mom! We were in the news!’ I was like, ‘Yes I know, it was a picture of all three of us,’” Jodie Sweetin shares. “[My daughter] was like ‘No no, it was just me,’ my little one. ‘Okay it was just you.’ But they get really excited.”

    Candace Cameron Bure explains that while her kids are older now–in both junior high and high school–they like Fuller House better than Full House.

    “The big benefit is when the teachers figure it out. If that will help my kids get better grades, I’m like, ‘What do you need?’ because we need some A’s in high school,” she says.

    Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, and Candace Cameron Bure’s lives are about to change. After today’s premiere of Fuller House, they’ll be officially back in the limelight again.

    If their kids don’t realize just how big their moms are, they’ll need only wait a few days for the frenzy to kick in.

    Are you excited about Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, and Andrea Barber heading back to TV?

  • Jodie Sweetin: Will “Fuller House” Actress Compete on “Dancing With the Stars?”

    Jodie Sweetin took to Twitter this week to address rumors that claim she’ll compete on an upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars. The Fuller House star believes the rumors stem from Val and Maks Chmerkovskiy taping an episode of the Full House reboot that will air starting February 26 on Netflix.

    Jodie Sweetin doesn’t confirm or deny the rumor in her tweet, does she? What do you suppose this might mean?

    If she were to compete on Dancing With the Stars, Jodie Sweetin wouldn’t be the first Fuller House cast member to do so. Candace Cameron Bure, who is reprising her Full House role as DJ Tanner, competed during season 18 alongside pro partner Mark Ballas. They came in third for the season.

    2016 is off to a spectacular star for Jodie Sweetin. In addition to Fuller House premiering later this month–allowing her to reprise her role as Stephanie Tanner–she announced her engagement to boyfriend Jason Hodak just a couple of weeks ago.

    How perfect might 2016 be if Jodie Sweetin actually competed on Dancing With the Stars? Maybe the entire Tanner family could sit in the audience and cheer her on.

  • “Fuller House” Stars Share Excitement Over Reboot During Television Critics Association Panel

    Fuller House stars Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, and Andrea Barber joined the upcoming show’s executive producers–Bob Boyett and Jeff Franklin–at a Television Critics Association panel in L.A. on Sunday. The show’s three main characters shared some nostalgic feelings about reprising their Full House characters.

    Candace Cameron Bure admits she was a bit overwhelmed during her first day on the Fuller House set.

    “I had to pause and stop. The emotions got to me and I was crying. I was flooded with so many memories,” she said.

    Her character, DJ Tanner, is a recently widowed pregnant veterinarian with two sons on Fuller House.

    Andrea Barber, reprising her role as DJ’s best friend Kimmy Gibbler, and Jodie Sweetin in her previous role as Stephanie Tanner, both move in with DJ to help her with her family.

    Fuller House feels “like coming home again to your childhood home,” Andrea Barber said Sunday.

    “It’s fun filling in the blanks of what’s gone on with these characters” over the years,” Jodie Sweetin shared.

    Jeff Franklin created Fuller House, and he warns that although the first episode is filled with nostalgia, fans shouldn’t expect that in subsequent episodes.

    “We wanted to create an episode for the fans, (as in) the last episode of Full House we never got to do. Fans know the show inside out, probably better than I do,” he said. “Going forward, it’s great to have the guys and Becky coming through now and then. We want them there, but this is a show centered around these three women. As the episodes go along, the visits will become more sporadic.”

    The only Full House cast members who won’t return to Fuller House are Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The Olsen twins played the role of Michelle Tanner, DJ and Stephanie Tanner’s little sister.

    Are you as excited about the premiere of Fuller House as Candace Cameron Bure, Andrea Barber, and Jodie Sweetin?

    You don’t have long to wait.

    Fuller House begins airing via Netflix starting on February 26.

  • Candace Cameron Bure Says DJ Tanner’s Parenting on “Fuller House” A Bit Like Danny Tanner’s on “Full House”

    Candace Cameron Bure recently chatted with Entertainment Tonight, and during her interview shared a few interesting similarities between her Fuller House grown-up character DJ Tanner and her Full House and Fuller House dad Danny Tanner (played by Bob Saget).

    “She is a little bit like Danny Tanner as a dad,” Candace Cameron Bure said of DJ. “She’s very organized and orderly. She’s a single mom, so she kind of has to be with three kids, and she’s the mom of the group in every way, between Kimmy and Stephanie.”

    “I can honestly say that every scene with Andrea Barber [Kimmy] and Jodie Sweeten [Stephanie] and the legacy cast–they are forever just a huge part of my heart and just so much fun,” she added. “I hope everyone loves the show as much as we [loved] doing it because we want to be back for years and years and years.”

    A new teaser trailer for Fuller House aired for the first time in recent days, replete with the Full House theme song, “Everywhere You Look.” In it, fans get their first look at grown up versions of Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, and Andrea Barber’s characters–and more.

    Are you excited to see Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, and the rest (all but Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) of the Full House gang return to TV via Netflix in Fuller House? It will be fun to see if DJ Tanner’s parenting style truly mimics that of Danny Tanner’s.

    Fans don’t have long to wait. The Netflix series premieres on February 26.

  • Candace Cameron Bure: “Fuller House’s” DJ Tanner Talks Aging, Doesn’t Mind It

    Candace Cameron Bure–DJ Tanner on Full House and its upcoming Netflix reboot Fuller House–is 39. In a recent interview with People magazine, she dishes on aging–something she doesn’t seem to mind all that much.

    “I’ve always enjoyed aging,” Candace Cameron Bure says. “But I’m kinda hangin’ on to every last day that I’m 39!”

    It’s hard to believe the actress is almost 40–but it has been about 20 years since Full House came to an end. Now, alongside Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie Tanner) and Andrea Barber (Kimmy Gibbler), Candace Cameron Bure is set to make her big comeback as a widowed mom. John Stamos is reprising his role as Uncle Jesse, and also serves as one of the show’s producers.

    As for that upcoming 40th birthday–Candace Cameron Bure will celebrate it on April 6–she says she is “embracing it.”

    “I still don’t feel 40,” she says.

    She doesn’t look it, either.

    Are you looking forward to seeing Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, John Stamos, Bob Saget, Lori Loughlin, and more when Fuller House airs via Netflix in 2016?

  • Ashley Olsen, Sister Mary-Kate: No “Full House” Reboot for Them

    Ashley Olsen and her twin sister Mary-Kate won’t appear–not even in a cameo–in the Full House reboot, Fuller House. Lori Loughlin, who plays the role of Aunt Becky in the reboot, confirmed the news to the Huffington Post earlier this week.

    “No, I don’t think they’re going to make a cameo. They didn’t this season,” Loughlin said.

    Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen played the role of Michelle Tanner, the youngest of the three Tanner sisters. Candace Cameron Bure plays DJ Tanner, with Jodie Sweetin playing middle daughter Stephanie Tanner.

    When word of the Full House reboot first made news, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen claimed they were never invited to join the cast. John Stamos, who plays Uncle Jesse and serves as one of the show’s producers, cried foul, claiming that simply wasn’t true. He claimed later to have cleared the air with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and left the door wide open for them to appear should they want to do so.

    Lori Loughlin says season one of Fuller House is in post production, and that neither Mary-Kate nor Ashley Olsen ever took him up on the offer.

    Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are quite established within the fashion world, designing several clothing lines under their own labels.

    Did you expect that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen would wind up making at least a cameo appearance on Fuller House? How do you suppose they would have handled that as adults? When they were kids, they shared the role of Michelle Tanner because of child labor laws. It certainly would be fun to see them do that now.

  • Lori Loughlin Confirms: No Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in “Full House” Reboot

    Lori Loughlin has confirmed–much to the chagrin of Michelle Tanner fans–that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen won’t appear in the Full House reboot, Fuller House. Set to air via Netflix in 2016, there was some sort of conflict between producers–one of whom plays Lori Loughlin’s husband Uncle Jesse–and the Olsen twins from the beginning. They claimed John Stamos didn’t invite them to appear in the reboot. He immediately cried foul and said they were welcome any time.

    Since then, speculation has run high as to whether the fashion designers would at the very least make guest appearances on Fuller House from time to time. Now Lori Loughlin explains that definitely won’t be the case.

    “No, I don’t think they’re going to make a cameo. They didn’t this season,” she said in a recent interview with the Huffington Post.

    Lori Loughlin added that filming Fuller House took her back to her Full House days.

    “After you got over the initial surreal experience of like, ‘Wow, we’re here again,’ we sort of fell back into line exactly as we were,” she said. “And we had a lot of laughs and a lot of good times and it was a lot like picking up right where we left off.”

    Loughlin added that the spinoff centers around Candace Cameron Bure (DJ Tanner), Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie Tanner), and Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber). The rest of the Full House gang–yes, everyone who starred in the original series, except Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen–will appear from time to time throughout each season.

    “So, for the very first episode we were all there…then we came on throughout the season and we each did different episodes on our own,” Lori Loughlin explained. “I did one episode where it was just me and the girls…we were all in the first one, and then sprinkled out through the rest of the season.”

    It’s likely that people aren’t all that surprised by Lori Loughlin’s confirmation about no Olsen twins in Fuller House. They have seemed in recent years like they believe they’re above doing TV, and have fully immersed themselves in the world of fashion.

  • Candace Cameron Bure Shares Sneak Peek at “Fuller House” Home

    Candace Cameron Bure is proof positive you can always go home. That’s what she’s doing in the Netflix Full House reboot, Fuller House. Reprising her role as DJ Tanner, Candace Cameron Bure has been excited for every step along the way to the upcoming series. That’s why she was thrilled to share a sneak peek of her childhood (read: Full House) home via social media.

    If the photo she shared doesn’t transport everyone back to the 1980s and 1990s, then nothing will.

    They are building the Full House house on the Warner Brother's back lot! Welcome to my childhood home 🤗

    Posted by Candace Cameron Bure on Wednesday, October 28, 2015

    In Fuller House, DJ Tanner is a veterinarian and widowed mom of three. She’ll have plenty of help to help her raise her family, however. Best friend Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) and sister Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) are her reinforcements. In addition to Candace Cameron Bure, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin, Scott Weinger, Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, and John Stamos will all make regular appearances on the show. John Stamos is also executive producing the show. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen won’t be returning for the reboot. They opted out of reprising the role of Michelle Tanner.

    Candace Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin–in their roles as the Tanner sisters–will have some incredibly handsome love interests at some point during the show. Val Chmerkovskiy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy–both of Dancing With the Stars fame–will guest star on the show.

    Are you as excited as Candace Cameron Bure to see the Tanner home in its creation on the Warner Brothers lot?

  • Jodie Sweetin: Recovering Addict Worked at Treatment Center, Looks Forward to ‘Fuller House’

    Jodie Sweetin is a recovering addict–something she speaks of openly. When Full House ended, she found acting gigs, but only sporadically. In recent years she worked as director of a drug and alcohol treatment center. This work provided valuable life experiences, as well as an income, but acting was always her first love and first choice of jobs.

    These days Jodie Sweetin has left her job at the treatment center and has returned to acting. She is reprising her role as Stephanie Tanner on the upcoming Full House reboot, Fuller House. She was as excited about working with her former cast mates as she was for her return to acting.

    “I was completely on board with it,” Sweetin said during a phone interview while taking a break from filming Fuller House. “I stepped away from (acting) for a little while and enjoyed a normal experience, but when this came along, I got to go back and do the thing that I love. I missed it terribly and am beyond thrilled to be back.

    “The show is so well loved,” Jodie Sweetin added. “My kids are seven and five and watch the show. They think it’s hilarious to see their mom as a kid doing silly stunts and dance moves on the show. They come to the set now and are so excited to see me doing it again. They’ve known the cast their whole lives from barbecues, birthday parties and swimming.”

    In addition to Jodie Sweetin, Fuller House will star Candace Cameron Bure as D.J. Tanner, Andrea Barber as Kimmy Gibbler, John Stamos as Uncle Jesse (Stamos also serves as one of the show’s producers), Bob Saget as Danny Tanner, Lori Loughlin as Aunt Becky, and Dave Coulier as Uncle Joey.

    Noticeably absent are the Olsen twins. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen won’t be reprising their role as Michelle Tanner.

    Will you be tuning in to Netflix in 2016 to check out Jodie Sweetin and the old Full House gang in Fuller House?

  • Nicolle Wallace to Bid Adieu to ‘The View’

    Nicolle Wallace to Bid Adieu to ‘The View’

    Nicolle Wallace–who was recently deemed “Kardashian illiterate” is the next in a line of people to bid adieu to The View. ABC News has run the show since October, and hired Wallace as part of an attempt to re-work the show. They are letting Nicolle Wallace go because of double-digit ratings drops since she came on board.

    Offered the option to stay on The View as a contributor, Nicolle Wallace declined, meaning she won’t reappear on the next season of the show.

    Nicolle Wallace’s departure means every new co-host brought on to The View for this season will have left. Rosie O’Donnell was in and back out quickly. Rosie Perez announced just last month that she was leaving, too.

    “Team, Our friend Nicolle Wallace is going to leave the show at the conclusion of the season,” EP Bill Wolff said in a staff memo at ABC News.

    Candace Cameron Bure is another of The View’s new co-hosts to recently come on board. And while she hasn’t been axed or given her resignation, she is away for a while, reprising her role as Full House’s D.J. Tanner in the show’s reboot, Fuller House.

    Nicolle Wallace previously served as communications chief for former President George W. Bush, as well as senior adviser for the McCain-Palin presidential campaign.

    How do you think The View will fare in Nicolle Wallace’s absence? Will she be missed or will most viewers applaud the decision to ax her?

    Sherri Shepherd has agreed to come back on board as the powers that be work to find a permanent panel. Joy Behar was asked to return as well, but declined.

  • Candace Cameron Bure Shares Selfie From “Fuller House” Set

    Candace Cameron Bure and her Fuller House co-stars are already having fun on the set shooting their continuation of the classic sitcom Full House.

    The long-awaited show is already filming and it looks like, judging from the selfie anyway, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber still have it.

    In the show, Candace Cameron Bure, also known as D.J., plays an expectant widow who enlists the help of her sister, Stephanie, and her best friend, Kimmy, to get through life.

    Fans of Full House have been waiting for ages for the sequel, but they don’t have much longer!

    Candace Cameron Bure has been pretty busy since her stint on Dancing with the Stars, which prompted her to write a book.

    Love these girls.

    A photo posted by Candace Cameron Bure (@candacecbure) on

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ6wWsiw8C8

    Candace Cameron Bure told the hosts of Good Morning America, “I was scheduled to write a book about motherhood and after the show, Dancing With the Stars, finished, I called up my publisher and said, ‘I just had the most incredible experience of my life and I learned so much about myself in these four months of the show.’”

    She added, “And these were not just lessons about being on a reality show or a dance show. These were life lessons I’m going to take away forever. It changed me.”

    Purple carpet @hallmarkchannel #TCA

    A photo posted by Candace Cameron Bure (@candacecbure) on

    In the book, Dancing Through Life, Candace Cameron Bure does a lot of defense of her faith.

    She said, “Because I’m pretty outspoken about my faith, I think a lot of people were worried about me going on the show and saying, ‘Oh, those costumes are so sexy, and how are you going to be dancing with someone who’s not your husband?’”

    She added, “And I went, ‘Well, I know who I am in my faith and I think I can do this show and display all the things that I value and stand up with those convictions and stay true to myself. And I did.”

    What a busy girl! Candace Cameron Bure has made quite the secondary career for herself.

    Are you excited to see Candace Cameron Bure as D.J. again?

  • Lori Loughlin, John Stamos: Aunt Becky and Uncle Jesse Together Again on ‘Fuller House’

    Lori Loughlin and John Stamos are likely reuniting as Aunt Becky and Uncle Jesse on the Netflix reboot of Full House—Fuller House. Stamos teased fans with some photos that hinted at just that on Tuesday.

    The on screen couple appeared (sort-of) in one photo that showed each of their hands–one atop the the other–hiding the script for Fuller House.

    John Stamos shared that shot on Instagram.

    “Becky and Jesse together Forever. #FullerHouse. #Netflix,” he captioned the photo.

    If this doesn’t stir excitement in diehard Full House fans, then nothing will.

    A photo posted by John Stamos (@johnstamos) on

    Even though Lori Loughlin was absent from this shot, John Stamos continues to tease Full House fans with this Uncle Jesse photo.

    “And we’re back! Same sideburns- different decade. #FullerHouse #Netflix,” the caption reads.

    Maybe Lori Loughlin was the photographer for this one?

    A photo posted by John Stamos (@johnstamos) on

    Lori Loughlin and John Stamos played a magical couple, whose courtship, wedding, and the subsequent birth of their twins won Full House rave reviews.

    It was clearly Lori Loughlin’s birthday when this shot was taken.

    “Running from birthday woman!! @loriloughlin,” John Stamos captioned the photo.

    A photo posted by John Stamos (@johnstamos) on

    Are you among those Full House fans excited to see Lori Loughlin and John Stamos reunite as Aunt Becky and Uncle Jesse? Other Full House actors/characters starring in Fuller House include Bob Saget (Danny Tanner), Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie Tanner), Candace Cameron Bure (D.J. Tanner), Dave Coulier (Joey Gladstone), Andrea Barber (Kimmy Gibbler), and Scott Weinger (Steve Hale).

    Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen won’t appear when Fuller House debuts, but a recent report says not to rule out any appearances by the Olsen twins, who together played the youngest of the Tanner daughters, Michelle Tanner.

    Do you expect Lori Loughlin and John Stamos will reprise their romance on Fuller House? Or might they simply portray an older, less romantic version of their Full House selves?

  • Candace Cameron Bure, Raven Symone Clash Over Lesbian Wedding Cake on ‘The View’

    Candace Cameron Bure served as co-host of The View on Tuesday and got into a heated argument with Raven Symone over lesbian wedding cake.

    Yes, you read that correctly. It was a lesbian wedding cake clash.

    The clash stemmed from the owner of an Oregon bakery refusing to fill an order for a lesbian couple planning to marry.

    “The Oregon law bars businesses from discriminating against sexual orientation, race, disability, age or religion,” Raven Symone argued, “and to me, it’s the same exact thing that they did back in the day saying that black people couldn’t do certain things because it’s my ‘religious belief.’”

    The Fuller House star–Candace Cameron Bure will reprise her Full House role as D.J. Tanner on the upcoming series–accused Symone of comparing apples to oranges.

    “I don’t think this is discrimination at all. This is about freedom of association,” she said. “It’s about constitutional rights. It’s about First Amendment rights. We do have the right to still choose who we associate with.”

    “[The bakery] didn’t refuse to bake the cake because of [the couple’s] sexual orientation,” Candace Cameron Bure continued. “In fact, they baked cakes for them previously. They had a problem with the actual ceremony because that–the ceremony–is what conflicted with their religious beliefs. They are saying that they stand for marriage between a man and a woman.”

    Candace Cameron Bure is a noted ultra-conservative Christian. Her brother, former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron, is an evangelist.

    Raven Symone became so upset over Bure’s views that she cut the actress off.

    “I refuse to associate with you right now,” she told Candace Cameron Bure.

    Whoopi Goldberg sided with Symone. “Were [the bakers] invited to the wedding?” the comic asked.

    They weren’t.

    Raven Symone admitted to Oprah Winfrey back in 2014 that she was in a relationship with another woman, so this no doubt added a bit of insult to injury during the lesbian wedding cake clash.

    Incidentally, the Oregon Labor Commission has just recently ordered Aaron and Melissa Klein, the former owners of the Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery in Gresham, Oregon, to pay $135,000 to compensate Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer–the lesbian couple who ordered a wedding cake–for the emotional and mental anguish they suffered when the Kleins refused to make their cake. Aaron and Melissa Klein, who are also devout Christians, have vowed to appeal the ruling.

    Who would you have sided with during the clash over lesbian wedding cake–Raven Symone or Candace Cameron Bure?

  • Jodie Sweetin Talks Michelle Tanner, Absence of Olsen Twins on ‘Fuller House’

    Jodie Sweetin dished to Us Weekly about the Full House reboot, Fuller House, while attending the premiere of Insidious on Thursday. She shared that Michelle Tanner will very much be a part of the show–even though Olsen twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have turned down the opportunity to star in the new show.

    Will someone else play the role of Michelle Tanner?

    No.

    “The Michelle character is still going to have a presence. It’s not like we’re not talking about her,” Jodie Sweetin said. “I love and support [Mary-Kate and Ashley], and I think we’re going to be just fine.”

    Jodie Sweetin and her costars Bob Saget (Danny Tanner), Dave Coulier (Joey Gladstone), John Stamos (Jesse Katsopolis), Lori Loughlin (Rebecca Donaldson), Candace Cameron Bure (DJ Tanner), and Andrea Barber (Kimmy Gibbler), are set to begin production on Fuller House in July. Sweetin expects the first day the cast is all together will be spectacular.

    “We first started talking about this in like 2007, 2008 about trying to do some sort of a spinoff and kind of bringing the characters back. This has been a long time in the making,” she explained. “I had kind of given up for periods of time where I’m like, ‘It’s not going happen!’ But we pitched it to Netflix and they were so excited about it.”

    Jodie Sweetin is excited about playing a grown-up Stephanie Tanner.

    “I think that Stephanie is going to be a really interesting, complex, deep character,” she said.

    Do you share Jodie Sweetin’s enthusiasm about Michelle Tanner still being a part of the reboot without actually being on the show? Will that be enough for Full House fans? Or do you think Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s refusal to take part in Fuller House will wind up playing negatively into the series?

  • Jodie Sweetin Talks ‘Dream Come True’ Reprising Stephanie Tanner in ‘Fuller House’

    Jodie Sweetin calls the reprisal of her Full House character Stephanie Tanner a ‘dream come true.’ During a recent interview with Us Weekly she gushed with excitement over the show’s reboot, Fuller House.

    “I am beyond thrilled!” she exclaimed. “To say I’m excited, I don’t think is quite an adequate term for it. I’m getting to do something and have an opportunity to be a part of something I hold incredibly dear to me, with people that are my family that I’ve known since I was five years old. To be able to go back and do this as an adult and really bring the Stephanie character back to life and who she is as an adult, who wouldn’t be excited to be able to do that?”

    So what has Stephanie Tanner been up to in the years since Full House bid fans adieu? Jodie Sweetin was beyond excited to share details about her now grown-up character.

    “Steph has been a world traveler. She is a little bit of a free spirit,” she explained. “She’s kind of an aspiring musician, she’s been traveling all over. I think she’s gonna be really fun to play.”

    Jodie Sweetin plans on interjecting a bit of Jodie Sweetin into Stephanie Tanner as well. That will certainly be fun for fans to see.

    “I think I’m gonna get to bring a lot of elements of myself to [Stephanie], which I did as a kid,” she shared. “But I don’t think I really realized I was doing it. When you’re a kid that’s just who you are. I think I’m going to get to bring some really fun life into Stephanie and who she is and what she’s up to.”

    Candace Cameron Bure will reprise her Full House role as D.J. Tanner–Stephanie’s big sister. Andrea Barber will play D.J.’s BFF Kimmy Gibbler once again, too. John Stamos will reprise his Uncle Jesse role on a recurring basis, and just this week Dave Coulier announced he would be doing the same as surrogate Uncle Joey.

    Are you excited about the Netflix airing of Fuller House starting in 2016? Filming is set to begin this summer. Do you think you–or any of the other Full House characters–are as excited as Jodie Sweetin?

  • Jodie Sweetin on ‘Full House’ Spinoff: ‘Too Good to Be True’

    Jodie Sweetin is nothing if not elated with the upcoming Full House spinoff, Fuller House. Reprising her role as Stephanie Tanner alongside former cast mates and close friends Candace Cameron Bure and Andrea Barber is a dream come true for the actress.

    “People have been waiting 20 years for Full House to come back,” she said during a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly.

    “For a really long time, this is something we had hopes for—and I had gotten to a place where I was like, “You know what? If it happens, it happens.” I had no control over it. Jeff Franklin and I had a conversation yesterday, and we realized the first time we met and talked about bringing Full House back as a spinoff series was like, 2007 or 2008. Now that it’s actually happening, it’s almost too good to be true. To be able to do a series with people I love—who are like family—to play a character I loved so much and to be able to do that in this point in my life when things are going so well for me and I have a completely different perspective on things… I’m really, incredibly grateful,” Jodie Sweetin said.

    Sweetin has long stayed close to many of her Full House cast mates.

    “I’ve kept in touch with pretty much everybody. I work in drug and alcohol treatment right now, and my office is actually right next door to where John Stamos was filming his new show. I heard about it from crew that worked next door. I called him and was like, “We’re literally sharing a parking lot right now.” So I stay in contact with Bob [Saget] and John. I’m really close with Dave Coulier and his wife Melissa. My family and I go over there for barbeques, for dinners, Super Bowl parties. Candace and I have remained close, and Andrea. It’s just crazy how much these people have been an integral part of my life,” she explained.

    Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron Bure, and Andrea Barber will be the Netflix spinoff’s mainstays on Fuller House. John Stamos will reprise his role as Uncle Jesse on a recurring basis. Talks are reportedly underway with Lori Loughlin, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, and the Olsen twins about guest starring roles–although the Olsen twins made a bit of a recent stink about that. They claim they weren’t informed that the spinoff was a done deal, and that they weren’t a part of these talks.

    John Stamos called them out on their comments.

    Aside from the present Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen debacle, everything else about the Full House spinoff appears to be running smoothly, and Jodie Sweetin–for one–is especially excited about the opportunity she has been handed.

    Will you be tuning in next year when Netflix releases the first 13 episodes of Fuller House, to see Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, and more in their old Full House roles–all grown up?

  • Jodie Sweetin Talks D.J. and Stephanie Tanner, Kimmy Gibbler on ‘Full House’ Spinoff, ‘Fuller House’

    Jodie Sweetin says she is incredibly grateful to be given to opportunity to once again portray her Full House character, Stephanie Tanner, in the show’s spinoff, Fuller House. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, she talks about how excited she is as well.

    When asked if she ever believed she’d once again play the role of Stephanie Tanner, Jodie Sweetin had the following to say.

    “For a really long time, this is something we had hopes for—and I had gotten to a place where I was like, “You know what? If it happens, it happens.” I had no control over it. Jeff Franklin and I had a conversation yesterday, and we realized the first time we met and talked about bringing Full House back as a spinoff series was like, 2007 or 2008. Now that it’s actually happening, it’s almost too good to be true. To be able to do a series with people I love—who are like family—to play a character I loved so much and to be able to do that in this point in my life when things are going so well for me and I have a completely different perspective on things…I’m really, incredibly grateful,” she said.

    Now that the Full House girls are all grown up, different characters will play the lead roles on Fuller House.

    “It’s based around D.J., Stephanie and Kimmy, so there’s still going to be that really fun dynamic, which I’m looking forward to—Stephanie and Kimmy being arch nemeses, and teaming up to help D.J. [a pregnant, widowed mom of two]. It will be very similar, certainly, to the first Full House, but we’re definitely trying to bring it back as a little more modern take,” Jodie Sweetin explains. “Stephanie has sort of been the wild world traveler, and I’m looking forward to bringing to life Stephanie as she is today and creating a real backstory for her. She’s a free spirit, and that will be obvious in the character she’s become.”

    Jodie Sweetin was just five years old when she first appeared on Full House. Now she has a daughter who is nearly that age.

    “I was barely 5 when I started working on Full House, and Bea will be 5 in August. It’s crazy. I look at her and I’m like, I was working at this age, doing this whole crazy Full House life. What a trip,” she says. “She’s my little twin. She does remind me of myself a little bit at that age. She’s a funny little person, for sure. Both of my kids have my sense of humor—they’re definitely entertaining.”

    Sweetin never lost touch with many of her Full House cast mates, and that will likely make creating the spinoff even easier.

    “I’ve kept in touch with pretty much everybody,” she says. “I work in drug and alcohol treatment right now, and my office is actually right next door to where John Stamos was filming his new show. I heard about it from crew that worked next door. I called him and was like, “We’re literally sharing a parking lot right now.” So I stay in contact with Bob [Saget] and John. I’m really close with Dave Coulier and his wife Melissa. My family and I go over there for barbeques, for dinners, Super Bowl parties. Candace and I have remained close, and Andrea. It’s just crazy how much these people have been an integral part of my life.”

    Are you excited to get back in touch with the Full House cast members who will reprise their roles on Fuller House? In addition to Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron Bure and Kimmy Gibbler, John Stamos will make guest appearances in his role as Uncle Jesse. For now, however, many of the rest of the original cast members–Lori Loughlin, Bob Saget, the Olsen twins, and Dave Coulier–are uncertain as to whether or not they’ll return.

    Netlfix has ordered 13 episodes of Fuller House thus far, meaning that in 2016, names like Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron Bure, and Andrea Barber will once again be on everyone’s lips, and in all the celebrity publications.