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Dave Coulier is standing by his former Full Home costar Candace Cameron Bure following her public drama with Miss Benny.
The actor, 63, who performed Joey Gladstone on the hit ’90s sitcom, subtly addressed the feud whereas discussing an episode of the present’s sequel, Fuller Home, titled “The Promenade.” Coulier directed the 2018 episode, which was nominated for a GLAAD Award.
“It was very nice to have that occur, for folks to be acknowledged, for that episode to be acknowledged,” he instructed Yahoo Leisure earlier than dropping his new “Full Home Rewind” podcast on Friday, July 21. “We have been at all times a present that was very inclusive, and we tackled loads of topics that sitcoms actually historically didn’t speak about, you recognize, like medication and alcohol with youngsters, rising up and all the issues that may occur alongside the journey of adolescence.”
The episode featured Miss Benny, 24, as Casey, the present’s first overtly homosexual character. Coulier declined to touch upon Miss Benny’s claims that Cameron Bure, 47, tried to get the character written off of Fuller Home. He as a substitute praised Cameron Bure for her management on the set of the revival collection, which ran from 2016 to 2020.
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“Candace was sort of the driving power of Fuller Home. She was a producer and she or he was sort of the chief of the wolf pack with the ladies and I assumed she was great,” he added. “I used to be so pleased with these ladies.”
Coulier emphasised that he has “at all times been Switzerland” with regards to disputes involving Full Home solid members.
“Everyone sort of tells me, ‘Oh, right here’s what she stated.’ However we’re like a household, you recognize? We bicker, we argue, we name folks out on their stuff. Now we have issues with one another, however on the finish of the day, we love one another and we variety work by means of it,” he defined. “I imply, we’ve been by means of pickups, cancellations, births, deaths, marriages, divorces — the stuff that any household goes by means of.”
Coulier asserted that the solid stays shut regardless of Fuller Home ending. “We textual content on somebody’s birthday, we are saying congratulations for issues, we ask one another for assist,” he stated. “It’s actually an exquisite household. I don’t suppose any of us within the very starting anticipated that to occur for the remainder of our lives. So I communicate with everyone.”
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Earlier this month, Miss Benny made headlines after claiming Casey was almost axed from the Netflix sitcom at Cameron Bure’s request.
“One of many Tanner sisters may be very publicly not for the ladies,” Miss Benny shared in a TikTok clip. “I bear in mind I acquired sat down by the writers and the studio to principally warn me how this individual allegedly was making an attempt to get the character eliminated and never have a queer character on the present.”
Miss Benny didn’t identify Cameron Bure within the video however did use a hashtag for the actress, including, “To this present day, regardless of engaged on the present every single day for 2 weeks straight, I’ve solely had a dialog with one of many Tanner sisters.”
In Fuller Home, Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin reprised their roles as D.J. Tanner and Stephanie Tanner, respectively. Cameron Bure — who has beforehand been criticized for her feedback in regards to the LGBTQIA+ group — denied Miss Benny’s allegations.
“I by no means requested Miss Benny’s character to be faraway from Fuller Home and didn’t ask the writers, producers or studio executives to not have queer characters on the present,” she instructed TVLine in an announcement amid the backlash. “Fuller Home has at all times welcomed a variety of characters. I assumed Miss Benny did a fantastic job as ‘Casey’ on the present. We didn’t share any scenes collectively, so we didn’t get an opportunity to speak a lot whereas filming on set. I want Miss Benny solely the most effective.”