Jodie Sweetin was 5 when she was cast as Stephanie Tanner on Full House. It went off the air when she was a teenager, and then her real struggles began. The actress has been open about her drug addiction and sobriety. Now, she revealed just how desperate times were for her before Netflix picked up the Fuller House reboot.
Full House Cast Reunites For 1st Time In Years
January 2027 marks five years since Bob Saget’s shocking death. The comedian passed away in his hotel room after a comedy show. He reportedly fell and hit his head. However, he’s never far from his former co-stars’ minds.
John Stamos, Candace Cameron Bure, Lori Loughlin, Jodie Sweetin, Dave Coulier, and Andrea Barber reunited in October at a fan convention steeped in nostalgia. The cast posed for pictures and greeted fans at a rare reunion at the 90s Con in Connecticut. Jodie Sweetin and Candace Cameron Bure have had their share of ups and downs in the last few years.
However, Jodie Sweetin recently revealed that the Fuller House reboot saved her.
Jodie Sweetin Reveals Desperate Times Before Reboot
Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron Bure, and Andrea Barber headlined Netflix’s Full House reboot. The 2016 show followed DJ and Kimmy as they raised their kids as single mothers. Jodie Sweetin played the kids’ doting Aunt Stephanie.
Fuller House ran for five seasons before ending in 2020. John Stamos, Lori Loughlin, Dave Coulier, and Bob Saget made occasional appearances as their Full House characters. The timing of the reboot couldn’t have been better for Jodie Sweetin.
“I had to borrow money the first week I was working on Fuller House. I skidded into my first paycheck with like $190 in my bank account,’ the actress admitted on the We’re Still Here, Babe podcast. She added that none of her co-stars knew how broke she was.
‘Humility’ In Target
At the time, Jodie Sweetin was living in an apartment with her two kids. She said that her parents helped pay the rent and she drove an older model car. “You learn humility when you are at Target and you’ve got to turn around and, you know, put some s**t back, because you don’t have the money on your debit card,” she said about that time in her life.
She was working a “normal” job at a rehab before the reboot. Jodie Sweetin has been sober since 2011. She revealed that her addiction got “real bad real quick” when she went to college after Full House ended.
The Netflix reboot helped get her career back on track. Jodie Sweetin currently stars in Disney Channel’s Vampirina: Teenage Vampire. Share your thoughts on her confession of money trouble in the comments.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger