Jodie Sweetin is addressing reports of a feud with her former Full House costar Candace Cameron Bure.
Sweetin, 43, discussed her connection with Cameron Bure, 49, on the April 28 episode of “The Vault” podcast. She clarified that her remarks supporting the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony were not intended for her co-star from Full House.
Offering background information, Sweetin addressed the conservative criticism of the Opening Ceremony on her Instagram Stories in July 2024. This backlash specifically targeted a segment featuring DJ, producer, and LGBTQ+ icon Barbara Butch adorned in a silver headdress, surrounded by drag performers and dancers. Following this, Cameron Bure uploaded an Instagram video accusing the ceremony of parodying “The Last Supper” and deriding “the Christian faith.”
According to Olympic organizers, the scene depicted Dionysus, the Greek god of wine.
At the time, Sweetin shared a video of comedian Walter Masterson poking fun at the controversy.
In response, Sweetin posted on her Instagram Story, “Tell me you don’t know about art or history, without TELLING me you don’t know about art and history….” accompanied by a link to a video clip aimed at enlightening a disgruntled Olympics viewer.
Nearly one year after the brouhaha, “The Vault” cohost Amir Yass brought up Sweetin’s post and suggested that she was “speaking about” Cameron Bure.
“To be honest, I wasn’t speaking about her,” Sweetin clarified, adding, “There was already something that had happened where we went on a divergent path, and then I saw the Olympics thing and how people were freaking out about it, so I said, ‘Oh my God, tell me you don’t know anything about art history without telling me you know nothing,’ and everyone was like, ‘She came for Candace!’”
Sweetin was caught off guard by the attention on her and Cameron Bure.
“And I was like, ‘What the…?’ I was like getting a massage or something, and I came out to all of this, and I was like, ‘What did I…? Oh, she said … ohhhhhh. Well, I guess that’s it!’” she recalled.
While she wasn’t purposely insulting Cameron Bure, she stands by her remark.
“I’m not changing anything I said,” she said. “But it was not an intentional dig. But it was still what I wanted to say.”
Sweetin played middle child Stephanie Tanner on the classic sitcom Full House, while Cameron Bure portrayed eldest daughter DJ Tanner. The series ran on ABC from 1987 to 1995.
According to Sweetin, the TV siblings have “never actually ‘gotten into it.’ She posted her viewpoint and I posted mine, and we’ve always been very different on those things.”
She noted that they’ve lived “very different” lifestyles, musing, “We just exist in different worlds, but she is still someone I have known since I was 5 years old.”
Sweetin explained: “It’s like family members. Maybe we don’t talk all the time, and I know if politics comes up it is not going to go well, but I don’t hate you. I am not going to not hug you, but I’m also not going to not keep my mouth shut. So that’s what I did. That’s how I look at it. You don’t want to follow or whatever, that’s cool.”
She added, “I’ll be nice, but I will not be quiet.”
Back in 2022, Cameron Bure unfollowed Sweetin on Instagram amid her “traditional marriage” controversy. At the time, Sweetin backed JoJo Siwa, who criticized Cameron Bure’s remarks about Great American Family’s programming. Sweetin, for her part, still keeps up with the actress on the platform.
“I’m not gonna unfollow anybody!” she said. “I don’t live my life based on social media. I think it can be used for some great things, and I also think it can be really negative and full of a lot of s***, particularly these days.”
“Unfollow me, don’t follow, whatevs,” she continued. “People announce their departure. It’s like, ‘Cool, yeah, goodbye! You live in f***ing Wyoming. I don’t know you!’ And if people I do know unfollow me because of what I passionately believe in, then we are just very different people.”
