On “Full House,” Jodie Sweetin’s character, Stephanie Tanner, is raised by her dad, Danny Tanner, her Uncle Jesse, and her dad’s best friend, Joey, after the tragic death of her mother. In real life, Sweetin’s guardian situation was also nontraditional. She was adopted by family friends after her biological mother, who spent time in jail, gave up her parental rights when Jodie was just a baby. Her biological father died in a prison riot, Sweetin shared on the “Steve-O’s Wild Ride!” podcast. “I am who I am, and I survived. I’ve had some obstacles thrown at me, but I’ve also had some really wonderful experiences,” she said. That’s life, right? Like, you sometimes start off in a sh***y place and then it’s not so bad.”
During a 2021 interview for the “Allison Interviews” podcast with Allison Kugel, Sweetin said she believes both of her parents have passed away at this point and that she’s “totally okay” with that fact and has come to terms with her adoption (although she admits that there was a time when she struggled with it). “There’s this point in your life where you finally kind of realize what happened. That it no longer becomes something about you, that it’s like, ‘Oh, I wasn’t wanted,'” she explained. “It was like, ‘No, they actually made the healthiest decision for me by allowing me to be adopted by another family that could provide better.'”
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