John Stamos revealed that the sudden death of his co-star Bob Saget helped him reconnect with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen after the pair declined to return for the sequel of “Full House.”
On a Wednesday episode of the “And That’s What You Really Missed” podcast, former “Glee” stars Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz opened up about how the death of Naya Rivera allowed them to reconnect with producer Ryan Murphy. Stamos then shared that he had a similar experience.
During the episode, Stamos shared that he and the Olsen twins had drifted apart after he became “angry” when they did not return for “Fuller House” — the sequel to the seminal sitcom they starred on together.
After Saget died in January of last year due to head trauma, the twins visited Stamos’ home and spoke about the late comedian and actor, he said.
“They came over to my house. They brought a pork chop and sage. I don’t know why, but thank you?” Stamos said. “It was a frozen pork chop, so that was really nice. So we stayed very close.”
Stamos said Saget was “very instrumental in keeping us all together.”
“Mary-Kate and Ashley, we didn’t see them much. I mean, we stayed in touch a little bit, but Bob really did,” Stamos said. “And they were so great. You hear rumors, ‘Oh, they hated their childhood’ or ‘They hated being on the show’ or whatever…but they were like, ‘We loved our childhood. We loved being with you. We miss Bob.'”
In April, Stamos shared that when the 11-month-old Olsen twins first started on “Full House,” he got them fired because he “couldn’t deal” with their constant crying. However, he demanded they be brought back after producers couldn’t find him a baby that would not cry.
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