Bob Saget and Jodie Sweetin in 2017.Photo: Leon Bennett/WireImage
Sweetin, 40, opened up about her relationship with Saget in a chat with her formerFull HouseandFuller HousecostarLori Loughlin’s daughterOlivia Jade Giannulli, for Monday’s episode of herConversations with Olivia Jadepodcast.
“I understood that, when I had kids, you can joke with them, you can have real conversations,” said the actress, who played Stephanie Tanner, the middle daughter of Saget’s Danny Tanner, onFull House(1987-1995) andFuller House(2016-2020).
She also remembers the late Saget “being really inclusive of his kids”: now-grown-up daughtersAubrey, Jennifer andLara.
“He didn’t talk to them like they were idiots — and he did the same with me,” said Sweetin, who is mom to daughtersZoie, 14, andBeatrix, 11. “He treated me with respect as a young person, and so didJohn [Stamos]andDave [Coulier].”
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Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron Bure and Bob Saget onFull House(1987).ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Sweetin also said that Saget, alongside costars Stamos, 58, and Coulier, 62, “brought a level of humor to my parenting that my kids are also inheriting” — something the actress joked with a laugh “is both good and bad.”
“I learned a lot from them, and I continue to,” she added.
Saget was found dead due tohead traumain his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida, on Jan, 9., just one day afterperforming a stand-up showoutside of Jacksonville. He was 65.
Sweetinpaid her respects to her late costar on social mediathe following day, beginning her lengthy tribute, “There aren’t enough words to express what I’m feeling today. Nor are they big enough to capture even a slice of who he was.”
“One thing I do know, is that we never missed a chance to tell each other, ‘I love you,’ " she continued, in part. “Every time we talked, there were at least 3 or 4 exchanged at the end of a conversation, whether it was text, phone call or in person. And he usually had to have the last word, ‘I love you more … ' "
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Back in February, Sweetin appeared onGood Morning America, where she reflected on what Saget taught her about coping with loss.
“One of the things I learned from Bob and, you know, even now in having to walk through his death and everything ishow to laugh through some of the most painful momentsof your life,” she said. “It’s something that carried me through so many times and so many things in my life.”
Sweetin noted that her longtime costar — who was also known as the one-time host ofAmerica’s Funniest Home Videosand for his stand-up comedy — “never stopped laughing.”
“He never lost the ability to laugh at himself, to laugh at his situation, to make fun of something that would otherwise feel like it was going to break you,” said the actress. “That was Bob.”
source: people.com
