Jodie Sweetin, who first rose to fame as Stephanie Tanner on the beloved sitcom “Full House,” opens up about her financial struggles over the years, particularly how close she came to running out of funds before returning to the series’ 2016 reboot, “Fuller House.”
“I had to borrow money the first week I was working on ‘Fuller House,’ and I got my first paycheck with about $190 in my bank account,” Sweetin revealed on a recent episode of the “We’re Still Here, Babe” podcast. “And no one I worked with knew that.”
Sweetin has been open about her struggles with addiction and also explained how these habits left her penniless at one point, leading her to expand her job search to non-Hollywood gigs. “I had no ego about it,” Sweetin said. “I didn’t care that I, quote, was working a normal job. I think other people were still like, ‘What are you doing here?’ And I was like, “Pay my bills.” The children do not pay for themselves.
She continued, “And it’s not like I’ve always been a materialistic person, but you learn humility when you’re at Target, and you have to turn around and, you know, put shit back, because you don’t have money on your debit card.”
“Full House” ran for eight seasons, from 1987 to 1995. “Fuller House” ran for five seasons on Netflix, totaling nearly 80 episodes. The original cast, including Candace Cameron Bure, Andrea Barber, Scott Weinger, Bob Saget, Lori Loughlin, Dave Coulier and John Stamos, all returned for the series. (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were notably absent.) Juan Pablo Di Pace, Adam Hagenbuch, John Brotherton, Michael Campion, Elias Harger and Soni Bringas also starred in the reboot.
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