To the millions of people who watched Full House, the Tanners were about as close to
the perfect American family as you could find, even with its trio of father figures and the
absence of a mother for the girls.
Off-screen, however, the actors who played those picture-perfect characters were far
from the sunny personalities they portrayed on TV.
Here are some of the strangest stories surrounding the Full House cast over the years.
Talk to me
In his 2014 memoir, Dirty Daddy, Bob Saget admitted he was the polar opposite of his
perfectly clean character, Danny Tanner, when cameras weren't rolling on the set of Full
House.
As anyone who's heard a snippet of his standup routines would know, he can actually be quite
crude.
"This is true, I know, I thought I f---ed 'em up on television before.
This is worse."
His vulgar antics made way onto the supposedly family-friendly set, too, when he thought
only adult crew members were in the room and made obscene gestures at a four-foot-tall
rubber doll used as a stand-in for his TV daughters.
The joke got a load of laughs, until Saget realized that the monitors were playing the
action everywhere and anyone could see what he was doing.
"Okay maybe I do just a little bit but that's because when I was five I didn't really have
any friends."
Now that's a mess not even Danny Tanner would want to clean up.
Cut it out
For decades, many believed that Alanis Morissette's hit song, "You Oughta Know," was actually
about her ex-boyfriend, Dave Coulier, who played Joey Gladstone on Full House.
The rumors were a real surprise, considering the lyrics in the song contrasted significantly
from Coulier's on-air persona.
Years later, though, Coulier denied the rumors to BuzzFeed, saying, "The guy in that song
is a real a-hole, so I don't want to be that guy."
But don't go believing Uncle Joey is completely innocent of some of the song's crimes just
yet.
In a Reddit AMA, Coulier also revealed that when he first heard the song on the radio,
some of the lyrics sounded a little too familiar, although he was quick to clarify that the
dirty movie theater thing never happened -- with him at least.
How rude
Jodie Sweetin, who played the sassy middle Tanner sister, Stephanie, admitted in 2006
that she was once addicted to methamphetamine.
She explained that her drug problems stemmed from the show coming to an end, telling Good
Morning America, "There is a certain sense of loss when a series ends.
It is kind of hard to figure out who you are when you've lost your job at age 13, when
that was basically how you identified yourself."
She went on to reveal more of the gory details of her struggles with addiction in her 2010
tell-all, unSweetined, admitting she even snorted meth at the premiere of the Olsen
twins' movie New York Minute in 2004.
She wrote, "I was pulling off the deceit.
It was hard for people to believe I was doing that much drugs.
I look at photos from that event, and I didn't even look strung out!"
Other drugs Sweetin dabbled in at the time included ecstasy and cocaine.
In addition to her substance abuse issues, Sweetin's personal life was plagued by a number
of failed relationships, too.
So far, she has been married and divorced three times, and her most recent divorce came
in 2013 when she filed for legal separation from her husband of one year, Morty Coyle,
with whom she has a daughter, Beatrix.
Sweetin also has another daughter, Zoie, from her second marriage.
Apparently the fourth time wasn't going to be the charm either.
After a blowout fight with her then-fiance, Justin Hodak, Sweetin was granted a restraining
order against would-be-husband number four when he was arrested.
According to TMZ, Hodak "threatened to kill himself with a 9mm pistol if she made him
leave."
Hodak was already a convicted felon, which means the guns were in his possession illegally.
He violated the restraining order just days later by driving past Sweetin's house and
was arrested again.
Soon after word spread of her personal woes, Sweetin posted a pic of herself with her two
daughters to Instagram to let everyone know this was all under control.
But the drama was far from done.
According to TMZ, police were again called to Sweetin's house when Hodak showed up once
more but got scared off by security guards.
Hodak denied being there, but it's clear Sweetin's taste in men needs to be reevaluated.
Oh Mylanta
Candace Cameron Bure's openly conservative viewpoints helped establish a new career line
for her on The View.
However, some of her tenets have been seen as more controversial than others.
In 2014, Bure came under fire for describing her role in her marriage to hockey player
Valeri Bure as "submissive."
She'd written in her memoir Balancing It All, "I am not a passive person, but I chose to
fall into a more submissive role in our relationship because I wanted to do everything in my power
to make my marriage and family work."
Amid the criticism, Bure was forced to go on the defensive by arguing she was using
the Bible's definition of submissive, explaining, "It is meekness, it is not weakness.
It is strength under control, it is bridled strength.
And that's what I choose to have in my marriage."
On the bright side, she's still seen as the more mainstream of the Cameron siblings, considering
her brother Kirk Cameron has emerged as a full-on religious zealot who runs his own
ministry and preaches about female subservience.
Aww nuts
One of the oddest question marks that resulted from the death of Heath Ledger, who overdosed
on a number of prescription pills, was why his masseuse called Mary-Kate Olsen's cell
phone instead of the police.
“She called not once, not twice, but three times, his very good friend, another celebrity,
Mary-Kate Olsen.”
The Feds tried for months to get her to speak voluntarily, or else risk being subpoenaed.
Nevertheless, Olsen refused to talk to the law without immunity.
Ultimately, the case was closed and Olsen's knowledge of Ledger's prescription drug use
was never questioned further in an official capacity.
But the stain of that secrecy has certainly stuck to her reputation ever since.
You got it dude
The Netflix's sequel Fuller House might be, well, full, but one crucial member of the
Tanner family has been noticeably missing—the youngest daughter Michelle, played by Mary-Kate
and Ashley Olsen.
"Well, Michelle sends her love but she's busy in New York running her fashion empire.”
When news broke that they wouldn't be joining the show, many wondered why would they pass
on the opportunity.
Pressed at one point for an answer, Mary-Kate claimed the twins had just found out about
the project and were surprised nobody spoke to them about it before, including co-star
John Stamos.
Stamos quickly fired back on Twitter, saying "I call bulls***."
The surprisingly blunt tweet led some to wonder whether there was a feud brewing between the
Olsen twins and the rest of the cast, which might explain why Stamos was so quick to cover
his tracks.
The next day, he tweeted: "Had a sweet talk with M.K. today!
There [are] way more important things going in the world today."
"He's still mad at me!"
"Don't worry about it shorty, your Uncle Jesse has it all taken care of."
For what it's worth: the Olsens ultimately admitted they didn't want to do the show because
they haven't acted in years.
Anyone who has watched their most recent straight-to-DVD films will certainly understand.
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