John Stamos Says His FULL HOUSE Child Co-Star Jodie Sweetin Made Him Feel Upstaged During First Table Read

John Stamos is best known for playing Uncle Jesse on the beloved 80s-90s sitcom Full House. While he appreciates the gig and the fame it brought him now, he wasn’t so happy with the job when he first started. We previously wrote about the fact that Stamos spoke publicly about having Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen (who played baby Michelle on the show) fired from the series when they were 11 months old because their persistent crying was driving him crazy. The firing didn’t stick, and he eventually got over it, bonding with the girls as they grew, but it turns out they weren’t the only small co-stars he had beef with.

During a recent appearance on Hot Ones, Stamos confided that he was having a difficult time as “a star coming out of General Hospital” to becoming Uncle Jesse on the family series.

“I hated that show. Obviously, I ended up loving it, but it was sort of pitched to me as a Bosom Buddies with kids somewhere in the background,” he said on Hot Ones, referring to the 1980 sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari.

He expected the kids to play more minor roles on Full House, recalling how he noticed that they were “spending a lot of time casting these kids that are gonna be background.” But he hit his breaking point during a table read with the entire cast, including the child actors.

“We started reading and Jodie Sweetin, who plays Stephanie, reads her lines and people are dying laughing. I mean screaming, I was like, ‘What’s happening here.' She was getting comments like, ‘Home run!’ They couldn’t even hear my lines, they were laughing so hard at her.”

Stamos went on to say he’ll “never forget” the moment he rushed out to the lobby, where he called his agent and told him, “Get me the fuck off this show!” His agent urged him to give it a try, which he fortunately did.

“I fought it for a long time and then I realized, what am I doing? It’s a beautiful show we built with sweetness and kindness,” he said.

Stamos might have gotten his start as a daytime television star, but he soon realized that “there was no central character” on Full House. Of course, the child actors played an integral part in the ensemble cast that made the show what it is. Uncle Jesse’s relationship with his nieces and his journey to becoming a dad were also major plot points for his character. There was no avoiding the talent the kids brought to the show.

“The central character is love,” he said. “We were the best representation of a loving family, not a normal family.”

It’s good to hear how he came around, and it’s obvious to anyone who has watched the show that he did have a special connection with those kids. But it sounds like he was a real crybaby about the show in the beginning!

via: Decider