Former Full House child stars Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie Tanner) and Andrea Barber (Kimmy Gibbler) are calling out a line of interview questions they say followed them for years: whether they ever had a crush on their TV “uncle,” John Stamos, who played Uncle Jesse. On a recent episode of their rewatch podcast How Rude, Tanneritos!, Barber said interviewers would ask it point-blank, “Did you ever have a crush on John Stamos?” and she didn’t mince words about it: “That is a gross question. No.”
The frustration isn’t about Stamos himself. Sweetin and Barber made it clear the set dynamic was familial, not flirtatious—especially given their ages during the show’s run. Sweetin was a small child when Full House began and grew up on the series, while Barber joined young and finished the show as an older teen. In that context, they argue, adult interviewers fishing for a “crush” confession wasn’t cute or funny; it was inappropriate.
They also emphasized that Stamos and Dave Coulier (Joey Gladstone) felt like older brothers/uncles in real life, not romantic prospects. That on-set bond is part of why the question lands so wrong to them: it reframes a protected, family-style workplace relationship into something suggestive, aimed at kids.
The topic came up naturally during a light segment on the podcast, a “would you rather” style conversation that involved the characters Jesse and Joey, yet it quickly turned into a broader critique of how child actors were treated in press moments back then. Barber’s “gross question” line isn’t just a dunk; it’s a boundary being set publicly, years later, about what adults should never have been asking minors in the first place.
The discussion also doubles as a reminder of how long the Full House cast has stayed in each other’s lives. Sweetin and Barber have continued to revisit the show through the Netflix sequel Fuller House and through their podcast, where they’ve also spoken about supporting one another through major life events in the years since the original sitcom ended.
