John Stamos was mad at the Olsen twins over Fuller House

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by Gene Hers

May 28, 2023 | 12:42 p.m

In the words of “Full House” Uncle Jesse Katsopolis, “Have mercy!”

John Stamos, 59, revealed why he was initially “angry” with twins Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, 36, about skipping the 2016 “Full House” reboot — and how a conversation with them after Bob Saget’s death helped them heal.

From 1987 to 1995, the three starred on the sitcom “Full House” together for eight seasons.

“[Bob Saget] He was instrumental in keeping us all together,” Stamos began during an appearance this week on the podcast of “Glee” stars Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz, “And that’s what you really missed. “

“The twins moved to New York…and I have to tell you, it’s one of the only good things that came out of Bob, well…Mary-Kate and Ashley, we didn’t really see much of them,” he explained, speaking of the star’s death in 2022.

“I mean, we stayed in touch for a bit but Bob really did. And they were cool… You hear rumors, ‘Oh, they hated their childhood or hated being on the show or something. ‘”

The twins played Michelle Tanner, daughter of Danny Tanner (Bob Saget), while Stamos played their uncle Jesse Katsopolis, telling the story of a modern family reunited after the death of Tanner’s imaginary wife.

“When I did Fuller House They didn’t want to come back,” Stamos continued. “And I was angry for a minute. And it came out. “

But they were just, ‘We loved our childhood. We loved being with you. We miss Bob. They came to my house. They brought a piece of ham and sage. I don’t know why but thank you. It was a frozen pork chop, so that was really nice. So we stayed very close.”

The Post has reached out to representatives for Stamos and the Olsen twins for comment.

in 2015, It has been announced That reboot of the original show is coming to Netflix, and it’s called “Fuller House.”

As Stamos said, the Olsen twins, who have since largely withdrawn from public life, turned down the chance to reprise their original roles.

They starred in the show when they were infants to eight years old.

Instead, it featured cameo appearances from Stamos and Saget, as well as Dave Coulier, who played Joey Gladstone, Lori Loughlin as Becky Katsopolis, Jodie Sweetin as Stephanie Tanner, and Scott Weinger, who played Steve Hill.

Reboot It lasted five seasonswhich expires in 2020.

In 2021, Stamos admitted he was initially disappointed that the Olsen twins hadn’t been as creative in the reboot as they were in “Watch what’s happening liveWith Andy Cohen, but they understood their decision.

But even though he was disappointed, there was a period of time when he actually wanted to kick the two of them off the sitcom back in the day.

He claimed he “couldn’t handle” the twins’ constant crying during a podcast appearance in April.

Stamos explained that the incident occurred during the show’s first episode, when he and Collier’s character took care of Olsen’s character while their father was away.

“They were 11 months old, and God bless them,” Stamos said during an appearance in April. Josh Peck and Ben Soffer’s “Good Guys” podcast. “They kept switching: ‘This ain’t going to cry.’ I couldn’t handle it,” Stamos recalls. “And I said, ‘This ain’t going to work.’ So they got rid of them.”

In the episode, the twins were replaced by a pair of red-haired actors — and they were brought back a few days later.