Candace Cameron Bureis denying claims that she tried to haveFuller Houseguest star,Miss Benny, removed from the Netflix sitcom.
On Thursday,Glamorousstar Miss Benny, 24, posteda TikTok videowhere she recalled an alleged incident in which she was told her character Casey,Fuller House’s first gay character, was at risk of being removed from the show because “one of the Tanner sisters” was “very publicly not for the girls.”
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The actress added that she was “warned and prepared” that this person’s fan base might be encouraged to target her.
Bure, 47, later refuted the allegations, telling PEOPLE in a statement that the two had limited interaction on the series but she only wants “the best” for theGlamorousstar.
“I never asked Miss Benny’s character to be removed fromFuller Houseand did not ask the writers, producers or studio executives tonothave queer characters on the show,” said Bure, who played DJ Tanner onFull Houseand its Netflix revival. “Fuller Househas always welcomed a wide range of characters. I thought Miss Benny did a great job as ‘Casey’ on the show. We didn’t share any scenes together, so we didn’t get a chance to talk much while filming on set. I wish Miss Benny only the best.”
Reps for Netflix did not immediately reply to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Candace Cameron Bure on ‘Fuller House’ with Andrea Barber (left) and Jodie Sweetin.Netflix
This isn’t the first time Bure has found herself in themiddle of controversyon social media.
In July 2022, singer and actressJoJo Siwaposted avideo to social mediawith photos of celebrities she thought were the “rudest,” “nicest, “coolest” and her “crush.” The Nickelodeon star, 20, named Bure as the “rudest celebrity” she had ever met for declining to take a photo on the red carpet of theFuller Housepremiere when Siwa was 11-years-old.
Though Bureapologized to Siwa on social mediaand the twomade amends, the singer — who identifies as queer and pansexual — later called out Bure again in November 2022 after theFuller Houseactresssaid in an interviewwithThe Wall Street Journalshe plans to “keep traditional marriage at the core” of her partnership with the Great American Family channel.
“Honestly, I can’t believe after everything that went down just a few months ago, that she would not only create a movie with intention of excluding LGBTQIA+, but then also talk about it in the press. This is rude and hurtful to a whole community of people,” Siwa wrote on Instagram at the time.
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Siwa latertold PEOPLE of her relationshipwith Bure: “We have not [talked], and I don’t think we ever will again."
source: people.com
