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John Stamosis opening up about his longtime friend and costarLori Loughlin’s involvement in a nationwidecollege admissions scandal.
The 59-year-old actor defended his formerFull Housecastmate on Monday’s episode of theArmchair Expertpodcast.
“You said some really nice stuff about her,” he told hostDax Shepard. “We talked last night about you. It was something that you were saying about how you hate when people bring her up because if you defend her then people get mad. If you don’t defend her, then you feel bad because she’s a great person.”
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TheBig Shotstar went on to say that Loughlin, 58, was not the mastermind behind the scandal.
“I am going to say this, and she said I could. She wasn’t really the architect of any of it — she was in the way background,” he explained. “She didn’t know what was going on.”
Stamos added that she tried to make amends for her involvement, saying, “She also paid a lot of money. Sheset up a college fund for kidsand shewent to f—ing jailman.”
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Since then, Loughlin hasreturned to actingand recentlyattended her first red carpetevent. She also previously appeared on Stamos’s Instagram Liveto pay tributeto their lateFull Housecostar,Bob Saget, whodiedon Jan. 9.
In June,Dave Coulierrevealed he never would’ve expected Loughlin to be theFull Housecast member that wasput behind barsin an interview with E! News.
“If you would have said at the beginning ofFull House, ‘Who’s the one person who’s going to end up going to jail?‘Lori was last on the list,” he said.
“Everyone has their opinion,” he added of Loughlin’s involvement in the scandal. “There’s a lot of untold story underneath that I don’t think a lot of people know. We all make mistakes.”
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Since their time on the beloved sitcom, it seems as though little has changed for the costars and their tight-knit bond.
“Lori is my best girl friend in life,” Coulier shared. “We make each other laugh really hard, through the tough times and the fun times.”
source: people.com
