Keeping her friends close! Candace Cameron Bure has made a habit of staying connected to her Full House costars over the years.
“The Full House group chat is, like, it’s the OGs: John [Stamos], Bob [Saget], Dave [Coulier],” Bure, 46, exclusively told Us Weekly in April 2021, eight months before Saget died at the age of 65 from accidental head trauma. The Kind Is the New Classy author added that Scott Weinger, Andrea Barber, Jodie Sweetin and herself were also part of a separate Fuller House group chat.
After the stand-up comedian’s January 2022 death, Bure, who was very close with her former TV dad, shared her final text exchange with Saget. During an appearance on Today, she explained that the How I Met Your Mother alum apologized for being “cranky” two weeks before he passed.
“He said, ‘Oh, now I feel even worse. I was so wrong. You’re, like, my favorite person on the earth. And I acted like Dolly. I was getting ready to take a late flight, and I was annoyed.’ Dolly was his mom,” the Shoe Addict’s Christmas actress said in February 2022. “‘You’re one of the few that understands if I act like Dolly, I’m not the best at my game that day. Haha.’ And Bob went on and on and on in the text and he said at the end, ‘I love you more for the trouble you’re giving me — if that’s even possible.’ And I wrote back, ‘I love you, I could never be mad at you. Roll my eyes at you? Yes. But never mad.’”
As she mourned, the Make It or Break It alum leaned on her friends, including Barber, who played Kimmy Gibbler on Full House. In March 2022, the pair took a road trip to ’90s Con together, along with Weinger. They documented their travels via Instagram Live.
“This is very healing, this trip for us. Just to be together,” Barber said. “That was kind of the reason, one of the big reasons, we all said yes to it … to be together because it helps the healing and the grief.”
Saget’s death also formed a stronger connection between the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries actress and his widow, Kelly Rizzo. “I love Kelly. She’s a wonderful person, but now we’re talking even more often than we did, which is wonderful,” Bure told Us in February 2022. “Every day it feels a little bit better, but then it’ll hit you outta nowhere. I will really greatly miss his friendship and the laughs and the hugs.”
Scroll through to see the friends Bure keeps in her inner circle:
Bure has known her fellow Hallmark Channel alum since their days as child stars on Full House and The Wonder Years, respectively. They both appeared on season 18 of Dancing With the Stars and have become close friends. “I’m more amazed every year at your grace and incredible beauty, inside & out, and so grateful for your friendship,” McKellar wrote via Instagram in an April 2021 birthday shout-out to the former View panelist. Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup for/Shutterstock
The Christmas Town actress stood by Loughlin after she was sentenced to time in prison for her involvement in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. “It’s too personal to us and we would never want to talk about someone that’s such a dear and close friend,” Bure said of her Full House costar during an April 2019 appearance on Today. “I’ve already said that we are family and we stand by each other and pray for each other and we’ll always be there for each other.” Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
After playing sisters on TV, Bure and Sweetin maintained a close friendship, reprising their respective roles as DJ and Stephanie Tanner on Fuller House from 2016 to 2020. “This girl ❤️. If I'm ever gonna travel with 1 person in a foreign country when neither of us speak the language, it's gonna be this girl,” the Reshaping It All author captioned an August 2017 Instagram selfie of her and Sweetin in Japan. Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock
In April 2015, Barber shared photos of her and the Switched for Christmas actress hugging after a run. “This girl. ☺️💖 One of my longest friendships. And this is how we smile & laugh every single time we're together,” she captioned the Instagram post. Scott Kirkland/Shutterstock
The two Hallmark Channel alums regularly support each other via Instagram. After Bure responded to JoJo Siwa calling her the "rudest" celebrity she'd ever met in a TikTok video, PenaVega commented, "👏👏👏 class act friend. ♥️" "I was shocked when I saw the TikTok on Sunday," the Balancing It All author explained in a July 2022 Instagram Live. She revealed that she and the Dance Moms alum had a conversation and cleared the air. “No matter how many followers you have, even a 10-second trending TikTok video can do damage because our words matter and our actions matter. … We are both positive, encouraging people, and I told JoJo how much I’ve always appreciated her because she has been a good role model because of her positivity throughout her whole life and career. … There’s no drama. That’s the tea," she said. Broadimage/Shutterstock
Bure isn’t just tight with fellow actors. In March 2022, she shared an Instagram selfie of her and a friend from high school. “This is my best friend Dilini. We’ve been besties since 10th grade 🥰. She’s the best. Just sayin’ 😉,” she captioned the snapshot. Courtesy Candace Cameron Bure/Instagram
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