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New York Post
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Full House' child star in a ‘constant process of recovery' after finding fame at young age
Everywhere Blake McIver Ewing looks, he's reminded of his time on 'Full House.' The actor, 40, got candid about playing Michelle Tanner's (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) friend, Derek Boyd, on the sitcom, which ran for eight seasons from 1987 to 1995. While on Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber's 'Full House' rewatch podcast, 'How Rude, Tanneritos,' on June 26, Ewing said he is most remembered for his 'Yankee Doodle Boy' performance from season six, episode eight, titled 'The Play's The Thing.' Advertisement 9 Blake McIver Ewing on 'Full House.' Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Ewing revealed that fans still 'absolutely' ask him about the song, adding, 'I get requests for it.' 'This is the time of year where I start to hunker down like a Cold War bunker,' he joked. 'Tis the season. The memes start coming.' Advertisement 9 Yankee Doddle Boy performance. All kidding aside, Ewing said, 'It is an honor, and I'm glad that it still brings people joy.' Reflecting on playing Derek, the star noted he had 'a lot of similarities' to his character. 'I was very, very precocious and very able to speak my mind,' he confessed, expressing that they were both 'bossy.' Although the Hollywood vet has fond memories from his time on 'Full House,' being a child star has left him a 'Recovering Child Actor,' as noted in his Instagram bio. Advertisement 9 Blake McIver Ewing's Yankee Doddle Boy dance. Ewing starred in a slew of projects after his stint on 'Full House,' including playing Waldo in the 1994 classic 'The Little Rascals' and voicing Eugene in 2002's 'Hey Arnold! The Movie,' as well as starring in TV shows like 2001's 'Adventures in Odyssey.' 'I feel like we're all in recovery always,' Ewing shared with his former co-stars. 'It's an annoying process. People ask me about it all the time, and I'm like, 'No. It's not a negative thing. It's just like there's a constant process of recovery.'' Ewing also considered himself 'lucky' that his parents, actress Susan McIver and director Bill Ewing, didn't push him to be an actor, adding that he 'wanted to do it.' Advertisement 9 Blake McIver Ewing and Mary Kate/Ashley Olsen on 'Full House.' Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images 'Since both my parents were in show business, they didn't care at all,' he confessed. 'They were like, 'Well, if you're gonna do it, just don't embarrass us. At least be good at it.'' 'But it's so funny because you become a teenager, you become an adolescent, and it doesn't matter. There is still a life learning curve,' said Ewing. 'And it's really more about that. It's like we recover in our own way.' Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner, echoed her former co-star's sentiments, sharing that 'there's a whole extra layer of getting through that thing of being known as something [as] a child.' 9 Blake McIver Ewing performs on stage. Getty Images for Family Equality Council 'Most people don't have to shake off a career at 13 and be like, 'Who am I now?'' Sweetin continued while noting that as a teen, you're 'really trying to figure out who you are anyway,' but being a child star adds extra 'layers.' 'Absolutely,' Ewing agreed. 'It is an identity crisis of a sort. And I always try to explain to people… you have your mid-career crisis at 18.' From Barber's perspective, child actors from the '90s have their 'own language' and are 'like one big fraternity.' Advertisement 9 Blake McIver Ewing attends Family Equality Council's Impact Awards. Getty Images for Family Equality Ewing said while doing 'a lot of episodic work' on other series as a kid, it showed him just how 'lucky' the cast of 'Full House' was. Ewing reprised his role as Derek on 'Fuller House,' which ran from 2016 to 2020. He starred in the series finale, Season 5 episode 18, titled 'Our Very Last Show, Again.' 'When we were doing 'Fuller House,' I was always thinking about, 'Where is Derek?'' he said. 'I hope he's teaching high school theater in San Francisco.' Advertisement Along with the Olsen twins, 39, Sweetin and Barber, 'Full House' also starred Candace Cameron Bure, Dave Coulier, John Stamos, Lori Loughlin and the late Bob Saget, who died at age 65 in 2022. 9 John Stamos, Lori Loughlin, Dave Coulier; Candace Cameron, Andrea Barber, Jodie Sweetin, Bob Saget, Mary-Kate Olsen / Ashley Olsen in 1991. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images For the sequel series, everyone returned except Mary-Kate and Ashley. In November, Sweetin admitted she would love to get the gang back together once more. Advertisement 'I've learned in this business never say never,' she told The Post. 'I'm totally down for it. I've been saying we need to do the 'Golden Girls Fullest House.'' Sweetin teased, 'Give it a few years and we'll be like appropriate old lady age. I think we could do it.' 9 Bob Saget (Danny), Dave Coulier (Joey), Mary Kate Olsen (Michelle), and John Stamos (Uncle Jesse). Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images But 'The Jane Mysteries' actress knows things won't be how they were without Saget, who played the beloved Danny Tanner. Advertisement 'He is the heart of the family in so many ways,' she explained. 'But I think the rest of us would definitely love to do it.' Bure also shared that she has kept one very important piece of wisdom from the late comic in mind. 9 'Fuller House.' ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection 'I try to remember to tell all the people I love that I love them every time I see them,' the Great American Family CCO exclusively told The Post. 'Tell the people that you love that you love them. Don't leave the room without it.' Bure said she tries 'to laugh a lot,' adding, 'I miss Bob every day.'
USA Today
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber of 'Full House' say John Stamos crush questions felt 'gross'
Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber of 'Full House' say John Stamos crush questions felt 'gross' Show Caption Hide Caption John Stamos reveals he was kicked out of Scientology John Stamos has opened up about his departure from the Church of Scientology, saying he was kicked out. unbranded - Entertainment Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber always thought of "Uncle Jesse" as just that. The former "Full House" child stars opened up about the awkward questions they were asked about costar John Stamos during a mini-episode of their "How Rude, Tanneritos!" podcast on April 25. In the episode, the two play "Would You Rather?" when the question arises of whether they would rather marry Joey Gladstone or Jess Katsopolis. Both eventually agree that Joey was the better choice due to Jesse's "toxic male traits," said Barber, and that Joey would be "somebody that makes me laugh," said Sweetin. But the pair admitted the question was "weird" for them. John Stamos talks rocking through Beach Boys stage fails, showtime hair, Bob Saget lessons "I'm like, I don't know that it's because it's like they're family and it's weird," Sweetin, 43, said. "But I guess, if you had to pick based on temperament alone, we're going with Gladstone." Barber, 48, then brought up how uncomfortable it is to be asked about the actors in this way, after becoming so close on the 1990s sitcom. "When people ask us in media interviews, they're like, 'Did you ever have a crush on John Stamos?' No, that is a gross question," Barber said. "They're like our older brothers, and we do not think of them that way." "Not even older brothers, like they're like my uncles," said Sweetin, who played the two men's niece Stephanie Tanner on the series. Rob Lowe calls out LA tour guide for confusing him with John Stamos "There's nothing remotely attractive about this," Barber, who played neighbor Kimmy Gibbler, added. "Full House" aired from 1987 to 1995, starring Stamos, 61, Sweetin, Barber, Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron Bure, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen and the late Bob Saget. The cast has remained close, with Stamos telling USA TODAY in July that "Bob was the one who kept us all together, he was the glue. It still hurts. He was just plucked out of our lives." Saget was found dead in a Florida hotel room on Jan. 9, 2022, and his cause of death was determined to be head trauma. Before his death, the cast – sans Oslen twins – reprised their roles on the sequel series "Fuller House," from 2016 to 2020.
