Christine Lakin appeared on Friday’s episode of Jodie Sweetin’s How Rude, Tanneritos podcast and said that she was nearly cast as a recurring character on Netflix’s Fuller Housebut was unexpectedly let go before the table read.
Fuller House was a sequel series to Full Housewhich aired on ABC from 1987 to 1995. Fuller House aired from 2016 to 2020.
Lakin said that she had a “great” meeting with creator Jeff Franklin and “was stoked” about appearing on the show.
“And then about two days before the table read, I got a call from my manager saying, ‘Yes, something happened. They’re pushing the table read. I think there’s some stuff with the script they want to rewrite,’” Lakin said.
“The next day happened and my manager calls and says, ‘Hey, I don’t know how to tell you this, but you’ve been let go.’ And I was like, ‘What do you mean?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, they just said they’re rewriting the character and they’re not going to need you anymore. And I was like, ‘What did I do wrong?’ I didn’t even go to a table read.”
Calling what happened “strange,” the actress said she asked one of the writers what happened, but the writer didn’t know why she was fired.
Lakin said she believes the reason is a past incident when she mocked star Candace Cameron Bure’s brother, Kirk Cameron.
“I participated in a Funny or Die video that a friend of mine made and at the time, Funny or Die had just come out. And at the time, Kirk Cameron had said some public things about the LGBTQ community and I thought those were very damaging.”
In the 2012 video, Lakin and other former child actors made fun of Cameron.
“It was funny. It was a satire,” Lakin said about the video.
“And all I can think of is that it created some bad blood,” she added. “And seven years later, my presence was not wanted. That’s maybe what I think.”
“It was a bummer for me,” Lakin said. “It really was.”
