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Jodie Sweetin Had About $190 Before Returning for Fuller House
Jodie Sweetin says she was nearly out of money before returning to television.
The Full House actor, who played Stephanie Tanner, said on a podcast that she had about $190 in her bank account before filming the 2016 reboot, Fuller House.
She also said she borrowed money during her first week on the job, and no one she worked with knew about her situation.
After Full House ended in 1995, Sweetin has said addiction struggles left her without money, and she took work outside Hollywood to pay her bills.
She worked as a logistics coordinator at a Los Angeles treatment center, earning $2,200 a month while raising her two daughters.
Sweetin said the experience taught her humility and that she learned to be happy with her life, even when money was tight.
Jodie Sweetin said she had about $190 in her bank account before filming the 2016 reboot Fuller House.
She said she borrowed money during her first week working on the show.
Sweetin recalled that nobody she worked with knew how little money she had.
After Full House ended, she said addiction and partying left her with no money and led her to seek work outside Hollywood.
Before returning to television, she worked as a logistics coordinator at a treatment center in Los Angeles, according to E! News.
- Who
- Jodie Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner on Full House.
- What
- She said she had about $190 in her bank account before filming Fuller House and borrowed money during her first week working on it.
- When
- Before filming Fuller House, the 2016 reboot; the podcast episode was described as recent.
- Where
- Los Angeles, where E! News says she worked as a logistics coordinator at a treatment center.
- Why
- She said addiction and partying left her with no money, leading her to find work outside the spotlight to make ends meet.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Full House ended, according to E! News.
Sweetin said she had about $190 in her bank account and borrowed money during her first week working on the reboot.
Fuller House, the reboot, began.
- Bank account
- About $190 before filming Fuller House
- First week
- Sweetin said she borrowed money while working on Fuller House
- Reboot year
- 2016
- Past role
- Stephanie Tanner on Full House
- Los Angeles job
- Logistics coordinator at a treatment center
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What people are saying
I had to borrow money the first week I was working on ‘Fuller House,’ and I [skittered] into my first paycheck with like $190 in my bank account
And nobody that I worked with knew that.
Paying my bills. Kids don’t pay for themselves.