Candace Cameron Bure denies she wants a strange ‘Fuller House’ character

Candace Cameron Bure denied claims she tried to have Miss Benny – who portrayed a strange character Full house – written from the Netflix sitcom.

“I never asked for Miss Benny’s character to be removed Full house and didn’t ask the writers, producers or studio executives not to have weird characters on the show,” Cameron Bure, 47, told me. TVLine in a statement on Thursday, July 6. “Full house has always welcomed a wide variety of characters. I thought Miss Benny did a great job as ‘Casey’ on the show. We didn’t share any scenes together, so we didn’t get a chance to talk much while filming on set. I wish Miss Benny only the best.”

Cameron Bure’s rebuttal comes hours after Miss Benny, 24, posted a video via TikTok claiming that the actress was trying to get them off the show because their character, Casey, was gay.

“One of the Tanner sisters is not for the girls publicly,” Miss Benny shared in Thursday’s clip. “I remember sitting down by the writers and the studio to basically warn me about how this person was allegedly trying to get rid of the character and not have an odd character on the show.”

Cameron Bure starred in all five seasons of Full house as DJ Tanner – a reprisal of her role from the ’90s hit Full house. Miss Benny, for their part, appeared as Casey for two separate season 4 episodes, most notably as the platonic date of Sonic Bringaswho played Ramona Gibler on the series.

While Miss Benny Cameron never mentioned Bure by name, they did hashtag the actress, noting that “this person’s fanbase could be encouraged to target me specifically,” adding, “The fact that this teen actor coming in to joke about wearing a scarf suddenly being targeted by an adult is crazy to me.

“To this day, despite working on the show every day for two weeks, I’ve only had one conversation with one of the Tanner sisters,” they continued.

Miss Benny ended their video by sharing the positives of their experience Full houseincluding “taking the show with all the other actors who wanted to talk to me” and the role that ultimately led to them being cast on Netflix Enchantingwhich premiered last month.

“So everything happens for a reason,” they said. “[But it] it continually amazes me how queer people, especially queer young adults and queer children, are targeted and forced to stand up for themselves against adults.

Cameron Bure previously made headlines in November 2022 when she revealed her motive for leaving Hallmark in favor of Great American Media. “My heart wants to tell stories that have more meaning, purpose and depth behind them,” she told The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ. Magazine at the time. “I knew the people behind Great American Family were Christians who love the Lord and wanted to promote faith programming and good family entertainment.”

When asked if GAC had any plans to include LGBTQIA+ movies in their programming, Cameron Bure replied, “I think Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at its heart.”

After receiving backlash for her controversial comments, Cameron Bure defended herself in a statement later that month, claiming she has “great love and respect for all people”.