Dave Coulier used a group text message to tell his Full House colleagues that he was battling cancer.
The 65-year-old actor said People On Wednesday, she received an “immediate” response after telling her co-stars that she had been diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The St. Clair Shores, Michigan-born actor told the publication, “I didn’t want them to find out from someone else, so I sent a text message.”
Coulier, who played Joey Gladstone on Full House from 1987 to 1995 and Fuller House from 2016 to 2020, said the group text is made up of the show’s creator Jeff Franklin and co-stars John Stamos, Lori Loughlin, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber and Scott Weinger.
“It was just this outpouring of, ‘I’ll be there. Just give the time, and I know you’re in good hands with (wife Melissa Bring), but what can we do?'” he said.
Dave Coulier, 65, says he used a group text message to tell his Full House colleagues that he was battling cancer. Photographed Sunday in Michigan
Coulier sent a group text to a thread that included (LR) Candace Cameron Bure, Andrea Barber, Jodie Sweetin, Lori Loughlin, and John Stamos. In the photo on Stamos’ Instagram in 2019
Coulier, who has also worked on popular shows such as Robot Chicken, How I Met Your Mother and It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, said of the show’s inner circle: “It really is overwhelming the love we have for each other.
“We’ve been there for so many years for each other and it’s pretty extraordinary.”
Coulier said the cast’s bonds have been strong in the nearly three years since Bob Saget’s death in January 2022 at the age of 65.
“I think we value not only our lives together, but we value our lives,” he said. ‘We value those good times and the positive moments that we have been able to share. And I think that spills over to other people and it’s just positive.
‘There aren’t many negatives when I’m with that group of people. It’s really just laughter and positivity, and we really appreciate what we have in our lives and the people around us.”
Coulier told the outlet that Stamos would visit him on Saturday, after undergoing chemotherapy.
“I can’t wait for him to visit me, on November 15th, I will receive chemotherapy treatment,” Coulier said. “On November 16, John will be here.”
He said of Stamos: “He says, ‘If you just want to sleep, I’ll sit next to you or if you want to listen to music or just talk, whatever.’ And I was like, ‘Wow. That’s like a brother. “He’s really a brother.”
Coulier said of the show’s inner circle, “It’s truly overwhelming the love we have for each other.”
Coulier spoke about her diagnosis with Hoda Kotb on the Today Show earlier Wednesday.
The cast of the series, including the late Bob Saget, was photographed in January 2017 in Los Angeles.
Coulier, who spoke about his diagnosis with Hoda Kotb on the Today Show earlier Wednesday, told the publication that he was diagnosed last month after dealing with an upper respiratory infection.
“I went from having a little cold to having cancer, and it was pretty overwhelming,” Coulier told the outlet. “This has been a really fast rollercoaster ride.”
Coulier, father of son Luc, 34, with ex-wife Jayne Modean, said he entertained himself doing his Full House Rewind podcast as he “never watched” the show during its first broadcast.
‘I understand. I get it,” Coulier said. ‘I understand why kids loved it so much, why families loved it so much and why it has become so intergenerational. “It really has wonderful elements for kids and families.”
He said the series’ overwhelming message of love, respect and effort resonates throughout the episodes.
“I didn’t really understand that when we were doing the show because it was so intense doing 192 episodes, but I understand it now,” Coulier said. ‘In fact, I can be much more objective having a child going through family moments, raising a child. It all makes sense to me.
“Now I think, ‘Oh, now I see what was in the Kool-Aid. I understand”.