From reboots to legal woes, Candace Cameron Bure and Lori Loughlin have stayed friends through it all!
The actresses first met on the set of Full House, which premiered on ABC in 1987. While Bure starred as the eldest Tanner daughter, D.J., Loughlin played her Aunt Becky. After the show came to an end in 1995, the duo stayed close and even reunited on TV years later for the show’s reboot. Fuller House aired on Netflix from 2016 to 2020 with both Bure and Loughlin reprising their roles.
When Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, faced a series of legal troubles amid the college admissions scandal, she left the show. The couple pleaded guilty to fraud in May 2020 after they were accused in March 2019 of paying $500,000 in bribes to ensure their daughters — Olivia Jade and Bella Giannulli — were accepted into the University of Southern California. Both the actress and fashion mogul were sentenced to time in prison, which they have both completed, along with community service hours and ordered to pay $400,000 in fines, which they paid in full.
Despite having left Fuller House due to the nationwide scandal, the Summerland alum’s onscreen niece stood up for her in the public eye, proving that their real-life friendship was stronger than ever.
“It’s too personal to us and we would never want to talk about someone that’s such a dear and close friend,” Bure said during an April 2019 appearance on the Today show. “I’ve already said that we are family and we stand by each other and pray for each other and we’ll always be there for each other.”
Aside from their time as fictional family members, Bure and Loughlin were also staples on the Hallmark Channel, especially when it came to the network’s holiday films. While the Dancing With the Stars alum has continued to star in various Hallmark films, the network cut ties with the 90210 actress in March 2019. Prior to her departure from Hallmark, Loughlin even reunited with Bure while walking a red carpet at one of the network’s star-studded events in 2015.
While Loughlin has kept a low profile following her involvement in the college admissions scandal — she and Giannulli took a June 2021 vacation in Mexico to get out of the public eye — Bure is always happy to give an update on her longtime friend. In May 2021, the mom of three told Us Weekly that Loughlin was doing “good” following her legal woes and confirmed that she’s also in the Full House group chat!
Scroll through to look back at Bure and Loughlin’s friendship through the years:
Bure and Loughlin met on the set of Full House in 1988. The character of Aunt Becky wasn't introduced until the show's second season.
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Loughlin became a main cast member on the show during season 3, and appeared alongside Bure until it came to an end in 1995.
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In 2008, the actresses proved that their bond was stronger than ever when reuniting on the red carpet at the Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine gala.
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They became staples on the Hallmark Channel. Bure started her holiday movie career in 2008 with roles in Moonlight and Mistletoe and Switched For Christmas, among others.
Loughlin, for her part, starred in 2010's Meet My Mom before nabbing a role in the series When Calls the Heart. Her relationship with the network was terminated in March 2019.
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In 2014, Us reported that Loughlin was spotted at Bure's 38th birthday party.
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Both women reprised their Full House roles for the Netflix spinoff series, which aired from 2016 to 2020.
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In March 2019, it was reported that Loughlin may not return for the final Fuller House season. When the show premiered its sixth season on Netflix, Bure's character was the one who questioned Aunt Becky's absence.
"Aunt Becky is in Nebraska helping out her mother,” John Stamos, playing Uncle Jesse, said during the episode that aired in June 2020. “I don’t want to bother her with a tiny little thing like this.”
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While appearing on the Today show in April 2019 with fellow Fuller House star Jodie Sweetin, Bure shared her support for costar and friend Loughlin amid the college admissions scandal.
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After Loughlin's prison sentence was announced in August 2020, an Instagram user commented on a post, writing, "They should have 4 years each for the college kids that should have gotten in – ugh."
Bure responded with a sad face emoji.
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Bure shared a photo on Instagram Stories in November 2020 of flowers and a letter when celebrating the one-year anniversary of filming the Fuller House finale. She later confirmed during an interview with Entertainment Tonight that the sweet note was written by Loughlin.
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When celebrating her 25th wedding anniversary to husband Valeri Bure, the Hallmark star thanked Loughlin for being her "wing woman," revealing that her former costar was there the night Candace and Valeri met.
“In light of our 25th wedding anniversary 💒, I did some internet digging. The first photo is the night I was introduced and met my future husband, Valeri Bure. This photo was taken in 1994 at the Luc Robitaille charity hockey game @dcoulier invited @bobsaget , Lori Loughlin and me to,” she shared via Instagram in June 2021.
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