There were only two Tanner sisters who appeared in Fuller House — Candace Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin — and after Miss Benny accused one of them of wanting to scrap her queer character from the Netflix sitcom, Bure has clapped back.
The drama started when the 24-year-old actress, who played the beloved Full House franchise’s first gay character Casey, posted a TikTok video responding to a question about who was “homophobic” on-set, and whether it was Bure, who has her own history of anti-LGBTQ comments.
“One of the Tanner sisters is like very publicly not for the girls — if that makes sense,” Miss Benny began. “I remember I got sat down by the writers and the studio to basically warned me how this person allegedly was trying to get the character removed and not have a queer character on the show.”
She added that she was “warned and prepared” that this particular person’s fanbase might be “encouraged to target” her specifically.
“The fact that this teenage actor is coming in to make jokes about wearing, like, a scarf is suddenly a target from an adult is crazy to me,” Miss Benny said. “So to this day, despite working on the show every day for two weeks straight, I have only had a conversation with one of the Tanner sisters.”
While Miss Benny didn’t name which Tanner sister she was referring to, she did hashtag Bure’s name in the caption.
Shortly after the Glamorous star posted the video, Bure, who played DJ Tanner on both the original show and all five seasons of the reboot, released her own statement hitting back at the claims.
“I never asked Miss Benny’s character to be removed from Fuller House and did not ask the writers, producers or studio executives to not have queer characters on the show,” she said, per People. “Fuller House has always welcomed a wide range of characters. I thought Miss Benny did a great job as ‘Casey’ on the show.”
Bure continued, “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.”
Decider has reached out to Netflix for comment but did not hear back by the time of publication.
This is hardly the first time Bure has come under fire by the LGBTQ+ community. After leaving Hallmark for conservative broadcast network GAC back in 2022 and telling The Wall Street Journal that she aims to “keep traditional marriage at the core” of her new projects, JoJo Siwa slammed Bure’s comments as “rude and hurtful to a whole community of people.”
