90s TV star reveals she was fired from Netflix series before it even began-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro

Step by Step actress Christine Lakin has revealed she was ‘let go’ from a Netflix show (Picture: Craig T. Mathews/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

Christine Lakin has revealed she was ‘let go’ from Fuller House after almost being in the Netflix show.

The streaming platform aired the sequel series to Full House from 2016 to 2020, and while the 45-year-old actress was ‘stoked’ about the possibility of appearing on the show, things didn’t pan out as she hoped.

Despite a ‘great’ meeting with creator Jeff Franklin, things took a turn before a planned table read.

Appearing on Jodie Sweetin’s How Rude, Tanneritos podcast, she said: ‘And then about two days before the table read, I got a call from my manager saying, ‘Yes, something happened. They’re pushing the table read. I think there’s some stuff with the script they want to rewrite.”

‘The next day happened and my manager calls and says, “Hey, I don’t know how to tell you this, but you’ve been let go.”

‘And I was like, “What do you mean?” And he said, “Yeah, they just said they’re rewriting the character and they’re not going to need you anymore”. And I was like, “What did I do wrong?” I didn’t even go to a table read.’

Full House originally ran from 1987 to 1995 (Picture: American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images)

A sequel landed in 2016 (Picture: Michael Yarish/Netflix)

The former Step By Step star found the situation ‘strange’, particularly after asking one of the writers what happened only to be told they didn’t know why she had been fired.

Christine has her own theories, going back to a 2012 Funny Or Die video mocking Full House and Fuller House star Candace Cameron Bure’s brother Kirk Cameron.

She recalled: ‘I participated in a Funny or Die video that a friend of mine made and at the time, Funny or Die had just come out.

‘And at the time, Kirk Cameron had said some public things about the LGBTQ community and I thought those were very damaging.’

Christine has a theory on why she was let go (Picture: Amy Graves/Getty Images for Kash Hovey)

In the sketch, Christine and other former child stars made fun of Kirk, and she thinks it may have caused some ‘bad blood’ ahead of the revival.

She said: ‘It was funny. It was a satire. And all I can think of is that it created some bad blood. And seven years later, my presence was not wanted. That’s maybe what I think.’

She admitted she is still disappointed not to be part of the sequel to Full House, which initially ran from 1987 to 1995.

She added: ‘It was a bummer for me. It really was.’

Fuller House is available to watch on Netflix.

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