Christine Lakin claims she was fired from ‘Fuller House’ after mocking Candace Cameron Bure’s brother

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“How Rude, Tanneritos” podcast and claimed that she was nearly cast as a recurring character on Netflix’s “Full House” reboot series — until she was unexpectedly let go before she could even participate in the table read.Lakin recalled that she had a “great” meeting with creator Jeff Franklin and “was stoked” about appearing on the show, which aired from 2016 to 2020.“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,’ ” Lakin explained.She continued: “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.”Describing the situation as “strange,” the “Step by Step” actress said she tried to get insight from one of the “Fuller Houser” writers, but the writer didn’t know the reason for her firing.Lakin explained that she believes she was let go from the show because she mocked star Candace Cameron Bure’s brother, Kirk Cameron, seven years earlier.“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.”In the 2012 video, Lakin and other former child actors playfully made fun of Cameron, 53, who caused controversy for anti-gay comments at the time.