Fuller House Star Allegedly Tried To Remove First Gay Character, Candace Cameron Bure Responds!
2023/10/31

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Miss Benny claims someone from the main cast tried getting her character removed, but Candace Cameron-Bure denies the accusation. Playing performer Casey, Miss Benny's role was Kimmy's first high school intern. The character had a lot of potential, but after a couple of episodes, Casey was never seen again in the spinoff. In addition, Casey was the first openly-gay player in the

Taking it to her official TikTok,

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recalls her time in and reveals that one of the main cast members tried having her role axed. Despite not dropping names in her video, Cameron-Bure releases a statement to denying the claims. Read both of their quotes below:

Miss Benny: "I was on , I played Casey, the first gay character on the franchise. One of the Tanner sisters is very publicly 'not for the girls' if that makes sense? [And] I remember I got sat down by the writers and the studio to basically warn me how this person, allegedly, was trying to get the character removed and not have a queer character on the show.

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I was also sort of warned and prepared that this person's fan base might be encouraged to target me specifically. 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,"

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