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,
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.
Cameron-Bure: "I never asked Miss Benny’s character to be removed from and did not ask the writers, producers or studio executives to have queer characters on the show.
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