A lot of fans made a big deal over the fact that and Jodie Sweetin for the Netflix spinoff in 2016. Heck, the characters even made several remarks about Michelle’s absence in the show. However, all of the their family friendly characters have always made it clear that they , and Sweetin recently gave a particularly good explanation about why it makes sense that they didn't come back.
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Jodie Sweetin, who played middle sister Stephanie Tanner on the ABC sitcom
and Netflix’s , spoke to Kaitlyn Bristowe on her podcast about the career-defining role. Sweetin said there’s always been an assumption that there was some kind of negativity behind the ’ absence, but the reasoning is actually extremely valid. She explained:
It wasn’t like anything bad ever happened. It was just, they were 8 years old when the show stopped, so, you know, their whole life existed after.
All of their memories, they’re pre-8 years old. How much of your life do you remember before you were 8 years old? Not much. So people are like, ‘Why didn’t they want [to return for Fuller House]?’ Because they were so little.
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