We all know the basic premise behind Full House — dad of three Danny Tanner enlists his best friend and brother-in-law, asking them to move into his house rent-free in exchange for helping him raise his three daughters following the death of his wife. For eight years (and then for decades longer in syndication and on streaming) we came to know and love D.J., Stephanie and Michelle, and the hijinks they got into with their dad, Uncle Joey and Uncle Jesse.
Jodie Sweetin, who played the middle Tanner child, wanted to set the record straight about Dave Coulier's Joey Gladstone and his relationship to Stephanie and her sisters. While Jesse Katsopolis (John Stamos) was the brother of Danny's wife, Joey did not hold the same status within the family.
He's not an uncle. I'm gonna debate this fact, because people always say, 'Oh, what about Uncle Joey?' And I'm the first to [say], 'Like, actually, he's not an uncle.' And we never called him 'Uncle Joey.'
What do you mean you never called him "Uncle Joey"?! Of course I understand that he was not related by blood or marriage to Bob Saget's Danny Tanner, but I'm pretty sure I have always referred to him as an uncle for honorary purposes, because he was definitely part of the family.
A quick search I did through some Full House clips resulted in zero instances of "Uncle Joey," so consider my mind blown. I don't know if this is a Mandela Effect situation, but the moniker had to start somewhere, because — according to Jodie Sweetin herself — Mr. Gladstone was indeed promoted to "uncle" status in the Netflix spinoff Fuller House. The podcast host continued:
The younger kids, I think, started calling him 'Uncle Joey' [on Fuller House].
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