John Stamos and Jodie Sweetin Remember ‘Death Threats’ That Led to FBI Protection During Full House Days

The fame of John Stamos and Jodie Sweetin from Full house have led to some disturbing situations involving their safety.

During appearances on Sweetin and Andrea Barber’s How rude, Tanneritos! podcast, Stamos, 60, opened up about receiving death threats in the ’90s from crazed fans during his time on the beloved sitcom.

Sweetin, 41, and Barber, 47, recalled how security set up “metal detectors” before the live taping, which was “unheard of in the early ’90s.”

“I could feel this nervous energy all over backstage,” Sweetin continued on the iHeartRadio podcast. “And then right before you came out for your intro, John, you made the sign of the cross. And then I think it was Bob [Saget]maybe Dave [Coulier] … who leaned towards you and said, ‘Can I have your parking spot?’”

John Stamos as Jesse Katsopolis in ‘Full House’.

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Stamos provided more insight into the events that led to the heightened security. He claimed that “some deranged idiot” appeared across the street from Sony, where Full house was being filmed.

The man who made the threat approached the woman in the production and asked where Stamos was. When she asked him about his intentions, he replied, “Because I’m going to kill him.”

“Then she went to get insurance and then he disappeared,” Stamos continued, adding that the man ended up trying to call a “hotline” to get hold of him.

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It’s at the end General Hospital alum ended up getting an “FBI agent” following him “around the clock.”

“I was so stupid because I tried to give them up,” he laughed.

Stamos was not the only one Full house star receiving threats from crazed fans.

Sweetin, who debuted on the show at age 5, also said she would receive death threats from men in prison, as well as requests for “specific photos” of herself as a child.

“I had someone calling the stage … asking for my mom,” she recalled. “They linked it to my wardrobe and they said, ‘Do you know where your daughter is now? We have her’.”

Jodie Sweetin and John Stamos in ‘Full House’.

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“Really creepy stuff,” Sweetin said, adding that at the time she hired Henry Kissinger’s former bodyguard to watch over her. “I had a bodyguard in New York, because there was a guy there that the FBI was following [who] he was trying to kidnap me. It’s a strange way of being.”

The cast Full house was launched into stardom when the series became a smash hit after its debut in 1987. In addition to Stamos, Sweetin, Barber, Saget and Coulier, the sitcom also starred Candace Cameron Bure, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Scott Weinger and Lori Loughlin in its eight seasons from 1987-1995.

The cast returned to reprise their roles for the series’ sequel, A fuller house, which ran on Netflix from 2016 to 2020.

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Full house currently streaming on Hulu and HBO Max, doc a fuller house can be streamed on Netflix. iHeartRadio How rude, Tanneritos! it can be streamed wherever you get your podcasts.

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