Jodie Sweetin has expressed her surprise and “disappointment” that a recent independent romantic
comedy she filmed had been sold to Great
American Media, —which is, as it happens , the media company that employs her old co-star Candace Cameron Bure as its chief content officer. The disagreement between the two isn’t just delayed (and fictitious) sibling rivalry, either: Sweetin is a long-time advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, while Bure after she gave a interview in which she said Great American wanted to “ keep traditional marriage at the core” of its movies. (Despite Bure’s occasional protestations, the comments were largely seen as a swipe at Hallmark Channel, where she’d reigned as “
Queen Of Christmas” for more than a decade, and which has, over the last several years, been increasingly mindful about including gay and nonbinary characters and performers in its productions.) Sweetin didn’t mention Bure by name in her own statement. (The two worked together as recently as 2020, starring as adult versions of the Tanner girls on Netflix’s .) But i n said statement, she did make it clear that her new movie (which sounds a lot like but with crafting stores, natch) was sold to GAM’s Great American Family network without her knowledge. Here’s her statement: [ ]