Candace Cameron Bure Says "Cancel Culture Is Real"
Candace Cameron Bure is responding to a assertion astir alleged homophobic behaviour connected Fuller House.
The histrion denied accusations of anti-LGBTQ+ behaviour connected acceptable aft co-star Miss Benny called retired an unnamed formed member for allegedly not supporting her queer quality connected the sitcom series.
"I ne'er asked Miss Benny's quality to beryllium removed from Fuller House and did not inquire the writers, producers oregon workplace executives to not person queer characters connected the show," Bure said successful a connection to E! News July 6. "Fuller House has ever welcomed a wide scope of characters."
Moreover, Bure praised Benny for her "great" show arsenic Casey, the archetypal queer quality connected Fuller House. Benny played Casey for 2 episodes connected play 1 and did not instrumentality again, per IMDb.
"We didn't stock immoderate scenes together, truthful we didn't get a accidental to speech overmuch portion filming connected set," Bure added. "I privation Miss Benny lone the best."
Bure's remark comes aft Benny shared a TikTok July 5 astir "things I ate and survived," successful which she included, "homophobia connected the Fuller House set."
When a instrumentality asked, "Fuller House? Who was homophobic, was it Candace," Benny elaborated further.
"One of the Tanner sisters was precise publicly… not for the girls, if that makes sense," she said. "I retrieve I got sat down by the writers and the workplace to fundamentally pass maine however this idiosyncratic allegedly was trying to get the quality removed and not person a queer quality connected the show."
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Benny, who came retired arsenic transgender past month, continued, "I was besides benignant of warned and prepared that this person's instrumentality basal mightiness beryllium encouraged to people maine specifically."
Bure played DJ Tanner connected Fuller House, other fictional sister Stephanie Tanner, who was portrayed by Jodie Sweetin. Benny did not disclose which Tanner sister she was referring to.
"The information that this teenage histrion who's coming successful to marque jokes astir wearing a scarf is abruptly a people from an big is brainsick to me," Benny continued. "To this day, contempt moving connected the amusement each time for 2 weeks straight, I person lone had a speech with 1 of the Tanner sisters."
Despite the alleged onset behavior, Benny, who present stars connected Netflix's Glamorous, said she had a "really amusive clip really shooting the amusement with each the different actors who were consenting to speech to me."
"And the amusement yet led to maine being connected Glamorous connected Netflix. So everything happens for a reason," she said, adding however it "continuously blows my caput however queer people, specifically queer young adults and children, are being targeted and having to advocator for themselves against adults."
E! News has reached retired to Benny, Netflix, Jeff Franklin Productions and Sweetin for remark connected the claims but hasn't heard back.
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Last year, Bure found herself embroiled successful different controversy aft she said the Great American Family web would "keep accepted matrimony astatine the core," which sparked backlash from those who accused her of not supporting same-sex marriage. At the time, she clarified, "I person large emotion and affection for each people."
Bure spoke about the outrage in February, wherever she described "cancel culture" arsenic existent and difficult.
"It's hard but listen—I conscionable privation to promote you that you are not the lone 1 and determination are tons of america and we are ever stronger together," the 46-year-old said on the Unapologetic with Julia Jeffress Sadler podcast. "And you person to find your assemblage and cognize the connection of God."
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