Jodie Sweetin On Addiction, Full House Childhood Fame, Embracing Her Authentic Self

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Podcast Episode Summary: Jodie Sweetin on Addiction, Full House Childhood Fame, Embracing Her Authentic Self

Podcast Title

The Skinny Confidential Him And Her Show

Hosts: Lauryn Evarts Bosstick & Michael Bosstick
Episode Number: 909
Guest: Jodie Sweetin
Air Date: [Date not provided]

Episode Overview In this episode, Jodie Sweetin, best known for her role as Stephanie Tanner on the iconic sitcom *Full House*, shares her experiences navigating early fame, confronting addiction, and embracing her authentic self. The conversation touches on her childhood in the spotlight, the impact of addiction on her life, and the importance of self-acceptance.

Key Themes and Discussions

Early Fame and Acting Career

Start in Acting: Jodie began acting at age 4, doing commercials and print ads. She landed her role on *Full House* without auditioning, having been cast from a guest appearance on another show.
Impact of Fame: Initially, she didn’t grasp the significance of her fame but later acknowledged how *Full House* provided a sense of hope and representation for many viewers with non-traditional family structures.
Childhood Experience: Jodie discussed the challenges of growing up in the public eye, including feeling self-conscious and dealing with the pressures of recognition at a young age.

Family Dynamics On Set

Close-knit Cast: The environment on set was familial, with a protective and nurturing atmosphere created by the adult cast and crew.
Producer’s Support: Producer Jeff Franklin was particularly supportive of the child actors, ensuring their welfare and creating a bond among cast members.

Challenges with Addiction

Introduction to Substances: Jodie shared her experience with alcohol starting at 13, quickly recognizing her drinking habits were different from those of her peers.
Struggles with addiction: She candidly discussed her journey through addiction, referencing the "jails, institutions, or death" mantra commonly shared in 12-step programs.
Turning Point: Becoming a mother was a pivotal moment that forced her to reassess her lifestyle and priorities.

Embracing Authenticity

Public Perception: Jodie talked about the stigma around addiction and how sharing her experiences has helped normalize discussions about mental health and recovery.
Self-acceptance: The episode emphasizes the importance of being open about personal struggles and how it can foster connection and understanding.

Present Projects

Comedy and Podcasts: Jodie is actively involved in stand-up comedy and hosts a podcast called *How Rude*, where she revisits *Full House* episodes with fellow castmates.
Live Shows: She discussed her live comedy show *Smoke Show with Sweetin*, which is a humorous take on beauty pageants with unexpected twists.

Advice and Insights

Real Talk: The episode highlights the value of honest conversations about personal struggles and encourages listeners to seek out moments of joy and self-care.
Potato Days Concept: Jodie introduced the idea of "potato days" – the necessity for downtime to recharge and embrace relaxation.

Key Takeaways

Navigating Fame: Early fame can lead to unique challenges, and it's crucial to have a support system.
Addressing Addiction: Open discussions about addiction can help break stigma and make recovery more accessible.
Embrace Authenticity: Sharing one’s true self, including struggles, can inspire others and foster connections.
Find Balance: It's vital to balance personal needs with responsibilities, especially as a parent.

Conclusion Jodie Sweetin’s journey offers valuable insights into the complexities of childhood fame, the realities of addiction, and the power of authenticity. This episode serves as a reminder of the importance of mental health awareness and the strength found in vulnerability.

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0:00The following podcast is a dear media production. she's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire fantastic and he's a serial entrepreneur a very smart cookie and now lauren evarts and michael bostic are bringing you along for the ride get ready for some major realness welcome to the skinny confidential him and her i did watch full house a little bit lauren was like a i think she was in my clubs and stuff but guys. But for my knowledge, what ages were you like? What age were you when you started to when you finished? I started when I was five and I was 13 when it ended. Did you? It was eight years. Beg your parents to get you into acting at five.

0:42I actually got into acting at like four. I was doing commercials. So I was like a really bright kid. I read super early, like three and a half. I love performing. I love dancing. Anything I could do, singing, whatever, like I would just do it in front of my parents, my grandma, whoever would pay attention. I would tell my parents I wanted to be a modeler, which was what I called people on TV. And so my mom was like, oh, you know, we live down in Orange County, no connection to the business. Like my parents are very sort of, you know, blue collar, middle class, like just there was no connection to the business.

1:20And so So I started doing commercials. Well, I started doing like print stuff, just, you know, like pictures, whatever, Sears ads, something like that. And then started doing commercials. And I did my Oscar Mayer hot dog commercial was my first commercial. I also did a Sizzler commercial with the all you can eat shrimp, which was a lot. And then went into full house. I got a guest appearance on Valerie, which was the show with Valerie and her kids. Valerie Hogan. No, not the Hogan family. Oh, my gosh. I can't think. Anyway, I did an episode of that. Same producers as Full House. And I just got cast on the show from doing that.

2:00I actually never auditioned. They saw what I did on my guest appearance. And they were like, that's who we want for Stephanie. And then that was it. At five, did you even understand the gravity of being on a show that was so intense and famous? Well, the show was not intense and famous when I was five. Yeah, we were we barely got a first season. We had the first 13 and that we had shot. And, you know, after the pilot, we were like, are we going to get a back end? Like back in the day when, you know, a season was 26 episodes on a network. And, you know, it was like, are we going to get the back 13?

2:36Are we going to get the back 13? And we did. But it was still kind of struggling along. And, you know, the critics were like, it's a cheesy family show. We were like, yeah, that's the point. And then around like mid second season, we really started finding our audience. And from then on, like we were an audience hit. The critics never always, you know, sort of trashed it, but the audience loved it. I think what you were selling, if I look back on my own childhood watching it, was hope. It's like there's like a family unit there. I think a lot of people I can imagine that came from broken homes would be like, like, this is something I really want to watch because it made them feel good, right?

3:18Yeah, it's true. I can't tell you how many people have come up to me throughout the years and said, you know, I was raised by my aunt or, you know, I my parents are gay or, you know, all of these different family structures. how many times people have come up to me and said full house let me know that it was okay to have a family that might not be your blood relatives or that might look a little different from everybody else like the show taught people that's okay it's about love it's about family it's about supporting each other it doesn't matter what it looks like you know and I always thought that was a really great message on set was it the same vibes like it seems like you guys are all very close from where I've read a lot of your memoirs and autobiographies all you guys and it seems like there's a closeness yeah we're ridiculously close we have spent a lot of time together over the years god it's been like almost 40 years now that I've known these people it's crazy to think about I think it was just the 38th anniversary of the airing of Full House and so yeah it's wild to think about but yeah we were we were so close and so so much of a family just really from the beginning.

4:30And a lot of that came from our producers who Jeff Franklin was wonderful with us kids. He did not have kids of his own. So he was very much like moms, whatever you got, you know, like he, he really respected us as kids and didn't overwork us, didn't push us. And, and, you know, then the family of cast that we got, like we got these really amazing adults, John, Bob, Dave, who are family guys, you know, at the end of the day, they all wound up having kids, but they come from bigger families and, and they shared that with us, you know, that wasn't ever a separation of like, Oh, there's the kids and they're sort of on the side.

5:09You know, it was very much, we were a cohesive bunch. A lot of the shows, like it feels like they are exploiting the kids, but with full house, it never felt like that as a viewer. I don't even know how to explain it. No, it's funny too. John's been on this show and he described it in the same way, but from a, like a reverse side, like almost as like a, like a more of a, like a father, uncle. He was like, like it was protective of the kids they all were like and that was the thing that really made a difference we were in an environment where the kids welfare came first it was we were important and our our studio teacher adria later who was also the social worker on set like she was always there for us and just i mean she i still talk to her to this day you know it's really amazing how we all sort of joined together.

5:56But it was I was very fortunate that in all of my experience, I've never worked on a set with people that I don't like. I've never worked in an environment where I'm like, oh, my God, I'm going to lose my mind. I hate working with these people. Like from the beginning, I have had an incredibly positive experience of being in this business. So I count myself as very lucky because I know, you know, a lot of the Disney shows, a lot of the nickelodeon shows like it was a lot different because the kids were really more of a commodity yeah i think and in some cases they were like yeah they were much more i think seen as like just things that were making someone money and at the end of the day that's all most actors are but are we never felt like that it never you know they would let us go i went to school in the morning like regular school in the morning and worked in the afternoon and they would like schedule around important events so that we could go to them.

6:53What was, I guess, if you're looking back now, and maybe it felt normal to you, but for people listening, what felt like, or what was a normal childhood experience versus an abnormal? I mean, it's probably - I don't know what a normal childhood experience is. From the time I was like four years old, I don't know what anonymity is. I don't know what it is to go in the world and not have people recognize you or know you or pay attention to you. So weird. That's such a trip that you don't have like the contrast. Like you don't know what the difference is. Right. People are like, what do you, you know, what's it like growing up?

7:26I'm like, I don't know. What was it like being normal? Like you're just like, I don't know. It was just growing up. Like it's just what I did. And I loved it so much. And I had so much fun as a kid. I was like, this is awesome. Like I get to travel sometimes. I get to work with all these fun people. Like it was incredible, you know. And of course as it goes on and you get to be more closer to your teenage years you're like oh my god this is so embarrassing i can't believe you know mortified because kids are cruel you should have came to my school girl let me tell you it would have been the same you should have came to my school i thought i told you this off air i was literally the vice president of the jody sweden fan club and this is before like this is when computers are oh right like it wasn't like how this was the dial up this was what did you do somebody can't be on the phone what did you do in the fan on my dad's computer it fine artist this is like this is the kind of like the kind of vibes that were up what's that other a clip art like that's yes yes right and i typed in your name and it wasn't it wasn't safari it was some search i don't even probably aol something weird and i typed in your name and up came your fan club and i i it was like a chat room about how much everyone loved you and we would just chat in the chat room and then it's funny chatting with in there this is before the time that you could connect on a platform about right it was like chat rooms yeah yeah and everyone was like they were like dissecting the show episodes or what you were wearing or what your outfit was like it was really funny the younger people listening they like have no idea what a chat room is they're right they're like what's that is it on like discord or yeah it was on something weird i don't remember my dad doesn't know that story I'm sure he'll be thrilled that I sunk out his computer.

9:09Well, I mean, you didn't download any malware that you know of. Right, this is before dick pics, so I think we're all fine. Yeah, you're totally fine. As you grew more and more famous and became more and more well-known, how did your parents deal with that with you? Because you mentioned that they weren't in the industry. I mean, you know, my parents were like, they always encouraged me to do well in school, to have normal friends. Most of the friends that I invited to my birthday parties were like, kids I went to public school with. My parents really made sure that I lived a quote unquote normal life when I could go on vacation, just have time to be a kid.

9:49But it's weird as you get more well-known and especially as a kid, you all of a sudden feel incredibly self-conscious. You're like, oh, everyone's looking at me. I actually ran into somebody who I went to middle school with recently who said oh my god my kid was so afraid to go to middle school and I told them the story about how hard it was for you the first day and I was like wow 30 some odd years later but it was I showed up to school and I couldn't walk to class without everybody following like I had so then I had to get escorted by the principal and that's really what you want to do in middle school you know so it was like all of these things that the experience that I had was amazing but it was really, I think there were times that it was hard and hard for my parents because they don't, they don't know how to handle this.

10:40Nobody, you know, handling your kid being famous, but I think for them making sure that there was like very clear boundaries of normal kid time and not work and then go to work and have, and still have fun, but like have a life outside. When that happened in middle school, did you want to stop the show or were you still committed to doing it oh no i was still committed to doing it i never i never wanted to not do what i was doing i just wished that everyone knew that i didn't give a shit about it and neither should they but it's like not a big deal so can we not make it a big deal like that's why i never watched the show i'm like i don't whatever it's just my job like it's what i do i don't consider myself famous it's it's weird like i'm not that person no it makes sense because you're just you know from your perspective you're just a normal everyday person that's your profession and you do things and yeah I think I mean like doing something like this and working with talent is like most of the people that you meet and you get kind of jaded to the kinds of people that you talk to not that you're not impressed but you realize people are just people that's the thing is I never like it was never I was never starstruck or like because it was just like oh whatever yeah they do the same thing you know it and I just people are people regardless of, you know, what they do.

11:58And I guess when I was younger, that was really the only thing that I wished is that people would give me a chance to just get to know me and that, you know, I wasn't stuck up. I didn't think I was better than everybody. I, you know, I was just wanting to have friends too. And like, if we could just all make it not a big deal. Did it ever become not a big deal? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, the first, the first couple of months at a new school were always a challenge, particularly as I got older. But I will say I was in the same school for like fourth through sixth grade. So that was easy. Public school by the time like fourth grade was, you know, a couple months of that was over.

12:37They were like, OK, cool. And then they just made fun of me, you know, as normal kids do. And then I went to middle school, my first year middle school with a lot of those kids in like seventh grade and then eighth grade moved to a different school. and that was where that like crowd of people were and it was a whole thing and happened the same thing in seventh grade you know I would change schools and people would they'd either love you or hate you so it was you know one or the other but then by the time I was in high school everyone was like whatever we know her it's not a big deal and I went to a performing arts high school within my regular high school so there were other kids that were in the business or that you know did musicals and stuff like that.

13:19So it was a little bit more understood amongst some of my peers. But yeah, by that time, I had kind of just become the normal kid. And when the show ends, are you like static or is it an identity crisis? What do you feel like? It was a total identity crisis. No, I was heartbroken. I didn't I didn't want it to end. You didn't want it to end at all. No, I loved doing it. I it was home. It was everything I knew. It was everyone I knew. It was my entire existence up until that point. You know, it was my schedule. How often were you guys filming when it was going? We would film three weeks on, one week off.

13:55And we had, by the time we came around to, I think the third season, we had four-day work weeks. So it was Tuesday through Friday. Three weeks on, one week off. And then you had usually like a hiatus somewhere in the middle. But, you know, you were shooting nine and a half months out of the year when you had a network show. Because you had like 24, 26 episodes. like did you want to keep the absolutely I wanted to keep acting I wanted to keep auditioning and it was hard because I would walk into a room and you know even casting directors would be like oh my god I love you on Full House okay you have to say it just say how rude and you'd be like in there for some you know audition that requires you to be like really raw or emotional and then they were like okay okay sorry okay go on and you're like well I it's I don't know what to do now, you know, and so it was really hard.

14:42Like it's, and I think still people see you as one thing. And in some ways they only want you to be that one thing because it's easier for them. But yeah, I love what I do. I love performing. I love acting. I love theater. I love singing all of it. Is that one of the downsides of doing like a network TV? Cause the same thing with John is you, you do it so often so long that you get that typecast. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, we even see, we saw it really happen with the Friends cast. Now, granted, they were making a million dollars an episode, so less. But it was very hard for some of them because the show was so successful to be seen as anything other than those characters.

15:20Like it does. It's a blessing and a curse. It's a great thing while you're in it. But then afterwards, you really you have to hope that other people are willing to give you a chance to do something different. You know, Frankie Muniz just was in, I think Us Weekly and he said the exact same thing he's like it's so amazing that I was on this hit show and I loved it so much right but the transition out of it and he went I think he went on to be he's a race car driver and stuff I did a show with him in Ireland for like three days we did a name that tune which they were shooting over there random I don't know why and he's a lovely human he wants to go back into acting now too and it's like I think that in my opinion the public has become more open to people wanting to be multifaceted.

16:04I think when you were growing up, like it's probably hard because it does seem like they want to put you in a box and label it. For sure. For sure. And it's still I think now, I mean, now that I'm a little bit older and even coming back and doing Fuller and then kind of coming back from that, I think people, yes, it was the sitcom and it was the Tanners and all that continuation. But I think people saw me like a little bit differently than that. And, you know, doing like stand up comedy and stuff like that too, I think is people are starting to see me as something a little bit more than Stephanie Tanner.

16:36The other day I saw you, and this might've been in the same magazine, you declared that it was potato day. Oh, I'm obsessed with this. Can you tell us what potato day? Sometimes you just need a potato day. And I, so I am a person who is going all the time. Like i i'm doing 3 000 things at once but i never give myself credit for doing it i'm always like you could be doing more you should be doing more you're lazy you know all this stuff so i would try and like cram everything in and just be busy all day and then what i realized is is that some days you just need to literally be a potato just i do michael okay you just need to michael that means no questions yeah no questions for some reason i was going the food route but yeah no Well, he woke up this morning and handed me a four month old screaming baby with no bottle.

17:29That's how he woke me up. I was going to make the bottle. I know, but I've had two kids. So I, I, that is a, an experience. No, no. And that the potato days become ever more important when you do have kids because even when they get older, you're like, you know, I'm constantly driving this one here and this one over here and you know, all of this stuff. Some days I'm like, don't talk to me. Don't do anything. don't ask me a question don't make me make a decision pick what food we're gonna like just let me watch whatever the hell i want or scroll on my phone all day agreed like i'm not gonna take a shower and i just want to be left alone you hear that yeah i've been trying to teach him this for a hundred years you do a lot of potato days now that it's being described to me wow you don't even the second i potato he's like lauren like you will not let me you're a big I don't let myself potato.

18:23So like, that's why I will declare potato days. I call it marinating. Same thing. Yeah, yeah. Marinating makes me feel more like I need to take a shower. Yeah. Because I definitely don't on potato days. And marinating, I feel like I'm, I don't know, marinating my own. I'm not the biggest shower person. I feel you. And I think girls are this way. My husband is this. He's like, what? What do you mean? Because I'm like a two shower day. I can ask him. So he is that way. But I think it's because it is an ordeal for us to shower. It's an ordeal. You're getting your hair wet. Your makeup's coming off.

19:03You might have to shave your legs. If it's an everything shower, forget it. You're in there 25 minutes. But like, it's just, oh God, now I don't have to dry my hair in the thing. And I don't want to. I don't want to. Guys, in and out. You're done. Yeah, it's quick. Yeah. If I could shower quickly, I'd be like, it's great. It's called a horror shower. where you take the bathtub and you just do your pits and your bits and you just get out. I just can't be bothered every single day to do a full shower. You could also up the horse baths though too. He's like, you could just be a little cleaner. I mean, I don't care what, you got to spray yourself.

19:43Here's what I will say though. That doesn't stop you. My husband, and now after we've been together eight years, there will be times that after like two days he'll be like god i need to take a shower and i'm like wait you didn't take a shower today he's like no not yesterday either i'm like oh my god you've come to the dark side like you've never done that in your entire life i feel like your personality my mother my japanese grandmother would be spinning in her grave if i did not shower let me tell you i love to be clean but some days i just don't have the energy the dopamine to get through showering like I have ADHD and some days I've just gassed out it's not happening it's hard to do something every single day it's like ah yeah oh everything I am a commitment phobe to everything I can't do anything every single day if you would have led with this in the chat room you would have maybe got Jodi's attention back there I know I tried I never even went in those I think that's better though she's probably a good not that there was anything bad it's just better no I once I was older I did make the mistake of going into chat rooms in like my older teenage years and I was like oh god this was horrible but yeah when i was young i didn't really was the internet like it is now back then where people there wasn't an internet when i was a kid but people like criticize you guys online and you didn't have to deal with that because now i mean the in people would criticize this luckily again being a kid you did have a little bit of safety but you know i think i was eight nine i think it was about nine years old when star magazine made up a whole story and put it in the magazine that Bob Saget was trying to get me fired, that I was a problem on set, that I was running around all over the place and didn't know my lines, which was the most hysterical part because, one, I was so close to Bob at the time because he had two daughters at that time that were very close to my age.

21:32I would go spend weekends at his house with his family. He would make us blueberry pancakes, and we'd all sit in bed and watch cartoons. like Bob was not trying to get me fired I Bob will and John will tell you this I knew everyone's lines like mine and if they screwed up I'd be like this is here's your line because I just would remember it all so like this complete bullshit this whole thing about a nine-year-old kid and that that hurt me so bad that into my career in my 30s I refused to do and every time they would ask i'd be like no good for you that's standing your ground so it was like more like it was more of those publications that would write these weird it was it was inquirer it was it was the bullshit you know the rag sort of magazine but as a kid that's almost you take that in yeah as like who who is it that said this who doesn't like me here who what i'm not i'm not safe in a place that I didn't think had anybody that was going to go outside and say anything.

22:35You know what I mean? Like it just. You were literally having hit pieces written on you at nine years old and people that, you know, listen, I've had my fair share of myself. As an adult, you're like, suck it. But it's one thing when you have strangers commenting on things, but it's a different thing when there's an actual publication in business that is respected writing it, especially at that age. I imagine that was really challenging. Yeah, it was like stuff like that was really weird it was just weird and hard and it was always weird because i'm like why are you who does who's just making up stories about people like i mean even now when people are like i just making up entire things i'm like i need to get a hobby or something like it's just it blows my mind the amount of you know the the the criticism and you know hate that has always existed for anyone in the entertainment business.

23:26But to go for a nine-year-old is pretty rough. It's usually, this is my theory I've deducted. It's usually two things. They either want to be acknowledged by the person. So they say a zinger to get acknowledgement and then they'll immediately backpedal and apologize. Or it's projection. So like, you know, saying something about the way you look or whatever, and they're projecting their own insecurity onto you. Now I don't care about the comments i really don't go on social media as much like i'll post and and leave i'm like i don't want it it's a mess but recently i was i posted a picture where i thought i looked really cute and one of the first comments that i saw was oh my god what's going on with her eyebrows and so then i was like well shit what is going on with my eyebrows and i looked and i was like there's just not really there that's all i don't have you have great eyebrows that's what reminded me.

24:18I'm going to give you some brow peptide. But I literally don't need it. But I'm just saying. Oh, no, I do. This is microblading, honey. There is there is like four hairs doing. But then you spiral when someone says that or you just know, but it literally every time I'm doing my eyebrows now in the mirror, I'm like, oh, my God, what's wrong with your eyebrows? Like it just as a joke almost in my head. It's funny to me now. Now I have a very thick skin and I'm like, I don't care. I don't know you. Why does your your opinion matter? It doesn't. It doesn't at all. And so, yeah, I just, it doesn't affect me the way it used to.

24:53What if you saw that person and they had no eyebrows? Right? I'd be like, oh, glass house, stones, my friend. Yeah. No, I'd take a picture with them and be like, oh my God, look at their eyebrows. You just have to, I think that's good to just ignore it and to not read it. No, I don't read it. I ignore it. I mean, you know, look, I have been very public about addiction and about, you know, multiple divorces and all kinds of things. You know, at this point, I think having all your secrets out there, quote unquote, and like feeling like there's nothing that anyone could hold over you anymore. It's that's freeing.

25:38I'm like, what are you OK? What are you going to say? I've I've lived through 43 years of some real serious bullshit at times like okay let's keep going it's liberating I think yeah I also think like as a fan of the show that's one of the things that I loved about you so much was it was refreshing to have someone tell the truth because a lot of people go through a lot of stuff in private and they don't air it out and I love that you were so honest in everything you do I feel like you're honest on your podcast on social media and your book it's like what you see is what you get yeah that's very much very much me And I will say, you know, funny that you mentioned that because I probably wouldn't have been as public about my addiction.

26:17But back to the tabloids, someone who worked there sold out that I was there and had someone come and like take pictures and all kinds of stuff. So it was really a moment of like, OK, yeah, of like, OK. It's out there, but it's out there. And, you know, it was I wasn't doing glamorous drugs. And of course, I was doing all the drugs. But of course, they focus on like the worst, most salacious thing. And so at that time, I was like, well. I can either hide from this and and like hang my head and be mortified or I can just say, yeah, I fucked up. I had a really hard time and like this is what happened and like.

27:02oh well that's life you know what I mean like that's what happens like other people go through stuff we all go through stuff it's not it doesn't have to be so shameful I think getting rid of like shame and stigma around addiction and mental health and you know so many things in the past few years even we've seen it just becomes so much easier to talk about and it's not as like it doesn't rack you with fear of what are people oh my god what if this happens you know everyone's been touched by it everyone and everyone and it's when someone comes out that's so strong and brave that you admire and just is honest about it to me it's like it's it's refreshing it's like exactly it's it's like oh i've experienced this you've experienced like it's it's it's nice we've we've talked to a lot of people on the show over the years in the realm of addiction of addiction and what we say every time is whether you are somebody that's personally touched by you know somebody in your family or friend that is like everybody is affected by it.

27:57Everybody. And particularly now, everyone has someone in their life, most likely that is struggling with addiction or, you know, whether it's known or not known to them. You know, there's, life is hard. Life is, it's confusing. It's messy. You know, again, I've been divorced a bunch of times. Like I could hide from that and be like, oh my God, I can't believe it. I put it in my standup act. Like, you know what I mean? Like, let's take the air out of it. Make it funny. Laugh at yourself.

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34:18Well, I mean, I just mentioned that I've been divorced three times and, you know, that I look terrible on paper. But really, if you get to know me, I'm not that bad unless I'm unless I'm going to marry you. No. But no, I like I, you know, I just I make fun of myself. I make fun of stuff. I get up on stage and I'm like, OK, let's get three things out of the right out of the way. How rude. No, I don't talk to the Olsen twins a lot. And yes, I miss Bob. OK, now, you know, get down to business and now let's get to the funny shit. those are the three things that you get asked all the time that's why i just i'm like let's just cover this now yeah yeah say how rude right like you know do you talk to the olsen twins and like you know i i'm so sorry like you must miss bob a lot and i'm like yep all three of those check now i can go on but like i say in a funny way and people laugh because everyone in the room is thinking it like everyone in the room is like i wonder if she's gonna say it interact So I'm like, let me just do it and get it out of the way For you in the realm of addiction Was this like something that happened slowly over a period of time Or one day you got introduced and it was like quick Well, the first time I ever drank I was like 14, 13, 14 And it was at Candice's wedding And I was just a blackout drinker I went The last thing I remember doing I think is somewhere around the M of a YMCA And then I don't remember anything From the rest of the night And it was awful and it was ugly and it was embarrassing and my mother was horrified.

35:47Did people know you were drinking or was this like you're sneaking off with the kid? Oh, no, no, no. I was at the table and I was drinking and it was like I was across the room from my mom so they would pour a glass of wine and I'd be like, and then they'd get around. Right, then they'd get around to pouring more and I was like, I'll take a little more please. Like an idiot 13, 14 year old, you know, it was a lot of red wine and the bathroom was very white. Not a good mix. anyway at that moment it I was horrified the next day and I felt awful but I it like clicked something in there where I was like oh that was fun you didn't give a shit about anything like you just you remember it and you know it's not like I realized that that was sort of the fix-all I mean a lot of it was just dumb teenage stuff but I definitely knew at an early age I'd say around 15, 16, I knew that I drank and partied in a way that my friends did not.

36:41And that, you know, they were like, what, bro, settle down. And I would be like, OK, well, now I got to go find somebody that I can do these drugs with. Or, you know, it was like finding different people that didn't make you feel so bad about what you were doing. I mean, I can imagine if I was on TV at your age, it's like you get you get dopamine in a way that like the normal person doesn't. It makes to me like it makes sense that as you get out of that, you would keep chasing it. I understand that. Like for sure. I mean, and I like I didn't realize also, you know, I got diagnosed with ADHD later in life and it's I'm I'm a nightmare with it.

37:21And when I was on set, that was my hyper focus. So I could remember every line and do everything. And even now when I'm on set, like I'm paying attention to everything. Where are my keys? Where's my phone? Like, that's my life. And on growing up, you know, I had this sort of hybrid environment. And then when that was lost at 13, it was like, who am I? What do I do? My schedule, my busy, my going, my thing that kept my brain busy, that stimulated me, that I love, that was my hyper focus. Now I'm just all over the place, you know, and I always say like that was why I think I found stimulants because and I would be more sober than anyone else in the room.

38:07And now I'm like, oh, I was just I was looking for a way to make my brain work better. When did you find out you had ADHD? Four or five years ago when my both of my daughters were struggling with it. And, you know, know there's all these forms you got to fill out and i'm filling it out for them and i realize oh as a child i would have scored myself higher on these things than i'm scoring them and even now i would score higher you know i'm oh this is really bad and i was like oh wait this is all adhd like it really explained a lot of things so we in my life we just recently had busy phillips on the show she was talking about adhd because i think she struggles with the same thing she said almost the exact same thing.

38:49She was working with her kids. Yeah. Same thing. And I will say that is a really common story among women, among moms, because we show ADHD differently. We're not the hyperactive jumping around. Can't sit still like boys are necessarily. We are talkative in class. We're passing notes. We are, you know, not staying on task. Our rooms are messy, but it's because we like all the clothes you know all of these things that like we just aren't good at but it doesn't look like what people think adhd is or add is when you say hyper focused does adhd mean that the the thing that is like most important to you you can nail that and stay completely focused on that but everything else so people and my my really good friend who is a therapist wants to write a book is writing a book on on adhd and particularly later diagnosis in women but you You know, what she says is, is it's not attention deficit.

39:47You have so much attention that you're paying attention to everything. So like, but you can't make a decision on what to focus on the most. So you're just kind of bouncing around everywhere. You're like, oh, I'm going to look at this. Oh, wait, that reminds me. I got to go over here. I mean, I will have seven tasks half done in my house because I'm moving from thing to thing, you know, where you don't really like, oh, wait, how? How did I get to cleaning out the linen closet? I started making coffee. I will be packing for Europe and start organizing the scrapbook. My husband every day finds my coffee in the microwave from like...

40:27You have had a scrapbook on our dining table for how long now? What's going on with that? I'm sweating because this is like... No, but here's the thing is the hyper focus is... It's the thing that for whatever reason in that moment is giving you the dopamine. So if I'm on set, oh, I'm alive. I love it. Everything is, I'm getting all of the dopamine. So I'm able to do all the things. So if somebody gave you a script or a bunch of lines to remember, how long would it take you to do that compared to what the other cast members would do? I mean, now that I'm old and perimenopausal, my brain seems to be going, it takes a little longer.

41:01But no, memorizing for me is really easy. You know, I joke, but I'm pretty good at remembering lines. And they may not be, you know, exact word for focus on it. Because it's what I love. So I'm like, words are my thing. I read obsessively. Even now I did as a kid that was I would go to the library and check out, check out, you know, 10 books at a time and spend hours in the bookstore. I was kind of a nerd. But words are my thing. So and performing is my thing. So like those two things together. Oh, it's great. You know, I love it. But like, ask me to make some appointments and phone calls. and it's going to probably take a good 10 to 14 business days because it just feels overwhelming.

41:46And I'm like, oh, God, I got it. What if they're on? What if they ask a question? And then you just avoid it and then it just goes away. And then you think about it and you beat yourself up over it and it doesn't get done. And, you know, that's sort of the cycle of. But it sounds like if you manage it the right way, it could be like a superpower. It is. And that's what a lot of people talk about now is that really it's and, you know, know kids that are struggling in school it's because we force this really linear way of thinking on people who are neurodivergent with you know ADHD who you most of the people you meet in creative you know sectors of the world are have it have some sort of neurodivergency because it does give you like the ability to see things maybe that other people don't see or to look 10 steps ahead or to try something that nobody else would try because you are willing to take risks you know people do get if I I a lot of the things I've like realized I need to get tested for this it seems like people around you they get frustrated because they don't understand how yeah you can be like a high performer in one area but then you can feel overwhelmed right you're like it's the it's this it's the executive dysfunction is what it's called and it basically is like it's the menial tasks it's the tasks that you're not getting dopamine showering brushing your teeth making appointments my teeth but that's because i'm on my vibrating plate right but like stuff like that that you're like you know or being on time or you know all of that kind of my husband lives in a house of three women who are all neurodivergent adhd and he is one of those people that if you say you're leaving at six you're leaving at six oh if i say i'm leaving at six i'm like look it could be anywhere from like 5 45 to 6 20 you know i mean there's a it's a window but no you know and that's like how it's hard it's really interesting when i realize how much my how differently my brain works than some people so i have a question then for you in a different lane, knowing that about yourself, what is the best way to interact with someone with ADHD?

43:58Like say you don't have it and you want to be on top. Are you taking notes? Well, I'm wondering now how you, like what would, if you did want to be out the door at six, but you know you have, like how do you? Make a very specific like agreement. Okay, we're leaving the house at six o 'clock. I'm going to be ready by 5.45, which means, and then you got to really do the work, back it up and give yourself 20 minutes of cushion time. 20 minutes of, I don't like my outfit. 20 minutes of, I messed up my makeup. you know, whatever, build that into your husband has to do that. No, I'm pretty good now at being like, okay, I got to do that.

44:30But my kids are terrible at it. I do think over the years and being in the business and having to be on time, like I'm on time, but I, man, do I push it. I will know if it takes me 12 and a half minutes to get somewhere. I am not leaving any earlier than that. Like, and my husband is one of those, you know early is on time people and i'm like no no we're skating in at the time but i'm here i think it's because you give yourself 20 minutes but then you get distracted you're like that's exactly what it is oh i need to clean the window right right right 20 minutes oh i didn't sharpen these pens whatever it is it is interesting to sometimes watch her do some of the things that she thinks she can get done in an absolutely unrealistic period of time i swear to god i will get in the cold plunge if i have to be somewhere at 8 45 i will get in the cold plunge at 8 30 but here's the thing is that like in the moment that you're like i can totally do this three minutes i can get out right right i got it i'm in the car we'll have to go and pack all the kids and the whole family to go like a week-long trip and i'm like my stuff's done the day before it's an hour before the flight and she's not and i'm it's unbelievable to me oh i so packing i'm I actually, I love organizing.

45:47And I think it is because my brain feels so scattered that I really like things to be organized. So when I pack, I have my little packing cubes and all this stuff. But it takes me forever going back and forth. I overpack because I can't make a decision. You know, things like this that are like, it's I get decision fatigue where after a while. I'm like, I don't even, I don't know what I want to bring. I just, this is too much. I can't handle it. I don't want to choose anything anymore, but it takes me a while to pack. I do it the day before because of course, who wants to do things early? Wait till that last minute, but it will take me like two and a half hours to pack.

46:29He has a bullet pointed list with things that he checks off every vacation. I saw you the other day looking at your phone going like this. But here's the thing, I do that now because yeah maybe I should do it I forget stuff it keeps you on task and it keeps me on task and it feels so nice to check things off like I'm in the airport ordering off Amazon because I forgot to get right like you know what for packing this is a packing tip for like to me there's nothing worse than over packing that's a guy thing though to me to girls women most femme people there's nothing worse than under packing because what if we what if something now we're going somewhere now I need like something a little bit nicer and all i brought is t-shirts lisa's dying right now because she brings like the smallest little bag this big everywhere she goes with like a couple outfits and a pair of shoes and it's like good to go my husband can travel for a week with a backpack i'll watch her get to a place and there's so what happens is the reverse when you get there there's so much stuff that then you are overwhelmed on where everything is and it's just a pile No, see, I when I travel again with the organization, I move in.

47:35If I am somewhere for more than two nights or two nights or more, I am hanging everything up. I am putting all of my products out. Because you like to organize. Because I like to organize and it helps my brain feel settled. So I think like I've found little ways that help my brain feel a little more organized. Like I journal in the morning now. I have this awesome journaling thing, Silk and Sonder, that is like this women-owned company that I love. And it's like bullet journaling, but it's very much like 10 minutes. 10 minutes in the morning and I write out my day. Even though I have it on my phone, I write out my day.

48:12and for some reason that sticks it in my brain like it's easier and less overwhelming on my phone I'm like oh my god there's so many dots there's so many things everything looks crazy but when I write it down I'm like really I have like two things an appointment and a phone call to make you can cross it off too oh yeah it's so good to cross it off it just feels good right you said anyway sorry for taking us down no no we love it we love it you said dancing with the stars was one of I think you said it was one of your most like cathartic I mean I don't want to quote you but it was one of the physically hardest things I've ever done until I did be on the edge where I lived in the jungles of Panama for two weeks outside that that was then that took the cake and and ran like like Ironman competitions every day right it was like these gnarly physical things why did you want to do that for that exact reason that it's absolutely like when else am I gonna go to the jungle for two weeks and like stress test myself and I'm also one of those people I like the risk taking I like pushing myself my mom said the same exact thing though she was like what is wrong why would you do that that sounds like a nightmare than you thought there's really no way to describe it in the moment it is i mean there was we were sleeping outside on just bamboo like rough bamboos no no pillows nothing pouring down rain snakes you know the monkeys were stealing our food you know just everything and it would pour down rain because we were in the rainforest of, you know, like in the rainforest, pouring down rain to where you'd hear like trees falling places.

50:03And you were like, did you want to go home? No. The thing was, is you you were the only person who could like ring the bell and we didn't vote people off. It was all for charity. So it was all about how far am I willing to push myself? And when you got to go home, were you so happy? So, yes and no. So, I made it to the final four. Okay. And it was me, an Army Ranger who was a country star, and two NFL players, Colton Underwood and Ray Lewis. Okay. Ray Lewis is tough. That's pretty cool. Ray Lewis is badass and saved my ass at one point from, like, drowning, basically. But it was—I had started—I have a really bad injury on my left ankle from a stupid thing that I— broke it like really, really badly like eight years ago.

50:52Plate, pins, the whole deal. And it was really starting to bother me. And it was starting to get to where I was like, I'm going to break my ankle because you're running through creeks, over, I mean, climbing up ladders, doing wild, ridiculous things. And I was like, I don't know if I can do this. And my bigger thought was it's going to be teams of two whoever gets on the team with me is automatically at a disadvantage not that I'm not badass and tough but I'm not a six foot four football player or an army ranger who has trained in the jungles of Panama and lived there for months at a time like I I am not that so overall I was like I think I'm ready to go so I made it to the final four but instead I tapped out and I switched places with coach, coach Mike Singletary and he took my place instead.

51:51And I was like, I'm, I'm good with that because I knew I made it. I was like, I made it to the end. I knew I did it. But in that moment, I was like, I'm not going to help someone win the most they can. And I don't want that. I'm okay with going home now. I'd rather have your ankle. That sounds smart yeah i mean i you know i i'm not a smart person when it comes to taking good care of myself like i've broken my ankle multiple times first time i did it i just shoved it in a tennis shoe and walked around you're not into self-care or any no i self-care is great but i am not one like if i'm sick i will keep going unless i am dying because i think i you know i worked as a kid and it was like you don't get sick days you got a cold you got the flu you got to take some tylenol you got to get up and go so i've learned like there's this ability to push myself but i also think it's i like a challenge i like and i like extreme challenges i like something that's hard i like to see test my mental strength i think some of that risk taking probably has been really an asset in some ways and it also has you know definitely put me in situations that were really stupid and dangerous but at the end of the day I made it at what point in your drug use did you did you start to think like hey this is this is going too far or was there a moment or was there like an intervention or I mean it was always to it like it was that was the point you know what I mean was to go too far like I was I was not a person who was like oh let's just like sip wine with dinner I was like if we ain't doing a bottle what's the point you know what I mean so it was Like I always knew that my goal was like blackout drinking or just getting as wasted as possible.

53:38And, you know, like I think I knew for a very long time that I was heading down a road that I was, you know, it was going to be jails, institutions or death. Like they talk about in 12 step programs. Those are like become your three options. And I was getting very close there. I mean, I did not think I would probably see my 30th birthday at the way I was going in my mid-20s, like 24, 25. And I didn't plan on it. I was like, I guess this is what we're doing. And then, you know, life changed. I got married again and quickly found out that I was pregnant after that. And then it was like, okay, so this is what we're doing now.

54:16You know, everything changed. It was up and down. It wasn't perfect. I haven't, you know, had a perfect journey. But that really was the thing. I think that changed everything was like, oh, okay. It's like party time's done. Like you, it's - You gotta take care of somebody else. I gotta take care of somebody else. And also like, oh, I did make it this far. I am a mom now. Like, oh, wow, I didn't, oh, okay. I didn't think I was gonna like make it to this. Now what do I do? So how did becoming a mother change you as a person? I think, you know, I realized that it's not all about me anymore. And, you know, and that's hard because, you know, I think moms are expected to give up everything when we have kids.

55:07So it is sort of a tough balance that like, yes, it's not about me completely anymore. But also like, if it's not about me at all, I am a miserable person. It's such a fine line. You know, and like finding that balance. But it just, it made me like wake up and just finally get back to like knowing how to handle myself and being responsible and being like, oh, that's right. You don't have to be a complete like, you know, nut job partying every night of the week. You actually can find some joy in normal life. so many times during the day i just want a drink that feels real something bubbly and cultured that tastes great and actually heals my gut that's why i've been drinking so much synergy kombucha both at the studio and at home our fridge is always stocked with synergy here's the thing this is real kombucha no shortcuts it's always raw and never pasteurized synergy is made with real organic ingredients that you can see and taste and that's how you know they're working You're getting scientifically backed benefits with every sip, like gut health, digestive support, immunity, and protein absorption.

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1:01:56I have had the best experience mouth taping. I wouldn't dare go to sleep without my mouth tape. And now I can do it in the chicest way. You definitely also want the navy tin. It's so cute. This is a limited colorway. So definitely go shop it now. You can go to shopskinnyconfidential.com to get the best sleep of your life. That's shopskinnyconfidential.com. When you watch yourself back now after all these years, what kind of emotions pop up? Because I imagine it's strange to see yourself as a grown woman that's an adult with kids and a family and then see yourself that young. Not a lot of people can go back and see that kind of footage.

1:02:34It is, but at the same time, I've grown up in front of cameras. I've seen myself so much that I'm like, but now I have, it's fun to go back and look at myself as a kid. You know, like I said, there was that awkward, like teenage period where you're just like, oh my God, I was on like a lame family show and I have a lame catchphrase and like, I'm just so lame, you know, but, and my clothes and whatever. But now I go back and I'm like, this is an amazing time capsule of who I was, what I was, you know, like what I was into, what I was wearing. They really, you know stephanie was really a lot of me and so it is it's fun to go back and like see all of these things and you know i've my kids have watched it here and there but they're not really impressed oh my gosh the one where you and gia were driving on the car the truck was coming towards them and joyride one they decided to go around the car and they were on the same side as the truck yeah and then you guys were smoking cigarettes in the bathroom terrible but it was so like when you're a little girl and you're watching that i remember just being like this they're so cool they would never make a show like that again these days but the kids smoking cigarettes well i wasn't smoking gia was smoking gia was smoking oh yeah have you watched euphoria well yeah like a network television show right well it would be great if there was a sitcom on network television you know we need a good sitcom yeah but yeah it it was it was fun it was fun to it to be you know the kind of the one that didn't play by the rules all the time Steph was a little bit of a you know boundary pusher and I liked that about her was the cigarette real no we actually had this we were having this debate the other day because Molly Morgan was on the podcast and she played Mickey Mickey was the long dark hair oh it was me and Gia and and Mickey okay I probably And anyway, she was on the show and I was like, yeah, remember stealing like the clove cigarettes and going and smoking them?

1:04:35Because Marla and I talked about doing that. She's like, wait, were they clove or were they like the marshmallow ones? I was like, no, no, no, no, they were for sure clove because we would sneak into the prop room and go find them in the drawer and like sneak two out. And Marla and I would go like on the lot. We'd be like, we're going to lunch now because, you know, we were 13. my mom would let us go to the commissary like around the corner but we'd like go and secretly smoke cigarettes and go and buy like the Green Day album at the Warner Brothers store on the lot. Meanwhile, I was listening to Forever.

1:05:06Forever. The song that literally will be around forever. Did he sing that? Is that actually him? I don't think I asked him that. Oh yeah, yeah. No, he definitely, he sang that. It's a Beach Boys song. It was written by Brian Wilson. I didn't know that. He still plays with Brian Wilson. He did. Yeah, he did. and um but yeah it he plays john still plays with the beach boys but yeah that was a brian wilson song that he wrote i think like a while ago well obviously it's been a while now but even before that and john wound up taking it for for the show and then there was like a there's a like a music video of it yeah yeah yeah yeah like shirt open and like a chain and the thing yeah it's very 90s and then that was like the porn back in the day right right and then there is also somewhere a rap version of it oh no prove it no i i so someone like i think look it up on youtube okay because andrea was telling me about this and i think we saw a clip of it it but there's like a little there yeah yeah yeah i said the same thing i was like absolutely not and she was like oh i've seen it my childhood crush was uncle jesse right when you're a little girl and you have uncle jesse on set is that your childhood crush or is that no so that's no i've seen John, like speaking of unshowed, like I have seen him looking, you know, just literally like he hasn't showered in four days, come to rehearsal, scraggly beard, backwards hat, you know, sweats with stains on him.

1:06:34You're just like, that's the John I know is like my uncle. It's not like your childhood crush. No, God, no. No. My God. Listen, when he was in here, I still to this day, John, if you hear this, every girl in the office is head turning. Here's what I will. And then he got lost in the parking lot downstairs. That sounds about right. I missed like 40 calls from him. And he's like, I'm lost in the parking lot. That sounds about right. Because yeah, he's probably not paying attention. He's also a really distracted one. Yeah, yeah. I think, yeah. It's funny. I'm really into building Legos. It's one of my little things that I do to find dopamine.

1:07:09And John is also into it. And so we will send pictures back and forth of the Lego sets that we're building and nerd out together. So that's - There's a new Star Wars set that just came out that's supposed to be incredible. I know. I heard it's amazing, but I'm not a Star Wars person. So like. But from like a build perspective. From a build perspective, it looks, it looks pretty cool. I like doing Legos too. When I'm stressed out, I'll get some Legos. Just some Legos. But yeah. I don't want to keep them. I just want to build them. I don't. Don't worry. You don't keep them. They disappear. Goodbye.

1:07:36Go to Bricks and Minifigs. Okay. They will take any sets you have built, unbuilt, extra Legos. They sell it. You bought, they'll, it's like consigned. They'll give you money for them. It's not, you know, a ton. but they also do a lot of like work and stuff with like adult day programs and kids with autism and stuff like that see that's what you got to do with these lego sets because i take all this time and i'm like okay well i'm not doing it i don't care about it i built it i'm done i give them i'm like taylor knows i had to walk you know he's been through some stressful periods with me i had a lot of lego i want to figure out how to sign them or somehow like have different celebrities build Lego sets that they sign.

1:08:16That's cool. Like for charity. And they're auctioned. You know what I mean? Because I know there's a lot of people that like to do Legos and there's some things that you could probably get celebs that are like connected to the Harry Potter or the, you know, whatever. That's a good idea. Like I'm trying to, I'm, yeah. That actually is. Don't steal my idea. No, that is a good idea though. That's a really good idea because like I can imagine, like say I liked a certain, like I'll just make this up, like one of the Ninja Turtles or something. You have someone build it and then you can sign it for your kids.

1:08:44You can sign it and do a few little videos, like those time-lapse videos of you building it so that they see that you actually got to, like you did it. Go trademark it. Right? Chat GPT and trademark. Yeah. I'm actually building a full house Lego set that we have in the Legos Ideas competition right now. See, if you built that and signed it. Well, we're building it and trying to get it made into an actual Lego set that they sell, which is the Lego Ideas thing. basically people submit ideas and then you have to get all these votes well i think it should be the front of the house it's the bunny the bunny on the wall can you get a bunny oh no it is so it's the front door okay the living room yeah the kitchen okay with a wall that comes down in the kitchen with the red the car so you can back the car through the kitchen oh that's cool it's got the staircase everything yeah it's that was the one that we really focused on because that's like the I mean the couch everything is like so iconic no that's yeah lego tiny url dot like legoideas.com go look it up and that people can find the full house lego set from me and john sosis who's a I'm not kidding I think we should pull this clip and we should send it to the lego people I'm sure somebody here knows where I'm not kidding and we could see if this could be cool yeah oh no we've been we've been big upping it on my like we're we're I think very like 2500 hundred votes away from making the 10 ,000 mark.

1:10:07And once you make the 10 ,000 mark, then I believe it goes to Lego itself to or something like that, like a committee. Right, right. What else are you working on right now that lights you up, that gets you excited? One of the things that I'm doing that I love, you know, like I said, stand up comedy, but I have this really fun and ridiculous show that I do here in L.A. It's a live comedy show. It's called Smoke Show with Sweetin, a comedy pageant and we take three comedians and put them through the most fucked up ridiculous beauty pageant that you've ever seen and and it's it's hilarious like give me an example of what you mean okay so one of the things that we do one of our favorite segments is the mystery talent box so my producers and i come up with talents that they will have to perform but they don't know what it is got it so like last time we had around we somebody pulled out an auctioneer but then i gave them what they would be auctioning off which was some really strange tentacle dildo and and they had to like auction it off to and it was taylor you should have went but it was hilarious like and then you know you get people you're like okay you've got a you know whatever it's singing opera in italian and they're you know just fun stuff like that we have a bathing suit competition where people have to blindly pick bathing suits out of a box and then assemble them in 30 seconds however they can we do a lot of really fun ridiculous stuff it's here in la we have another show october 18th um it's here uh at bespoke on fairfax and then we do like monthly shows and then you also have your podcast i have my podcast how rude tanneritos i'm super excited with that it's been doing really well we're on like halfway through season five of full house of the re-watch so i think we've done i don't know how they break up podcast seasons anymore but we're five and a half seasons into full house of watching so we've made it pretty far you're very accomplished i'm a forever fan of vice president well you're president in my book so thank you that is the that is you know you got the if i ever started up again though i'll give you a call i mean i was all in where can everyone find you to say hi uh they can find me on instagram at jody sweeten or you can check out at how rude podcast or can you when you say how rude podcast can you say it in your voice as the podcast how rude there you go she's like oh great there you see i told you the three things how rude no i don't talk to those yeah more than i say right now but i know well it's a childhood absolutely being told by you that she's the president of the Jodie fan club.

1:12:47You don't even know. And then Uncle Jesse between you and Uncle Jesse, like it's like. Your dreams have been accomplished. They have been accomplished. You can quit now. Yeah. Shut it all down. Yeah. Shut it all down. Shut it all down. So many outfits I copied when you said you guys are looking at the outfits. I'm like, oh my God, I copied the outfits. Oh yeah. I think Andrea and I were talking about maybe doing a costume contest this year, like for the podcast, having people submit the best costumes. From when they were little or now? Well, she does a Kimmy Gibbler costume contest every year where people dress like Kimmy and it's amazing.

1:13:21So we're talking about doing one this year or she and I were talking about dressing up as each other's characters. You know what Full House is? I always don't say this right. What's the perennial? Perennial. Perennial. It's a perennial seller. Yes. It's something that it doesn't matter how old, how young. It's like you can just you can watch it now. Right. You can watch it then it's always iconic yeah and there's like new generations sort of coming every you know every few years somebody that's our age is like oh my god i just introduced my kids to you know full house and or they the kids watched fuller house and then the parents were like oh you if you like that go back and watch the original you know so it's crazy i need to watch fuller house okay that's what so i haven't watched those ones either so don't you gotta do a re-watch of that but also is my daughter old enough to introduce her to Full House?

1:14:15She's five. Oh yeah. Okay. It's made for four kids. Yeah, there's nothing. No, five-year-old. I mean, I was five and I got the jokes so I think it'll be, I think you'll get it. Okay, I'm going to introduce my daughter to that because it's also low sensory. Wonderful. It's super low sensory. It's mellow. It's something you can do together that you won't hate. You know, like trust me, I remember watching things with my kids and I was like, if I have to watch this one more time, And I'm going to stab my eyeballs out with a fork. And then when you're done, you can go to Fuller House. Exactly. I love it.

1:14:47There you go. You're amazing. Thank you so much for coming on the show. Oh my gosh, my pleasure. Thank you for doing this. This was so much fun. And boy, did we go on a journey.

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