- Candace Cameron Bure regarded again on her childhood on Full Home, sharing how her character D.J.’s weight struggles had been dealt with on- and off-screen
- Showing on Pod Meets World, Bure informed hosts Danielle Fishel and Will Friedle that it was “awkward” to movie the now-iconic episode of Full Home the place D.J. goes on a crash eating regimen
- Bure shared that when she misplaced 20 lbs., it was addressed within the present’s opening credit by including footage of her character figuring out
Candace Cameron Bure is wanting again on a really particular, and now notorious, episode of Full Home — one which centered on her character D.J.’s physique picture struggles — calling it “awkward.”
The actress, who performed D.J. Tanner for Full Home’s unique 1987-1995 run, after which reprised her position within the sequel sequence Fuller Home — mentioned how her real-life weight reduction was written into the sitcom throughout the August 12 episode of Pod Meets World.
“I used to be all the time the chubby-cheeked woman, and lots of people cherished that I used to be. And I can look again and go, like, ‘I used to be only a regular, common woman.’ And also you meet individuals they usually’re all the time like, ‘You are a lot thinner in particular person.’ “
“You are similar to, ’Is that each one individuals see?’ “ Bure, 48, requested the podcast’s hosts, Boy Meets World alums Danielle Fishel and Will Friedle. “Do they only see my chubby cheeks?”
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Bure regarded again on the episode the place D.J. limits her meals consumption for an upcoming pool celebration — and the way it was dealt with off-camera.
“Kimmy [Andrea Barber] and I had been going to a pool celebration, and I didn’t wish to put a washing swimsuit on. So, I did a crash eating regimen to attempt to shed pounds in per week so I wouldn’t really feel dangerous about myself in a washing swimsuit, after which handed out on the health club.”
Bure shared that the episode wasn’t a shock: “They really talked to my mother and pop they usually talked to me and stated, ‘Would you’re feeling comfy if we wrote an episode like this?’ And I used to be like, ’Yeah, certain.’ However whenever you’re in it and doing it, it feels a bit of awkward.”
That prompted Fishel to share that she and Friedle weren’t requested earlier than their weight was written into an episode of Boy Meets World.
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“They referred to as me into the workplace to inform me they had been going to [do it],” Fishel stated. “It wasn’t actually like they requested. They only sort of stated, ‘We simply need you to know…clearly you guys have gained a bit of little bit of weight. So we’ll write an episode about it.‘ “
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“My jaw is on the ground,” Bure stated, who shared that she was consulted earlier than addressing her weight reduction within the present’s intro in subsequent seasons.
“I had misplaced, like, 20 lbs. from the top of 1 season to a different,” she stated. “I got here in shedding 20 lbs., however they thought it was so nice they usually had been like, ‘Oh, on the opening titles, why do not we’ve got you on an train bike, like simply to advertise that?’ ”
“And looking out again, I do not assume that was dangerous. I imply, I actually put lots of laborious work and energy into shedding 20 lbs.”
However, Bure shared, rising up within the limelight wasn’t simple — particularly throughout puberty — and stated that she stated no to filming an episode about her interval.
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“As an adolescent, you’re feeling that insecurity, whether or not you are on tv or not,” she stated. “These ages had been a bit of bit extra awkward for me. I simply wish to all the time return — I simply wish to hug 15-year-old Candace and go, ‘Okay, do not take heed to anybody.’ “
