John Stamos Revealed He Had The Olsen Twins Fired And Replaced With Redheads At The Start Of "Full House"

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Well, we got a lil' Full House *bombshell* on our hands.

John Stamos holding the twins on the set of Full House
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John Stamos had the Olsen twins fired — yep, fired.

Uncle Jessie and Joey wrangling one of the twins on set
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He told the story on the Good Guys podcast:

"Did you try to get the Olsen twins fired?" Josh Peck asks.

A close-up of Josh Peck looking at his phone during the interview
Good Guys Podcast

"I did [get them fired], I didn't try," John replies.

  Good Guys Podcast
Good Guys Podcast

“We’re doing the scene and Joey and I were changing the baby. Danny is gone and said, ‘Take care of the kids.’ ‘Yeah, we got it. We got it,' and we didn't."

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Good Guys Podcast

“We’re carrying the baby downstairs. We take her in the kitchen and we hose her down, put a fan on her, wrap her up in paper towels. She was screaming. Both of them. They wanted to be anywhere else but there, and so did I.”

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ABC /Courtesy Everett Collection

“They were 11 months old, and God bless them. They kept switching [them] 'This one's not gonna cry.' But I couldn’t deal with it, and I said, ‘This is not gonna work,’ and I screamed ‘Get rid of them, I can’t work like this.’"

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Good Guys Podcast

"They bring on these two redheaded kids. I’m sure their parents loved them and thought they were attractive. It had nothing to do with them being redheaded...but they weren’t attractive.”

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Warner Bros / ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

“It was only a few days [and I was like] 'bring the Olsens back! These kids are terrible.'"

  Good Guys Podcast
Good Guys Podcast

So, there ya have it. We could have potentially gotten some fug redheads, and the Olsen twins wouldn't have the bazillion dollars they have today.

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