Lori Loughlin’s ‘Full House’ Co-Star, John Stamos, Slams Her Estranged Husband

The actor branded her “a saint” whereas putting all of the blame for the 2019 school admissions scandal on Loughlin’s estranged husband. Stamos claimed the actress was unaware of the scheme and undeserving of the fallout, together with her transient jail time period.

John Stamos has additionally expressed heartbreak over her present state of affairs, describing Lori Loughlin as a loyal spouse and mom.

Stamos is standing firmly by his former co-star, Loughlin, as she navigates her divorce.

Talking on the “Good Guys” podcast on Monday, October 20, the 62-year-old actor mirrored on their decades-long friendship, saying, “40 years I’ve identified her. You may see by way of individuals after just a few years. This lady’s a saint. I’m simply heartbroken for her proper now.”

Whereas Stamos had nothing however sort phrases for the “On Name” actress, he didn’t lengthen the identical courtesy to Giannulli, 62, whom he accused of being the actual supply of turmoil in her life, together with through the 2019 school admissions scandal.

“He’s a horrible narcissist,” Stamos claimed, per Us Weekly, suggesting that Loughlin “put up with so much over time [with] this man.”

He added, “I actually tried to be there for her throughout this time and likewise with the school scandal. … I’m not going to debate whether or not she had a lot to do with it or not. I do know she didn’t.”

Stamos went on to accuse Giannulli of being the one who put Loughlin in bother, recalling the second he discovered the couple was being investigated for allegedly paying to safe their daughters, Olivia Jade and Bella, admission into the College of Southern California as members of the rowing group again in 2019.

“She’s not a liar. She’s a saint,” Stamos insisted. He mentioned that when he reached out to Loughlin the day the information broke, she appeared blindsided, telling him, “Mossimo handles all that stuff.”

Based on Stamos, Loughlin appeared utterly unaware of what was unfolding earlier than each she and Giannulli have been arrested for his or her alleged roles within the scheme.

In 2020, the couple finally pleaded responsible to wire and mail fraud fees after first sustaining their innocence.

Loughlin served a two-month jail sentence, whereas Giannulli accomplished 5 months. Each have been additionally positioned on supervised launch for 2 years, fulfilled their neighborhood service necessities, and collectively paid $400,000 in fines.

Stamos didn’t maintain again when discussing how Loughlin dealt with her transient jail sentence and the way her estranged husband allegedly induced their school scandal nightmare.

“She goes to f-cing jail for this -sshole for 3 months, proper?” Stamos mentioned candidly on the podcast. “And he goes for no matter. And in typical Lori style, I mentioned, ‘How was it?’ She goes, ‘You already know, I met a whole lot of good girls in there. We have now a e-book membership.”

He continued, “She didn’t need to be dragged by way of that. … I do know for a reality it was all him. … I don’t suppose Olivia needed to go to varsity. I can’t communicate for her, however it looks as if she was doing nice along with her YouTube and [makeup].”

When the subject shifted to Loughlin and Giannulli’s latest separation, Stamos as soon as once more defended his longtime buddy.

“Unexpectedly they’re break up up and I do know she’s simply devastated,” he mentioned. “For a lady who, , has lived her life very well, [is] an excellent particular person, an excellent mom, an excellent spouse. I do know all this for a reality.”

The actor additional said that Loughlin’s complete life had blown up as a result of school scandal, noting that the divorce had worsened issues for the actress.

Stamos continued, “To be thrown into, now, this separation and exploding, blowing up her household this manner. And I simply hate to see her undergo this.”