Sky York Journal
While fans may think Stamos and Loughlin’s friendship started when she joined Full House in 1988, their bond actually goes further back.
“We were friends,” he said on HuffPost Live in 2013. “We were on the soaps together.”
In fact, the ER alum said the two even went on a date to Disneyland when they were in their late teens. However, a romance didn’t form. Loughlin went on to marry her first husband Michael Burns in 1989—they finalized their divorce in 1996 and she wed Giannulli the following year—and Stamos wed Rebecca Romijn in 1998.
“We did have some off timing,” continued Stamos, who married to Caitlin McHugh in 2018, 13 years after his divorce from Romijn was finalized. “No disrespect to her family and husband now, I would say that she could be the one that got away.”
And while Stamos is happily married to Caitlin—mother of their 7-year-old son Billy—Loughlin continues to hold a place in his heart as a friend. They’re even neighbors, and followers have gotten peeks into their bond in recent years on both red carpets and on social media.
“Lori Loughlin continues to be a cherished friend to this day,” Stamos wrote in his 2023 memoir If You Would Have Told Me. “We’ve weathered storms together and stood by each other’s sides despite life’s hurdles.”
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