Candace Cameron Bure, aka ‘Full House’s’ DJ Tanner, talks faith, acting, motherhood, and more



Some know her as D.J. Tanner from “Full House,” others as “the queen of Christmas” from several beloved Hallmark films.

“But her real name is Candace Cameron Bure,” says Allie Beth Stuckey, adding that the actress “has been a light in the darkness of the media industry for a very long time” and has made “an incredible impact for the kingdom of God.”

On this episode of “Relatable,” Candace joins Allie to “share all kinds of wisdom and insight and even some fun stories and facts about herself and her life.”

Despite being an outspoken Christian, Bure “[wasn’t] raised in a Christian home” due to the fact that her father “didn’t want religion brought into the home.” However, her mother “was a believer,” and when a marital crisis struck their family, help came in the form of church.

“We started going to church for the first time, and I was sitting in the church and heard a sermon one day, and I really didn't know what it all meant. I just heard if you want Jesus in your heart to be the Lord and Savior over your life, then say this prayer and ask Him into your heart. And so at 12 years old, I did that, and that's when I became a Christian,” Candace tells Allie, adding that it wasn’t until her mid-20s after having her first baby that she “understood the gospel message for the first time” and began having “a relationship with God.”

However, long before she was introduced to Jesus, Candace was already deep into her acting career, which launched when she was just 5 years old. Filming “Full House” took up the majority of her time until the series ended in 1995 when she was 18 years old.

Then, a new chapter of her life began that involved her marriage to professional hockey player Valeri Bure, three children by the age of 25, and the dawn of a new acting career after a 10-year hiatus.

To hear more of the fascinating details of Bure’s life and her take on motherhood, navigating the impossible beauty standards of Hollywood, and the reality of being an outspoken Christian in an industry hostile to God, check out the episode below.


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'I miss him so much': Candace Cameron Bure and others remember Bob Saget one year after his death



Candace Cameron Bure and others posted about comedian and actor Bob Saget on Monday, marking one year since he passed away.

Saget, who was widely known for his role as the character Danny Tanner on the 1987-1995 sitcom "Full House," passed away unexpectedly last year at the age of 65. He is thought to have died because of "blunt head trauma," likely sustained due to "an unwitnessed fall," according to a medical examiner's press release.

"I stayed up for hours watching videos of Bob on my phone. Videos I couldn't watch a year ago because it hurt too much. Last night they made me laugh," Bure, who played D.J. Tanner on "Full House," wrote in an Instagram post on Monday. "They comforted me and warmed my heart. I watched them over and over and laughed so hard. I miss him so much and I'm grateful he was my friend for so many years. I love you, Bob," she wrote, adding, "*now go hug a friend like Bob would."

Dave Coulier of "Full House" fame also remembered Saget, noting that he missed him and urging people to hug those they love.

"Bob could always bring out the 5th grader in me. I met him when I was just an unknown, 18 year-old standup at a small club in Detroit. We became instant brothers," Coulier noted in an Instagram post. "Sometimes, I still grab my phone, ready to share one of the hundreds of silly bits that we did together. At some point today, I'll think about how much I miss him and I'll shed some tears. Then I'll hear Bob’s voice, and it'll make me laugh. Enjoy the gifts of life while they're still here with you. Tell those you love that you love them…and hug them like Bob Saget."

\u201cBob could always bring out the 5th grader in me. At some point today, I\u2019ll think about how much I miss him and I\u2019ll shed some tears. Then I\u2019ll hear Bob\u2019s voice, and it\u2019ll make me laugh. Tell those you love that you love them\u2026and hug them like Bob Saget. #huglikebobsaget\u201d
— Dave Coulier (@Dave Coulier) 1673274274

In a piece at People, Saget's widow, Kelly Rizzo, remembered her late husband as "complicated, brilliant, compassionate, hilarious, neurotic, opinionated, loving, adorable, complex, determined, loyal and sweet."

Jodie Sweetin, who played the role of Stephanie Tanner on "Full House," wrote about Saget in a Monday Instagram post.

"I just wanted you to know, I've thought of you every day for the past year. It’s just not the same without you with us, and I don’t think it ever will feel like that again," Sweetin wrote. "So many times, just in my own life this year, that I wished I could hear you were proud of me. But I hear it anyway. The night I did a show at The Comedy Store, I stood there, in front of your picture, and thanked you. In my mind, We silently chatted. I was nervous, your picture reminded me I didn’t have to be… that you were there. Always. For all of us. I know each person that loves you has so many of those moments they wish you were here for."

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Bob Saget reportedly complained that he 'didn't feel good' before final stand-up set, said his hearing was off — but his loved ones dispute the allegations



Comedian Bob Saget was reportedly feeling unwell in the hours leading up to his death, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday.

Saget was found dead in an Orlando, Florida, hotel room in January, having suffered a brain bleed as a presumed result of an unwitnessed fall. An autopsy determined that Saget was COVID-19-positive at the time of his death.

The comedian's family and friends, however, have refuted this claim and said that he was not ill with long COVID before his death.

What are the details?

Saget's showrunner and other witnesses have come forward to detail what they say was Saget's condition during the time leading up to his death.

According to various reports, Florida's Orange County sheriff's office released photos, bodycam footage, and interview audio featuring testimony of witnesses who claimed to have interacted with Saget in the time leading up to his death.

One such witness was showrunner Rosalie Cocci, who told investigators that Saget — who was suffering from long COVID in the days and weeks ahead of his death — said he "didn't feel good" ahead of his final show, noting that his hearing was off and he was suffering from a sore throat.

"I did hear him say, 'I don't feel good but I'm ready to do the show,'" she recalled. "'This is what I do this for.' He seemed to be talking himself up. ... He wasn't sweating, he didn't miss a beat, nothing slurred. ... He came out very energetic."

Cocci added, "[Saget] said he had long-term COVID, and it was taking his body a long time to get over it. He said that his hearing had been off and that was the case that night. He was asking the sound guys to turn everything up. And [he said] that he had been sick the night before — his hearing was off, and he had a sore throat. He was happy he had lozenges for the stage."

Cpl. Brian Meadows said that he was moved to interview those in Saget's circle following conversations with Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Stephany, who told Meadows that he could "not state definitively" when Saget's apparent head injury had occurred, "but believed it was probably within hours of his death, possibly within a day or two, depending on several medical factors."

Stephany added that Saget would have "exhibited significant signs that something was wrong."

Hospitality employee Richard Stanford told investigators that during a conversation, Saget's train of thought seemed fairly erratic, but that he chalked the behavior up to him being a comedian with an "ADD" personality.

"He's a comedian, and his thought track is just, you know, is ADD — just boom, boom, boom," Stanford recalled. "I don't know if he stumbled over words. The train of thought just changed a couple times. We'd be talking about a story and then, all of a sudden, he'd bring up this part, and I don't know personally how those would tie together. Just weird, stepping on himself a little bit."

Stanford, who walked Saget to his car following the conversation, said that he didn't notice that "anything was wrong."

"At no point did I think anything was wrong," Stanford insisted. "He chatted with everyone. ... He had a good time talking with everyone."

What else?

TMZ on Thursday reported that Saget's friends and family denied he was sick with long COVID leading up to his death.

"Bob Saget's friends and family say he was his normal, happy and joking self in the days leading up to his death ... and allegations he was complaining about being sick with long-term COVID before his last show just don't add up," the outlet reported. "We spoke with one of Bob's best friends, who was in touch with the comedian almost daily, and tells us Saget never mentioned feeling off or that he was still battling the after-effects of COVID. Not only that, we're told the friend, who saw Bob regularly, said he never exhibited symptoms of being sick either."

Saget's widow, Kelly Rizzo, also stated that the late comedian — with whom she spoke on the day he died — "never mentioned being sick or having hearing issues."

Orange County sheriff's office releases new information on what may have caused Bob Saget's catastrophic head injuries



The Orange County sheriff's office in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday released an incident report from Chief Medical Examiner Joshua Stephany, who stated that Bob Saget's death could possibly have been caused by a fall on his hotel room's carpeted floor.

What are the details?

According to WOFL-TV, authorities said that Saget was found to have sustained a fracture near the base of his skull and experienced a brain bleed.

WOFL reported that the report noted that "the amount of force necessary to cause the fracture, coupled with the fact that the skin on the back of the head was still intact, led [Stephany] to believe that the injury was most likely caused by ‘something hard, covered by something soft,’ and he gave, as an example, a fall onto a carpeted floor."

Stephany noted that such a fall would have stunned Saget, resulting in the late comedian experiencing dizziness.

The report added that there were no signs of struggle in the room, nor was there any blood present on the hotel's bed sheets or covers.

In January, the medical examiner's office concluded that Saget died from an accidental blow to the head, likely due to a fall. The autopsy report noted that Saget was found with an abraded scalp, base of skull fracture, fractured orbitals, brain bleed, and bleeding between the brain and its protective tissue cover.

"Officials say they went back to the hotel room where Saget was staying at the time of his death to reexamine it, trying to find clues as to what he may have hit his head on," WOFL's report continued. "The report states that they ruled out countertops, nightstands, tables and other hard furniture because they all had sharp, defined edges that did not match his injuries. They did note, however, that the entire room was carpeted."

"The headboard of the bed was lightly padded and set slightly out from the wall," the report added. "These are listed here as possible mechanisms of injury, but nothing was located in the room that allows for a definitive conclusion."

On Monday, a judge made permanent an order prohibiting the release of photos, videos, or other relevant records as they pertained to Saget's death.

The report noted that investigators have deemed Saget's death an "unusual case" with a "lot of unanswered questions," and medical experts from across the country have weighed in on the autopsy's initial findings, stating that Saget's injuries were more consistent with a fall from 20 or 30 feet or a baseball bat to the head.

Following announcement that Bob Saget's fatal head injuries were consistent with a 'baseball bat to the head' or a fall from '20 or 30 feet,' family sues to block release of death records, investigation



The late Bob Saget's family is suing Florida officials to prevent the release of photos connected to the comedian's death investigation.

Saget was found dead in an Orlando, Florida, hotel room in January after having suffered extreme head trauma.

What are the details?

Saget's widow, Kelly Rizzo, and his daughters filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Orange County Sheriff's Office to prevent the release of Saget's death records.

The suit alleges that the records are "exempt from disclosure to the public" and should remain confidential and that any such release would cause "irreparable harm in the form of extreme mental pain, anguish, and emotional distress."

"In the process of these investigations, Defendants created records which include photographs, video recordings, audio recordings, statutorily protected autopsy information, and all other statutorily protected information," the lawsuit states. "Upon information and belief, some of these Records graphically depict Mr. Saget, his likeness or features, or parts of him, and were made by Defendants during Defendants' investigations."

Saget, 65, was determined to have suffered blunt head trauma as the likely result of an "unwitnessed fall" in his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando.

"It is the most probable that the decedent suffered an unwitnessed fall backwards and struck the posterior aspect of his head. The manner of death is accident," chief medical examiner Dr. Joshua D. Stephany said in his report on the beloved entertainer's death.

Following his death, the actor and comedian's family released a statement saying that they believed he "accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it, and went back to sleep."

Experts, however, state that Saget's extensive injuries as detailed in the public autopsy were more consistent with a "baseball bat to the head" or a fall from "20 or 30 feet."

What else?

Brian Bieber, a Saget family attorney, told CNN that the family's injunction was intended to "prevent disclosure of any photographs or videos of Mr. Saget made by the authorities during their investigation."

"The facts of the investigation should be made public, but these materials should remain private out of respect for the dignity of Mr. Saget and his family," Bieber told the network. "It's very simple — from a human and legal standpoint, the Saget family's privacy rights outweigh any public interest in disclosure of this sensitive information."

'Far from a head bump': Bob Saget's autopsy report raises questions, shows multiple fractures to the skull



Earlier this week, Bob Saget's family released a statement saying the beloved actor and comedian died from head trauma.

"The authorities have determined that Bob passed from head trauma. They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep," the statement said, going on to note that "no drugs or alcohol were involved."

But an autopsy report released Friday suggested Saget's injuries were far more severe than a "slip and fall" accident, raising a number of questions about how the actor suffered multiple fractures to the skull and hemorrhaging near the brain.

"Far from a head bump that might have been shrugged off, the autopsy described an unmistakably serious set of injuries that would at the very least have probably left someone confused, brain experts said," read a tweet from NYT Science.

Far from a head bump that might have been shrugged off, the autopsy described an unmistakably serious set of injuries that would at the very least have probably left someone confused, brain experts said.https://nyti.ms/34tvz0B
— NYT Science (@NYT Science) 1644631680

“This is significant trauma,” Director of the Houston Methodist Neurological Institute Gavin Britz reported. “This is something I find with someone with a baseball bat to the head, or who has fallen from 20 or 30 feet.”

"This is not a "slip & fall". This is not a minor concussion. This is MAJOR head trauma," tweeted emergency physician and researcher Dr. Megan Ranney, along with a copy of the autopsy report.

Hi. ICYMI: This is not a "slip & fall". This is not a minor concussion. This is MAJOR head trauma. \n\nMy condolences to Saget's friends & family. I hope that they get answers as to what really happened.pic.twitter.com/DtrwEAN1xZ
— Megan Ranney MD MPH \ud83d\uddfd (@Megan Ranney MD MPH \ud83d\uddfd) 1644606914

The report revealed that Saget’s injuries included an abrasion of the posterior of his scalp, subgaleal hemorrhaging under the abrasion, multiple fractures to the skull, a subdural hematoma and additional hemorrhaging. His death on Jan. 9 has been ruled an accident.

An autopsy report for Bob Saget has determined the comedian\u2019s cause of death to be \u201cblunt head trauma\u201d that resulted in multiple fractures to the skull and hemorrhaging near the brain.\n\nFull Story: https://trib.al/ulgjEe7\u00a0pic.twitter.com/lJ4vqQVkoo
— NewsNation (@NewsNation) 1644627607

CNN’s chief medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta said the autopsy report reveals Saget's injuries were "not a simple bump on the head" but a "very significant blow to the head" that would be consistent with a fall down a flight of stairs or a major car accident.

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines actor and comedian Bob Saget's autopsy report and says the report reveals what seems to be signs of a significant blow to the head .


CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines actor and comedian Bob Saget's autopsy report and says the report reveals what seems to be signs of a significant blow to the head https://cnn.it/3LD5KvM\u00a0pic.twitter.com/I0YLeARRW5
— CNN (@CNN) 1644596966












Bob Saget's family says that according to authorities, the actor died due to head trauma



Bob Saget's family has released a statement saying that authorities determined that the man's death was the consequence of trauma to his head.

"The authorities have determined that Bob passed from head trauma. They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep," the statement noted. "No drugs or alcohol were involved."

"As we continue to mourn together, we ask everyone to remember the love and laughter that Bob brought to this world, and the lessons he taught us all: to be kind to everyone, to let the people you love know you love them, and to face difficult times with hugs and laughter," the statement said.

Saget family on his tragic death: \u201cAuthorities have determined that Bob passed from head trauma.\u00a0They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep.\u00a0No drugs or alcohol were involved.\u201d https://abcnews.go.com/US/bob-saget-died-head-trauma-family/story?id=82785292\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/cMUyvf28zf
— Dan Linden (@Dan Linden) 1644455332

Last month, the Orange County Sheriff's office noted that authorities had not uncovered any indication of foul play.

"Earlier today, deputies were called to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes for a call about an unresponsive man in a hotel room. The man was identified as Robert Saget & pronounced deceased on scene. Detectives found no signs of foul play or drug use in this case," the sheriff's office tweeted on Jan. 9.

The 65-year-old actor and comedian widely known for his role on the TV sitcom "Full House," had been performing shows in Florida.

"I’m back in comedy like I was when I was 26. I guess I’m finding my new voice and loving every moment of it," Saget said in his final Instagram post.

'Full House' star and comic Bob Saget dies at age 65



TMZ is reporting that "Full House" star and stand-up comedian Bob Saget has died at the age of 65.

Saget – who made a name for himself as character "Danny Tanner" in the sitcom "Full House" and later as the host of "America's Funniest Home Videos" – has passed away, according to multiple news reports.

According to TMZ, Saget passed away on Sunday at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida.

"The Sheriff's Department and the fire department responded to the hotel around 4 PM ET ... after hotel security had found Bob in his room. We're told he was pronounced dead on the scene, but the circumstances of his death are still unclear," TMZ reported.

Saget – who toured nationally as a stand-up comedian – appeared as recently as Saturday at a comedy show at the Ponte Concert Hall in Jacksonville, Florida.

This is a developing story, and more details will be provided as they arrive.