Jodie Sweetin ‘Disappointed’ Film Sold to Great American Family

Jodie Sweetin doesn’t approve of her upcoming movie being bought to Great American Family — the “traditional” community of former Full House costar Candace Cameron Bure. 

“Sometimes, we, as actors, don’t have control over which network buys the projects we are in, nor are we a part of the process in which they get sold,” Sweetin, 41, informed Us Weekly in a press release on Friday, August 11. “So I was very surprised to learn by reading about it in the press yesterday that the independent film I worked on over a year ago was sold to Great American Family.” 

She continued: “I am disappointed, but in keeping with my mission of supporting the LGBTQ+ family, any potential or future money made from this sale will be donated to LGBTQ+ organizations.”

It was introduced on Wednesday, August 9, that Sweetin’s new romantic comedy, Craft Me a Romance, can be considered one of Great American Family’s seven new films slated to debut throughout its Great American Autumn occasion subsequent month. 

Sweetin’s former Full House and Fuller House costar Cameron Bure, 47, signed on to the community as chief inventive officer in November 2022 and shortly  revealed the channel can be specializing in “traditional marriage at the core.” 

“My heart wants to tell stories that have more meaning and purpose and depth behind them,” she informed WSJ. Magazine on the time. “I knew that the people behind Great American Family were Christians that love the Lord and wanted to promote faith programming and good family entertainment.”

Cameron Bure added that her former community, Hallmark, is now “completely different than when I started because of the change of leadership.” She was referring to the 2020 departure from Hallmark of president Bill Abbott within the wake of the controversial removing of an advert from the community that featured a same-sex couple. Abbott is now the president and CEO of Great American Media.

Shortly after Cameron Bure’s remarks about GAF’s “traditional” content material, Sweetin, who has additionally starred in varied Hallmark movies through the years, took to social media to share varied clips in assist of the LGBTQIA+ neighborhood, together with a publish in assist of the Respect for Marriage Act, which “[ensures] all legally married same-sex and interracial couples’ marriages are protected.”

“Just a reminder from @glaad of some important legislations coming up in the Senate,” she wrote alongside a hyperlink to GLAAD’s web site by way of her Instagram Story. “Call your senator right now and urge them to vote YES for the Respect for Marriage Act,” she captioned one other clip from the group. (The act was signed into regulation in December 2022.)

The following month, Sweetin mentioned her public activism with Entertainment Tonight, telling the outlet, “I have always been an outspoken ally for LGBTQ communities, for Black Lives Matter. I’ve always tried to fight for equality and love for everyone. I feel like if you have a voice and you have a platform, it is incumbent on you to be loud and use it. Whether people like it all the time or not.”

She added: “I love my LGBTQ siblings. They are amazing people. They are a wonderful family. I love and support them so much.”