Jodie Sweetin Says Bob Saget Helped Her Turn Pain Into Comedy and Confidence

Jodie Sweetin credits her late Full House co star Bob Saget with teaching her how to transform life’s darkest moments into humor, strength, and confidence.

The actress, who became a household name as Stephanie Tanner, says Saget and Dave Coulier encouraged her from childhood to embrace comedy and trust her voice. Sweetin recalls that both men consistently reminded her she was funny, even when she was unsure of herself.

She says those lessons stayed with her long after Full House ended and became the foundation for her own stand up comedy career.

Sweetin describes Saget as a master of finding humor in any situation, no matter how heavy. While he played the wholesome Danny Tanner on screen, his real life comedy was bold, fearless, and deeply human. Sweetin says she absorbed that approach like a sponge.

Today, she believes her strongest material comes from her own struggles. In her memoir UnSweetined, Sweetin revealed her adoption, her parents’ imprisonment, and her long battle with addiction before achieving sobriety in 2008. Instead of hiding those experiences, she now uses them as fuel for her comedy.

“I am the butt of most of my jokes,” she has said, explaining that humor helped her survive and heal.

Sweetin says her confidence has only grown with age. Now in her forties, she feels freer to speak openly, joke honestly, and perform without fear. She believes comedy allows people to release pressure, even when life feels overwhelming.

Her bond with Saget remained strong until his sudden death in 2022. Sweetin says her move into stand up strangely accelerated around the time of his passing, as if his encouragement finally gave her permission to fully step into comedy.

She has since appeared in live comedy shows, podcasts, and stage productions, including her pageant parody performance Smoke Show at San Francisco Sketchfest. The show reflects her raw, playful, and unfiltered style, closer to Saget’s influence than to traditional Full House humor.

Beyond comedy, Sweetin continues to balance activism, acting, writing, and motherhood. She recently starred in a Lifetime film while remaining active on stage.

For Sweetin, comedy is not just entertainment. It is survival, healing, and connection.

And in every punchline, she says, a piece of Bob Saget’s voice still echoes.