Candace Cameron Bure is clapping back at claims she wanted Miss Benny’s queer character off Season 4 of “Fuller House.”
Speculation started when the 24-year-old posted a TikTok Thursday alleging “one of the Tanner sisters” was trying to get [her] character, [Casey], removed and not have a queer character on the show.”
Miss Benny, who portrayed the sitcom’s first gay character for two episodes in 2018, claimed she was “sat down by the writers and the studio to basically warn” her about this cast member.
She was “warned and prepared” that the person’s fan base might “be encouraged to target” her.
While the “Glamorous” star did not name Bure in the footage, she included the 47-year-old, who portrayed D.J. Tanner on the show, as a hashtag in the caption.
Bure subsequently told Pvnew in a statement that she “never asked Miss Benny’s character to be removed from ‘Fuller House’ and did not ask the writers, producers or studio executives to not have queer characters on the show.”
The former “The View” co-host continued, “‘Fuller House’ has always welcomed a wide range of characters. I thought Miss Benny did a great job as ‘Casey’ on the show.”
Before wishing Miss Benny “only the best,” Bure acknowledged, “We didn’t share any scenes together, so we didn’t get a chance to talk much while filming on set.”
In Miss Benny’s video, the YouTuber alleged that the person in question wasn’t “willing to talk to” her at all, claiming she “has only had a conversation with one of the Tanner sisters,” believed to be Jodie Sweetin.
Netflix has yet to respond to Pvnew’s request for comment.
The backlash comes one year after Bure made headlines for a feud with JoJo Siwa, who called the “Full House” alum the “rudest celebrity” she has ever met.
Bure apologized to the singer, but their clash raged on when she spoke about “keep[ing] traditional marriage at the core” of her Great American Family partnership in November 2022.
“Honestly, I can’t believe after everything that went down just a few months ago, that she would not only create a movie with intention of excluding LGBTQIA+, but then also talk about it in the press,” Siwa wrote via Instagram at the time of the “rude and hurtful” quotes.
Notably, Sweetin, 41, showed her support for the “Dance Moms” alum at the time, writing, “You know I love you.”
In February of the following year, Bure spoke about dealing with “difficult” cancel culture as a Christian in Hollywood on the “Unapologetic with Julia Jeffress Sadler” podcast.
“It’s important that we don’t back down,” she said, praising her children for “sticking to the truth.”
