Current:Home > reviewsJodie Sweetin "Disappointed" Her New Movie Was Sold to Former Costar Candace Cameron Bure's Network -TradeSphere
Jodie Sweetin "Disappointed" Her New Movie Was Sold to Former Costar Candace Cameron Bure's Network
View
Date:2025-04-14 16:36:47
What ever happened to predictability? Jodie Sweetin would like to know.
The Full House alum said she was disheartened to find that her new movie, Craft Me a Romance, had been sold to the Great American Family network without her knowledge. The cable channel drew controversy last year when its chief creative officer—and Sweetin's former costar—Candace Cameron Bure promised the network "will keep traditional marriage at the core" with its content.
"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 told People in a statement Aug. 11, shortly after her film was unveiled in network's autumn schedule. "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."
Seemingly condemning the network, the actress 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."
Also starring Brent Bailey, Craft Me a Romance centers around a small-town arts supply store owner who's been told by her rival that she must either sell her shop or be forced out of business. The movie is set to premiere on Great American Family Sept. 16.
This was not the first time Sweetin publicly threw her support for the LGTBQ+ community. When JoJo Siwa called out Cameron Bure's comments as "rude and hurtful to a whole community of people" on Instagram in November, the 41-year-old replied in the comment section, "You know I love you."
She also proudly described herself as an "outspoken ally" for the community one month later. "I've always tried to fight for equality and love for everyone," she told Entertainment Tonight in December. "I feel like if you have a voice and you have a platform, it is incumbent on you to be loud and use it."
As for Cameron Bure? The 47-year-old previously addressed her controversial remarks, clarifying that she "long wanted to find a home for more faith-based programming."
"I have great love and affection for all people," Cameron Bure said in a statement last November. "It absolutely breaks my heart that anyone would ever think I intentionally would want to offend and hurt anyone."
The former View co-host added that she loves people of "any race, creed, sexuality, or political party, including those who have tried to bully me with name-calling."
"I had also expressed in my interview, which was not included, that people of all ethnicities and identities have and will continue to contribute to the network in great ways both in front of and behind the camera, which I encourage and fully support," she said at the time. "I've never been interested in proselytizing through my storytelling, but in celebrating God's greatness in our lives through the stories I tell."
E! News has reached out to reps for Cameron Bure, Great American Family and Craft Me a Romance director Sam Irvin for comment but hasn't heard back.
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (772)
Related
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- 15-year-old shot outside Six Flags by police after gunfire exchange, Georgia officials say
- American Airlines to buy 260 new planes from Boeing, Airbus and Embraer to meet growing demand
- Mike Evans, Buccaneers agree to two-year contract ahead of NFL free agency
- Sarah J. Maas books explained: How to read 'ACOTAR,' 'Throne of Glass' in order.
- Sleepy bears > shining moments: March Napness brings bracketology to tired sanctuary bears
- 'American Idol' contestant tearfully sings in Albanian after judges FaceTime his mom
- Chris Mortensen, NFL reporter for ESPN, dies at age 72
- NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
- Hurricane season forecast is already looking grim: Here's why hot oceans, La Niña matter
Ranking
- Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
- Chris Mortensen, NFL reporter for ESPN, dies at age 72
- Boy whose death led to charges against parents and grandmother suffered ongoing abuse, autopsy shows
- Brothers Travis and Jason Kelce honored with bobblehead giveaway at Cavs-Celtics game
- McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
- Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking hundreds of highly classified Pentagon documents
- Do AI video-generators dream of San Pedro? Madonna among early adopters of AI’s next wave
- Chris Mortensen, ESPN award-winning football analyst, dies at 72
Recommendation
Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
Denver Broncos inform QB Russell Wilson they’ll release him when new league year begins
Macy's receives a higher buyout offer of $6.6 billion after rejecting investors' earlier bid
“Who TF Did I Marry?” TikToker Reesa Teesa Details the Most Painful Part of Her Marriage
Stamford Road collision sends motorcyclist flying; driver arrested
France becomes the only country in the world to guarantee abortion as a constitutional right
Tennessee, Houston headline winners and losers from men's basketball weekend
'American Idol' contestant tearfully sings in Albanian after judges FaceTime his mom