‘Full House’ Cast’s Quotes About Bob Saget Through the Years: ‘A Brother and a Confidant’

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'Full House' Cast’s Quotes About Bob Saget Through the Years: 'A Brother and a Confidant'

A friend till the end. Bob Saget's fellow cast members on Full House thought of him as more than a coworker — they thought of him as family. The actor, who died on Sunday, January 9, at age 65, maintained a close relationship with his TV daughters Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen well after Full House ended its original run in 1995. “We hang out sometimes," the comedian told Us Weekly of his TV family in May 2013, years before the Fuller House revival officially reunited most of the cast. "I get to see them when we can. We all love each other." During a table read for the final season of Fuller House, the Masked Singer alum teared up talking about how much he loved reuniting with Sweetin, 39, Bure, 45, and Andrea Barber, who played D.J. Tanner's best friend, Kimmy Gibbler. "I'm so proud to have been able to raise these girls and know them since they were ... like my girls — like my own daughters," he said in May 2019. "I couldn't be prouder if I was your own dad. And I love you." [jwplayer Ht9txdMI-zhNYySv2] The Olsen twins, 35, didn't participate in Fuller House, but they also stayed close with their TV father after leaving behind their acting careers. When Saget appeared on Broadway in the play Hand to God in November 15, Ashley proudly supported him on opening night, posing for photos with him backstage. That same month, the Row designer had dinner with the Philadelphia native in New York City. The Temple University grad was also close to John Stamos and Dave Coulier, who played Danny Tanner's brother-in-law and best friend, respectively. In January 2019, Saget and his wife, Kelly Rizzo, went on a double date with the Scream Queens veteran, 58, and his spouse, Caitlin McHugh. “What can you say about someone you’ve loved for so long and want to spend the rest of your life with?” Saget joked via Instagram at the time, sharing a photo of the foursome seated together at dinner. “But enough about @JohnStamos — We are both so lucky to have married these wonderful beautiful women @eattravelrock and @caitlinskybound — And we know which we are married to…whew.” The characters Saget, Stamos, and Coulier, 62, played on Full House and its sequel series weren't related by blood, but in real life, they referred to each other as siblings. "I’ll never let go, brother," Coulier wrote via Instagram on Monday, January 10, after Saget's death. "Love you." Keep scrolling to see what the Full House cast has said about Saget over the years: [podcast_block]

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King of the Group Chat

In April 2021, Bure told Us that she and her costars maintained a Full House group chat — and Saget was by far the most active member. "Sometimes the texts are endless,” she said, adding that her TV dad was the "funniest" person on the thread. “I’ll walk away from my phone and come back to 45 texts and they’re usually all from Bob Saget.”

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Brothers and Friends

After Stamos attended Saget's November 2018 wedding to Rizzo, 42, he reflected on the occasion in an emotional Instagram post. "Sometimes in life, the least likely person that you’d think would turn out to be your lifelong friend, someone who is there for you through the ups and downs and sideways’s- a brother and a confidant," the former Grandfathered star wrote at the time. "Someone to laugh with and cry with, but mostly laugh with, - well Bob turned out to be all that and more."

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The 'Fuller House' Diva

When Coulier directed an episode of the final season of Fuller House, he said the How I Met Your Mother alum was the costar who ribbed him the most. "Saget," he joked when asked who gave him "the hardest time" on set. "Saget, of course."

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Just Keep Swimming

"You're my Nemo," Stamos wrote via Instagram in May 2016 celebrating Saget's birthday. "If you get lost in the great, big ocean, I'll find you. Happy Birthday Bobby, I love you."

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Off-Camera Family

During a May 2021 episode of Saget's "Here for You" podcast, Sweetin recalled visiting her TV dad's house and having sleepovers with his daughter Audrey. "We didn't just go to work and then leave," she said. "We knew each other's families. I knew your parents. ... It was lovely."

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Danny and Kimmy

In May 2019, Barber, 45, shared a selfie with Saget for his birthday. "I love you, Bob, more than words can say!" she wrote via Instagram. "So happy we are reunited again."

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Real-Life Support

"Words cannot say how much I love you!!" Sweetin wrote via Instagram of Saget in May 2017. "Your love, warmth and genuine friendship has been such an immensely important part of my life for over 30 years now. You have shown me how to laugh at myself and keep laughing through the darkest of times, something I'll never forget."