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New York Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Full House' child star in a ‘constant process of recovery' after finding fame at young age
Everywhere Blake McIver Ewing looks, he's reminded of his time on 'Full House.' The actor, 40, got candid about playing Michelle Tanner's (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) friend, Derek Boyd, on the sitcom, which ran for eight seasons from 1987 to 1995. While on Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber's 'Full House' rewatch podcast, 'How Rude, Tanneritos,' on June 26, Ewing said he is most remembered for his 'Yankee Doodle Boy' performance from season six, episode eight, titled 'The Play's The Thing.' Advertisement 9 Blake McIver Ewing on 'Full House.' Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Ewing revealed that fans still 'absolutely' ask him about the song, adding, 'I get requests for it.' 'This is the time of year where I start to hunker down like a Cold War bunker,' he joked. 'Tis the season. The memes start coming.' Advertisement 9 Yankee Doddle Boy performance. All kidding aside, Ewing said, 'It is an honor, and I'm glad that it still brings people joy.' Reflecting on playing Derek, the star noted he had 'a lot of similarities' to his character. 'I was very, very precocious and very able to speak my mind,' he confessed, expressing that they were both 'bossy.' Although the Hollywood vet has fond memories from his time on 'Full House,' being a child star has left him a 'Recovering Child Actor,' as noted in his Instagram bio. Advertisement 9 Blake McIver Ewing's Yankee Doddle Boy dance. Ewing starred in a slew of projects after his stint on 'Full House,' including playing Waldo in the 1994 classic 'The Little Rascals' and voicing Eugene in 2002's 'Hey Arnold! The Movie,' as well as starring in TV shows like 2001's 'Adventures in Odyssey.' 'I feel like we're all in recovery always,' Ewing shared with his former co-stars. 'It's an annoying process. People ask me about it all the time, and I'm like, 'No. It's not a negative thing. It's just like there's a constant process of recovery.'' Ewing also considered himself 'lucky' that his parents, actress Susan McIver and director Bill Ewing, didn't push him to be an actor, adding that he 'wanted to do it.' Advertisement 9 Blake McIver Ewing and Mary Kate/Ashley Olsen on 'Full House.' Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images 'Since both my parents were in show business, they didn't care at all,' he confessed. 'They were like, 'Well, if you're gonna do it, just don't embarrass us. At least be good at it.'' 'But it's so funny because you become a teenager, you become an adolescent, and it doesn't matter. There is still a life learning curve,' said Ewing. 'And it's really more about that. It's like we recover in our own way.' Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner, echoed her former co-star's sentiments, sharing that 'there's a whole extra layer of getting through that thing of being known as something [as] a child.' 9 Blake McIver Ewing performs on stage. Getty Images for Family Equality Council 'Most people don't have to shake off a career at 13 and be like, 'Who am I now?'' Sweetin continued while noting that as a teen, you're 'really trying to figure out who you are anyway,' but being a child star adds extra 'layers.' 'Absolutely,' Ewing agreed. 'It is an identity crisis of a sort. And I always try to explain to people… you have your mid-career crisis at 18.' From Barber's perspective, child actors from the '90s have their 'own language' and are 'like one big fraternity.' Advertisement 9 Blake McIver Ewing attends Family Equality Council's Impact Awards. Getty Images for Family Equality Ewing said while doing 'a lot of episodic work' on other series as a kid, it showed him just how 'lucky' the cast of 'Full House' was. Ewing reprised his role as Derek on 'Fuller House,' which ran from 2016 to 2020. He starred in the series finale, Season 5 episode 18, titled 'Our Very Last Show, Again.' 'When we were doing 'Fuller House,' I was always thinking about, 'Where is Derek?'' he said. 'I hope he's teaching high school theater in San Francisco.' Advertisement Along with the Olsen twins, 39, Sweetin and Barber, 'Full House' also starred Candace Cameron Bure, Dave Coulier, John Stamos, Lori Loughlin and the late Bob Saget, who died at age 65 in 2022. 9 John Stamos, Lori Loughlin, Dave Coulier; Candace Cameron, Andrea Barber, Jodie Sweetin, Bob Saget, Mary-Kate Olsen / Ashley Olsen in 1991. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images For the sequel series, everyone returned except Mary-Kate and Ashley. In November, Sweetin admitted she would love to get the gang back together once more. Advertisement 'I've learned in this business never say never,' she told The Post. 'I'm totally down for it. I've been saying we need to do the 'Golden Girls Fullest House.'' Sweetin teased, 'Give it a few years and we'll be like appropriate old lady age. I think we could do it.' 9 Bob Saget (Danny), Dave Coulier (Joey), Mary Kate Olsen (Michelle), and John Stamos (Uncle Jesse). Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images But 'The Jane Mysteries' actress knows things won't be how they were without Saget, who played the beloved Danny Tanner. Advertisement 'He is the heart of the family in so many ways,' she explained. 'But I think the rest of us would definitely love to do it.' Bure also shared that she has kept one very important piece of wisdom from the late comic in mind. 9 'Fuller House.' ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection 'I try to remember to tell all the people I love that I love them every time I see them,' the Great American Family CCO exclusively told The Post. 'Tell the people that you love that you love them. Don't leave the room without it.' Bure said she tries 'to laugh a lot,' adding, 'I miss Bob every day.'
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Former Full House star is UNRECOGNIZABLE as he reflects on child fame during rare sit-down with costars
A former Full House child star looked unrecognizable as he reflected on his time in the show during a rare sit-down with his former costars. Blake McIver Ewing, now 40, was only seven years old when he began starring as Michelle Tanner's best friend Derek S. Boyd in the beloved show Full House. He is best known for the episode in which he adorably performed Yankee Doodle Boy with Mary Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen 's character during a school talent show. Now, more than two decades after he was cast in the popular sitcom, he made an appearance on Jodie Sweeten and Andrea Barber's Full House-themed podcast How Rude, Tanneritos. Blake certainly looked very different from the little boy who captured millions of hearts on the show. He's all grown up now, and fans couldn't believe how much he had changed over the years. During the interview, Blake opened up about what it was like to be thrust into the spotlight at such a young age. He noted that while he doesn't look at child stardom as a 'negative thing,' he feels like he is in a 'constant process of recovery' from his early years in the spotlight even now, so many years later. 'I feel like we're all in recovery always. It's an annoying process,' he said. 'People ask me about it all the time, and I'm like, "No. It's not a negative thing. It's just like there's a constant process of recovery." 'But it's so funny because you become a teenager, you become an adolescent, and it doesn't matter. 'There is still a life learning curve. And it's really more about that. It's like we recover in our own way.' Jodie, now 43, who played middle Tanner daughter Stephanie in Full House, said she experienced something similar. She pointed out that all teens go through a phase of 'figuring out who they are' but being in the spotlight makes it even harder. 'There's a whole extra layer of getting through that thing of being known as something [as] a child. Most people don't have to shake off a career at 13 and be like, 'Who am I now?'' she said. During the interview, Blake opened up about what it was like to be thrust into the spotlight at such a young age After Full House, Blake went on to star in The Little Rascals, Tom and Huck, and NBC sitcom Minor Adjustments. In recent years he switched his focus to music Blake responded, 'It is an identity crisis of a sort. And I always try to explain to people... you have your mid-career crisis at 18.' After Full House, Blake went on to star in The Little Rascals, Tom and Huck, and NBC sitcom Minor Adjustments. He also famously voiced Eugene Horowitz on Hey Arnold! and briefly reprised his role as Derek in Fuller House. In recent years he switched his focus to music, releasing his debut album The Time Manipulator in 2014. In addition, he spent time working as a go-go dancer and was a host for AfterBuzz TV over the years. Blake also revealed during his appearance on the podcast that fans still bring up his role in Full House, adding that people sometimes request the Yankee Doodle Boy song at his concerts. 'It is an honor, and I'm glad that it still brings people joy,' he concluded.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Full House' Star Says Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Not Returning for 'Fuller House' was a 'Missed Opportunity'
'Full House' Star Says Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Not Returning for 'Fuller House' was a 'Missed Opportunity' originally appeared on Parade. 'Full House' star Andrea Barber is wishing the world could have seen a grown up Michelle Tanner. Speaking on the most recent episode of her podcast, "How Rude, Tanneritos!", Barber who played fan-favorite neighbor Kimmy Gibbler along with her co-host Jodie Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner, were talking with Blake McIver Ewing who starred as Michelle Tanner's friend Derek S. Boyd on the original version of the show. Sharing memories of working together, McIver Ewing mused that his character would still be in the show's filming location of San Francisco, and hopefully teaching musical theater. "This is such a missed opportunity not having Michelle come back for 'Fuller [House]'," Barber said of the Olsen twins' decision not to return for the Netflix reboot of the show. "We could have had so may back stories with Derek and Teddy (Taj Mowry) and all of them, it would have been great to see where are they now."And Sweetin then joked that there will have to be a spin-off series entitled 'House Full of Michelle's Friends without Michelle.''The 'Full House' aired from 1987 to 1995 and 'Fuller House,' which McIver Ewing returned for, came to Netflix in 2016 and ran until 2020. The actor also starred in 1994's "The Little Rascals," along with the Olsen twins, is still acting today. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 'Full House' Star Says Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Not Returning for 'Fuller House' was a 'Missed Opportunity' first appeared on Parade on Jun 30, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
