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'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.
