Jodie Sweetin Says She’s ‘Always Been’ a Fierce Equality Advocate
Full House alum Jodie Sweetin has never been afraid to stand up for her beliefs.
“It’s not even that I, like, choose anything. It’s just who I am,” Sweetin, 43, said on the Sunday, June 15, episode of Allison Holker and daughter Weslie’s “Between Us” podcast. “It’s who I’ve always been. I had a lot of friends in high school who reminded me of stories, where I stepped in and fought for somebody [who] was being treated unjustly or unfairly.”
She added, “I have never had a problem with being, like, ‘Yeah, we’re not doing that.’ I know that at people’s core, we are good [and] there are exceptions, obviously, but I think the majority of us want the same things and a one-on-one situation will help each other.”
Sweetin, for her part, tries to “throw [herself] into helping and being a voice” where she can.
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“It takes a lot of different forms,” she said. “Sometimes it’ll be that I’m out there on the streets doing stuff [or] sometimes it’ll be on an advisory board or going to a fundraiser. I try to get involved and really talk to people when I’m out there, and I’m very fortunate that connections are made in that way. … I’m always willing to talk to people and get more information and tell them what I’m passionate about.”
The former child star frequently stands up against homophobia, racism and misogyny. In 2020, she even took her two daughters — she shares Zoie with Cody Herpin and Beatrix with Morty Coyle — to a Black Lives Matter protest.
“That was the day I set Zoie with you because [I helped another woman] who had been attacked with bear spray,” Sweetin recalled. “She had had really poor experiences with LAFD and ambulances before, and they were not exactly being warm and welcoming to her. She was freaked out and they couldn’t get out of there and so basically I was like, ‘I’ll take [her and] basically my car is an ambulance now.”
She continued, “We carried her into the car, put her in the back seat and it was just all up and down her leg. She was, like, in excruciating pain and also having an asthma attack. … I was like, ‘Take the kids, I’ve got to help this person.’”
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Holker, 37, was tasked with getting their respective daughters to safety, but she also respected Sweetin’s helpful nature.
“You are such a person, which is what I admire about you, like you’re just, like, ‘We’ve got to do this and we’ve got to get involved,’” Holker said on her podcast. “You don’t have any hesitations.”
Sweetin concurred, going on to joke that “sometimes [she] should” think before acting.
“I’ve gotten into situations where my friends are like, ‘Get, what, no!’” Sweetin quipped. “I definitely have learned how to be [a survivor] along the way. Usually you learn how to be a survivor after you’ve survived some really crappy things.”
