Christine Lakin Claims Poking Fun At 'Fuller House' Star’s Brother Got Her Axed From Show
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The actress says she was unexpectedly let go before the table read for the Netflix reboot series.
Christine Lakin has a theory about why she didn’t make the cut for Netflix’s “Fuller House.”
While appearing on Friday’s episode of Jodie Sweetin and Kimmy Gibbler’s “How Rude, Tanneritos” podcast, the actress, 45, shared that she was slated to be a recurring character on the sequel series — but was unexpectedly turned away ahead of the table read.
Lakin recalled having a “great” meeting with creator Jeff Franklin and “was stoked” about appearing on the series before things took a turn for the worse.
“And then about two days before the table read, I got a call from my manager saying, ‘Yes, something happened. They’re pushing the table read. I think there’s some stuff with the script they want to rewrite,’” she explained.
“The next day happened and my manager calls and says, ‘Hey, I don’t know how to tell you this, but you’ve been let go.’ And I was like, ‘What do you mean?,’” she continued. “And he said, ’Yeah, they just said they’re rewriting the character and they’re not going to need you anymore. And I was like, ‘What did I do wrong?’ I didn’t even go to a table read.”