Jodie Sweetin Says She Acted Out in High School So That Her Classmates Didn’t Think She Was 'Stuck Up' After “Full House” Fame

Meredith WilshereSat, June 27, 2026 at 8:58 AM UTC

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Jodie Sweetin on 'Full House,' Jodie Sweetin in 2026Credit: Bob D'Amico/Disney; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic -

Jodie Sweetin revealed she acted out in high school to counter classmates' assumptions about her being "stuck up"

“I wanted to prove them wrong," she said on a recent podcast

The Full House star struggled with addiction and toxic relationships before getting sober in her mid-30s

Jodie Sweetin struggled with how others perceived her after starring on Full House.

Joining Smallville actor Michael Rosenbaum for a conversation on his podcast,Inside of You, Sweetin, 44, reflected on how much she worried about what people thought of her once her turn as Stephanie Tanner came to an end in 1995.

In an attempt to show her high school classmates that she didn't think too highly of herself after starring on the hit sitcom, Sweetin went out of her way to act "worse."

“I had this weird, I'll say, I had this, particularly after the show ended, like, in high school, there was this strange feeling that I had, because everyone assumed I was quote unquote a TV star. So, like, you know, the rumor before you would even start at a school was like, ‘Oh, she's a stuck-up bitch,'” Sweetin said.

Jodie Sweetin as a childCredit: ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

“I wanted to prove them wrong," she continued. "So it was like, in order to make myself palatable and make other people feel like I wasn't trying to be better than them, I would try to be worse than them. So like, ‘I don't think I'm better than you. I'll get more f----d up. I'll do more drugs.' ”

Sweetin, who joined the show at just 5 years old, admitted that she acted this way until she was in her mid-30s, noting that she made “a mess of relationships” and got “involved with really severely toxic, scary people.”

“You keep going, and then that becomes who you are, you know. I spent most of my life through my, probably, mid-30s being like, ‘Do you love me? Do you love me?' ” Sweetin said.

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The actress struggled with crystal meth addiction and cocaine addiction after Full House ended its eight-season run and has also been open about her journey with alcoholism.

Sweetin joined the Barely Famous Podcast with Kail Lowry in July 2025 to discuss her sobriety journey, noting that being in the spotlight added an extra layer.

"I always say, I would have struggled with addiction issues regardless of being on TV or not," she told Lowry. "And to be fair, that gave me some of the ability to be able to find treatment and find help in ways that I might not have had I not worked as a child. But it's very hard [when] you have to make all your mistakes publicly.”

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She explained that she went to treatment in her 20s and then "got sober" after having her daughters, Zoie Laurel May Herpin, 18, and Beatrix Carlin Sweetin-Coyle, 15. While she "relapsed" after a car accident in 2011, for which she was prescribed a muscle relaxer, she said on the podcast that "it's been 16 years since I've drank alcohol and 13 years since I relapsed on meds" from the accident.

Full Houseaired from 1987 to 1995. Sweetin reprised her role in the Netflix reboot, which spanned five seasons from 2016 to 2020. Full House also starred Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron Bure, Lori Loughlin, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Ashley Olsen. Everyone, aside from the Olsens, returned in various roles for Fuller House.

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.

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