Christine Lakin Thinks She Was Fired from “Fuller House” Days for Mocking Candace Cameron Bure's Brother

"All I can think of is that it created some bad blood and seven years later, my presence was not wanted," Lakin speculated

Christine Lakin is shedding light on why fans never got to see her on Fuller House.

During a recent appearance on Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber’s podcast How Rude, Tanneritos!, the Step by Step star, 45, explained how close she came to appearing on season 2 of the Netflix reboot. She said that she was approached for a role shortly after giving birth in September 2018 and was looking forward to getting back to work.

“About two days before the table read, I got a call from my manager saying, ‘Yes, something happened,’” she shared, recalling how they told her, “‘They’re pushing the table read. I think there’s some stuff with the script they want to rewrite.’”

“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,’” she continued. “And I was like, ‘What do you mean?’ 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.”

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Lakin said she asked a friend who wrote for the show what happened, but she couldn’t get an answer.

Then, the more she thought about it, Lakin speculated that it could have had something to do with the opportunity to work alongside Candace Cameron Bure.

"I participated in a Funny or Die video that a friend of mine made and at the time, Funny or Die had just come out," she recalled. "Kirk Cameron [Cameron Bure's brother] had said some public things about the LGBTQ community and I thought those were very damaging."

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In 2012, the actress, along with others, said they were "pledging to raise awareness about a serious threat to our civil rights: Kirk Cameron’s stupid opinions" in a Funny or Die clip. This came after Cameron made several homophobic remarks.

“I've tried to use humor to sort of pop that bubble of discord or maybe call people out in a satirical way,” she said. “So I participated in it, and it went viral and bunch of other people in it and blah, blah, blah. And all I can think of is that it created some bad blood and seven years later, my presence was not wanted. That's maybe what I think.”

"It was a bummer for me," she added. "It really was."

A representative for Netflix and Cameron Bure did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

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In addition to her brother, Cameron Bure has also been criticized for making anti-LGBTQ comments. In 2022, she said the Great American Family network, where she is a chief creative officer, would not be showing movies with same-sex couples.

"I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core," she told The Wall Street Journal at the time.

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Cameron Bure later addressed her comments in a statement to PEOPLE, saying: "All of you who know me, know beyond question that I have great love and affection for all people. It absolutely breaks my heart that anyone would ever think I intentionally would want to offend and hurt anyone."

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